F1 News
- June 7, 2006
Jarno on the TF106B
Jarno Trulli has recently come out with some comments on the recently released TF106B car that was introduced at Monaco for the Toyota team.
Jarno is hoping the new specification car will show it's abilities at this weekend's Silverston GP, "Monaco was not the right place to judge the TF106B but the car behaved well in the race, It has also showed promise during testing so I'm confident the car is a step forward but we can't yet say how much.
The car at the moment is not all to my liking so we have to work on that. I am having a little struggle to drive this car at the moment, but I am sure we will work it out."
The TF106B was introduced in the attempt to solve some of the tyre issues the team are having (in similar vain to the Honda team). The B specification has not solved all of those problems, but Jarno says it's a step forward, "The tyres, they do look better," he said. "We have made an improvement, but in getting temperatures into the tyres we are not completely on top of the problems yet. As for Silverstone it is very difficult to judge, we will see."
The Silverstone circuit is one of a few on this years calender that the drivers need to get their heads around because of the V8 change. Previously in the V10 days it was a 60% full throttle circuit, but now it seems that the engines are certainly worked harder. Reports from the various teams have the circuit now at between 80 and 90% full throttle.
"Silverstone is a long and demanding circuit from both a driving and an engineering perspective," Jarno said. "A set-up for the entire lap is a challenge because the track has every type of corner. You need traction out of the slow corners and efficient aero through the faster corners.
"Becketts is the most fun part of the circuit but a driver needs to be committed everywhere to get the most out of the lap time. We'll head to Silverstone hoping for a stronger weekend. After my difficult run this year I'm ready for a change of luck!"
