By Karl & Toyota
June 25 2005

After sitting in the garage at the Indianapolis Farce, it was time to get the cars out on the track again this week in Jerez. The team did not run Ralf Schumacher in his bid to be fully fit for the French GP, so Brazilian Zonta ran the TF105 with Panis and Trulli.

Full Test Times:

Wednesday:
1.  MONTOYA      McLaren    1m18.207s
2.  ZONTA        Toyota     1m18.374s
3.  DAVIDSON     BAR        1m18.463s
4.  VILLENEUVE   Sauber     1m18.666s
5.  WURZ         McLaren    1m18.696s
6.  MONTAGNY     Renault    1m18.734s
7.  KLIEN        Red Bull   1m19.226s
8.  ALONSO       Renault    1m19.233s
9.  PANIS        Toyota     1m19.356s
10. COULTHARD    Red Bull   1m19.592s
11. BERNOLDI     BAR        1m19.792s
12. CARROLL      BAR        1m22.448s

Thursday:
1.  MONTOYA     McLaren    1m17.405s
2.  BUTTON      BAR        1m17.580s
3.  SATO        BAR        1m17.764s
4.  MONTAGNY    Renault    1m17.824s
5.  ZONTA       Toyota     1m17.962s
6.  KOVALAINEN  Renault    1m18.136s
7.  PANIS       Toyota     1m18.530s
8.  KLIEN       Red Bull   1m18.823s
9.  PIZZONIA    Williams   1m18.969s
10. WURZ        McLaren    1m19.237s
11. COULTHARD   Red Bull   1m19.439s
12. VILLENEUVE  Sauber     1m19.611s
13. HEIDFELD    Williams   1m19.990s

Friday:
1.  BUTTON      BAR        1m17.154s
2.  ALONSO      Renault    1m17.197s
3.  RAIKKONEN   McLaren    1m17.345s
4.  MASSA       Sauber     1m17.375s
5.  TRULLI      Toyota     1m17.430s
6.  MONTAGNY    Renault    1m17.549s
7.  SATO        BAR        1m17.559s
8.  DE LA ROSA  McLaren    1m17.685s
9.  PIZZONIA    Williams   1m17.970s
10. HEIDFELD    Williams   1m18.136s
11. BERNOLDI    BAR        1m18.570s
12. COULTHARD   Red Bull   1m18.619s
13. ZONTA       Toyota     1m18.668s
14. DAVIDSON    BAR        1m18.678s
15. LIUZZI      Red Bull   1m19.681s
16. SPEED       Red Bull   1m19.885s

Jerez Test Q&A:

Jarno Trulli (Panasonic Toyota Racing Driver)
Olivier Panis (Panasonic Toyota Racing 3rd Driver)
Ricardo Zonta (Panasonic Toyota Racing Test Driver)
Gerd Pfeiffer (Chief Test Engineer, Toyota)

What were you concentrating on?
JT: "I was running just the single day and so I had a big programme of performance evaluation on the Magny Cours tyres to do. It was very intensive and I completed more than 100 laps. We had no technical problems, I finished the work and I am quite optimistic for the French Grand Prix."

Was it a successful day for you?
OP: "Yes. On Wednesday we had a very good day and chose the prime tyres for the the French GP. That was all very satisfactory although the car set-up was not perfect. We changed it overnight and the car was much more to my liking on Thursday."

Did you continue with the same programme?
OP: "It was basically tyres again, yes, but we did more work with the option tyre than the prime. We had a small gearbox glitch but didn't lose any of the programme because I was scheduled to stop early in any case. I had a promotional commitment in Dublin to attend and then three days at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England."

What was the main thrust of your programme?
RZ: "It was basically a very intensive tyre programme with some damper testing on the final day. It went very well. We did three long runs on Thursday to do race distance evaluation on the Magny Cours tyres. It was a productive day with no mechanical problems, although the weather was very hot, which is even harder on tyres."

Are you happy to stand down for Olivier to drive on Friday at his home race?
RZ: "Absolutely. Especially after flying straight back across the Atlantic and doing almost 1300kms of testing in three days. I think I deserve a rest!"

What is the position with Ralf Schumacher, who was originally scheduled to test?
GP: "Ralf has no lasting ill effects after his accident at Indianapolis last Friday but we always make driver safety the priority. The team's medical staff decided that the sensible thing to do was maximise Ralf's recovery time before Magny Cours, where he will return to the cockpit alongside Jarno."

How would you sum up the test overall?
GP: "It was a very good test and we got through an excellent work load. We had one more damper configuration we would like to have tried with Ricardo on Friday but we had to stop to change an oil cooler and he ended up just one lap short of the magic 100 laps on that day. But with almost 1300kms to his name over the three days, I don't think we can complain!"