Tyre testing is key

Dieter Gass
By Karl King
February 5 2006

Toyota becomes an all-Japanese partnership with it's tyre manufacturer in 2006, hopefully taking them one step closer to their elusive win.

Whilst testing in Valencia this week, the team has made good progress with it's new rubber.

"I think we had quite a positive test over the three days in Valencia," said Dieter Gass, chief engineer. "The car was running very reliably and therefore we got a lot of work done with the tyres. We made some interesting progress with the tyres, trying some new specifications and working on the car set-up to adapt to the Bridgestone tyres. Next week in Jerez we will work again on a similar programme, studying how to obtain the right temperatures to make the tyres perform properly."