France: Don't rule out saying 'Bonjour' to Podiums

By Karl King
June 29 2005

Panasonic Toyota Racing fans have experienced two gut-wrenching back-to-back Grand Prix recently. At Canada, whilst on track for another podium, Jarno Trulli experienced a brake failure, whilst at the US GP, after qualifying in pole, Trulli was unable to begin the race in a massive race farce.

Mike Gascoyne reckons that the reliable TF105 is capable of getting another podium in France: "We have a car that is capable of finishing ecery race on the podium, so we head to the French Grand Prix with that in mind."

The technical wizard continued "This is the start of the most intense month we have seen in F1, with events in France, Britain, Germany and Hungary throughout July," and added "Such time constraints add extra pressure on to the entire team. The race personnel barely have time to find their feet as they move around Europe, and of course the staff at the factory in Cologne must work at quadruple the rate to develop our TF105. We are prepared for this challenge, though, and will not get complacent about our level of performance."