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Trulli hoping to stay with Toyota

After five full seasons as Toyota F1's official driver, Jarno Trulli hopes he can secure a deal with the Cologne based team for a sixth season after team President John Howett said last week that Trulli's future at Toyota was not secured.

Jarno Trulli joined the Formula One grid in 1997 with Minardi before moving to Prost in the same year. The Italian is currently in his 13th year in Formula One and he hopes to continue racing for another season. His contract at Toyota could not (yet) be extended and thus Trulli is all ears to other teams with offers. "I have had contact with other teams, but it's still early," the Italian admitted to our colleagues at Autosport.

"I have had some contact with teams but it's too early to talk about anything. It's not a question of having a good offer. The question is that Toyota has been my family for the last few years and I have such a good relationship with them, on the Japanese side, with John Howett, with everyone.

"It's like my family. My priority has to be to stay with Toyota. I don't understand what is going on in the team - so we cannot talk about the future. The most important thing is that we can keep the team alive and continue because there are a lot of people working here with families."

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