Formula 1
Toyota Jerez test notes 2005-12-09
Jarno Trulli and Ricardo Zonta today continued Panasonic Toyota Racing's week of testing in Jerez. The two drivers spent the morning working on set-up before switching to tyre tests for Bridgestone in the afternoon and they got through a lot of laps ...
Edited: Dec 10, 2005, 4:23 AM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Jarno Trulli and Ricardo Zonta today continued Panasonic Toyota Racing's week of testing in Jerez. The two drivers spent the morning working on set-up before switching to tyre tests for Bridgestone in the afternoon and they got through a lot of laps in a busy day.
Both drivers will continue running at the Spanish circuit tomorrow before Ricardo takes part in a Bridgestone wet tyre test on Sunday.
Jarno Trulli:
"This was another useful day of testing for us. I spent the morning primarily working on setting up the car. Then in the afternoon we moved onto tyre testing. We have so far encountered a few difficulties in finding the ideal set-up for the car but that is only to be expected."
"We are still at a very early stage in our relationship with Bridgestone and we are on a steep learning curve to find out how to get the most out of the tyres. Jerez is a fine track to work on that and I'm confident that we will make considerable progress over the winter."
Ricardo Zonta:
"Today was mainly about testing tyres. After some set-up work in the morning we moved onto a tyre construction test. We had one interruption in the afternoon when we suffered a problem with our fuel system as we exited the garage. That meant we missed running when the track was at its best. But we still made it through most of our programme."
"Jerez is an excellent circuit for finding out how to use the tyres. Of course we still have a lot to learn about setting up the car on our new tyres but today has been a useful day for collecting data."
Mike Gascoyne, Technical Director Chassis:
"Jarno was joined today by Ricardo for another productive day of testing. Ricardo's programme involved basic set-up work on the reference tyres this morning before doing some construction tests for Bridgestone. Jarno spent the morning doing set-up and balance work before concentrating on a tyre compound test in the afternoon."
"Ricardo missed out on a bit of running after a fuel system problem but overall this was a constructive day including some useful work with our tyre partner Bridgestone. Our development work with them is already paying dividends even at this early stage of our partnership."
Jarno Trulli
Chassis TF106/01
Best lap time: 1m19.670s
Total laps: 89
Total distance: 393.6km
Ricardo Zonta
Chassis TF106/02
Best lap time: 1m19.859s
Total laps: 60
Total distance: 265.4km
-toyota-
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Jerez test times 2005-12-08
Next article Bridgestone Jerez test update 2005-12-09
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Ricardo Zonta
Top 10: F1 feeder series kings who were overlooked the following year
FIA F2
FIA F2
Top 10: F1 feeder series kings who were overlooked the following year
Zonta issues quit threat after third exclusion in a year
Stock Car Pro Series
Stock Car Pro Series
Zonta issues quit threat after third exclusion in a year
Stock Car Brazil : Goiânia 500 has victories of Daniel Serra and Átila Abreu
Stock Car Pro Series
Stock Car Pro Series
Goiânia II
Stock Car Brazil : Goiânia 500 has victories of Daniel Serra and Átila Abreu
More from
Toyota Racing
Toyota fears “big gap” to rivals in Monza WEC after worst qualifying of 2026
WEC
WEC
Monza
Toyota fears “big gap” to rivals in Monza WEC after worst qualifying of 2026
Sebastien Ogier tipped for partial WRC 2027 programme
WRC
WRC
Sebastien Ogier tipped for partial WRC 2027 programme
Latest news
Aprilia: “Marco Bezzecchi couldn’t avoid the collision; Marc Marquez moved in on him"
MotoGP
MGP MotoGP
Qatar GP
20 min
Aprilia: “Marco Bezzecchi couldn’t avoid the collision; Marc Marquez moved in on him"
How the Racing Bulls pendulum is swinging back towards undeniable Liam Lawson
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Sao Paulo GP
1 h
How the Racing Bulls pendulum is swinging back towards undeniable Liam Lawson
How Max Verstappen beat Red Bull's own simulation tools with P2 in Brazil
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Sao Paulo GP
1 h
How Max Verstappen beat Red Bull's own simulation tools with P2 in Brazil
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe