Trulli says he was expecting more

"Today was a hard qualifying session," admitted the Italian, who blamed the track conditions, which had changed since yesterday.

"We expected a bit more but after our good performance from yesterday and today in practice. But this afternoon something must have changed with the track. The tyres were sliding more and the grip seemed to be missing so that was a bit strange.

"For tomorrow we will see. Our race pace has looked strong during practice here but the weather forecast is uncertain.

"As usual we will be hoping for warm conditions because of the way we handle the tyres. Needless to say we will push for as many points as we can," added the Toyota driver.

Teammate Timo Glock also had a difficult day, failing to make it to Q3 for the first time in the last four races.

The German, who had problems with the softer tyres, will start from 13th position.

"This has been a difficult weekend for me and this afternoon was a hard qualifying session," Glock said. "The whole weekend we have struggled to find the right balance in the car. The first two runs in qualifying felt okay so we made a step compared to yesterday.

"But I struggled to get anything out of the softer tyres and I couldn't get it right. The traffic was fine but the car felt different on every lap and it was difficult to get a good feeling. So it's been hard to get the set-up right all weekend but we will try to regain ground during the race tomorrow."