Toyota, what an embarassment.

[Wilderness]

P8 and 9 in the first battle. Let's see if they reverse the trend of slipping backwards as the race progresses.

[jens]

Add some comments that I forgot before. I have to admit that Toyota managed to surprise even me. But reliablity still seems to be an issue and quali showed those worries - and still the same gearbox problems haven't disappeared. It's gonna be tough 58 laps. I suspect that if at least one car manages to get to the chequered flag without problems, then that would already be a decent achievement. Recently Toyota has had too many races with both cars pulling into the garage - last year China and Brazil.

But also I'd say well-done to their very criticized drivers, who this time managed to take practically maximum out of that mediocre package!

[F1boat]

Yes, Toyota were solid in qualifying. Honda on the other hand were abyssmal. Maybe the name of the thread should be changed.

[pino]

Go Jarnoooo !

[Osella]

Tho I rather suspect that Honda's budget is considerably smaller...

Again, qualifying is one thing, the race is another... I just hope that Massa can get past them and give us an entertaining afternoon!

Congratulations again to Toyota on pulling the cat out of the bag But surely it shouldn't have been in there in the first place!?

[Ian McC]

Well they did better than I thought but we will have to see how their strategy plays out tomorrow.

[seppefan]

Its a good thing for Toyota that Williams will be on track to save them face (and, ironically, humble them). Its early times, I know, but already they are an embarassment to themselves. SPANKED by their own customer, Williams, in both sessions is just shameful. If they don't rebound today, maybe they should think about buying last years Williams chassis, eh?

A wee misjudgement....don't jump the gun....although with the race still to come........!!

[Dave B]

Toyota have done silly low-fuel qualifying before now, only in the race will we see what their true pace is. But credit where it's due: they certainly did better than I expected in qually.

[Easy Drifter]

I agree with Dave. Probably low fuel load, although they did make top 10. But things like the jack flying onto the track should not happen.

[jens]

I agree with Dave. Probably low fuel load, although they did make top 10. But things like the jack flying onto the track should not happen.

Low fuel load? In Q1 and Q2 everyone runs with low fuel load, so they got into Top10 purely on their own merit!

And in fact - in Q2 Toyotas lost by about 1,3 secs to the first one. In the last session, where cars ran with race fuel load, Toyotas lost 2+ seconds to the winner, which indicates that Toyota is actually quite heavy.