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Average practice for Toyota

The Toyota drivers were relatively pleased with their performances after finishing practice eighth and thirteenth fastest at Silvetstone on Friday. As politics ruled the roost in the British Grand Prix paddock, midfield results for the Japanese team places it in position to focus on the finalisation of setup work on Saturday.

Timo Glock's Friday finished with thirteenth place

As Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets in both sessions, Jarno Trulli led the way for Toyota with eighth spot, behind World Champion Lewis Hamilton. "I had a trouble-free couple of sessions working through the usual programme of evaluating the different tyre compounds and looking at various setups," the Italian explained. "The car feels pretty good but, as usual here at Silverstone, it was very windy; this makes it quite difficult to set up the car and it's not ideal when it comes to evaluating different setups because the conditions change from lap to lap."

"It has been a reasonable start for us on the whole," continued Timo Glock, who completed 37 laps of the 3.2 mile circuit, as opposed to his team-mate's 40. "We had no serious problems but, of course, there are areas we need to work on before qualifying to get the maximum out of our package. The balance is not ideal at the moment but we have the chance to improve that tomorrow morning. If you look at what happened in Turkey, where we made a big step forward on Saturday morning, then we can be pretty hopeful for this race."

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