Οπως φαίνεται και απο τις δηλώσεις του υπευθύνου τις ΤΟΥΟΤΑ, προκάλεσε μεγάλη έκπληξη το αποτέλεσμα αλλά και η γενικότερη απόδοση τις ομάδας! Οπως θα δείτε κανείς δεν το περίμενε. και "ψάχνουνε" το γιατί!!! (Καλά συγνώμη, στις δοκιμές το αυτοκίνητο έκανε ανταγωνιστικούς χρόνους και δεν ανησυχήσανε? Γιατί αν ήτανε τόσο αργό όπως στον αγώνα, θα είχε φανεί απο πρίν ή κάνω λάθος?
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"Toyota team boss Tsutomu Tomita has called for a thorough inquest into what he described as a “shocking” performance in Bahrain.
The Japanese outfit was nowhere near the front-running pace all weekend despite having one of the biggest budgets in Formula 1 and high pre-season expectations.
The team adopted different fuel strategies for its two drivers, but to little avail as they trailed home 14th (Schumacher) and 16th (Trulli).
“The first grand prix weekend of 2006 has been a shocking way to start the year – not only for the team but for the fans all over the world,” was Tomita’s blunt verdict.
“The car was unexpectedly slower than many of the other cars and we could do nothing to step up during the race.
“We put the drivers on different strategies – Ralf on three tops and Jarno on two.
“At one point Jarno was good enough to let Ralf through because he was on a different strategy and a lighter fuel load, which meant he finished ahead.
“But overall we have to treat the weekend as a test session and use it to analyse why we didn't get the expected performance level.
“It was a disappointing race and a disappointing weekend and certainly not what we expected coming here based on our performance in testing.
“The basic balance of the car was okay but we have just been struggling for grip all weekend.
“It seems we have lost the considerable performance advantage we have built up since the middle of last year so we have a lot of work to do to understand the reasons.
“This is a very frustrating atmosphere but I’m sure that we will make every effort to come back at the coming races.”
Schumacher admitted the team’s fortunes are unlikely to be transformed overnight.
“Of course this was not the way we hoped to start off the 2006 season but we have to take things as they are and try to move forward from here,” said the German.
“We don’t know where the problem is but hopefully we will soon find out.
“The early races will be difficult but all we can do is push as hard as we can to move back up the grid.”"
Με αφορμή αυτό το γεγονός αναφέρω ότι στο ΒΗΜΑγκαζίνο της ίδιας ημέρας είχε ένα άρθρο που αναφερόταν σε πραγματικά εντυπωσιακούς αριθμούς από το πρωτάθλημα της F1. Από όλους αυτούς τους αριθμούς κρατάω αυτούς που αναφέρονται στην ομάδα της ΤΟΥΟΤΑ:
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