Saturday, March 6, 2010
Black Sunday for Toyota
Spa - noyota! Nothing's been in the home match for the Cologne-based team with the hoped-for first win. On the contrary: In front of hundreds Toyota employees from Cologne-Marsdorf and Brussels (European headquarters) shows the crew as a tank idiot. The bitter acknowledgment: zero points!
It looked so good: Jarno Trulli, with more fuel than sensational first Giancarlo Fisichella on the grid. But then Finn Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari and BMW-poles fly past Robert Kubica.
In the turmoil battering the La Source hairpin at Heidfeld's BMW Trulli is the front wing must be in the box and is now at the back.
Mate Timo Glock races from grid position seven to four, but then the attendant slept the 1 Pit stop. The Hesse falls back to 13th position, from where he can make up only three seats.
With Trulli second stop in the 22nd Round then jammed the filler neck, then there's still a brake problem. Unnerved the Italians are a lap later. JT: I can not tell you how disappointed I am. "