Hungary Preview Quotes: Toyota

Ralf Schumacher: "Budapest in July is one of the hottest venues that we go to during the year, so we can expect another sweltering weekend. The circuit is not used much outside of the grand prix, so it is extremely dusty on the opening day of practice. The Hungaroring is famous for being one of the hardest circuits for overtaking on the entire calendar, so grid position is particularly important and going out late in the session is an advantage. If you are stuck for long periods in another car's slipstream your car's system temperatures can go up, so we sometimes have to back off during the race to let cooler air run through the car. But a couple of years ago they extended the straight so nothing is impossible. Hopefully we can extend our run of three straight finishes in the points."

Dieter Gass ­ Chief Race Engineer: "The Hungaroring is a maximum downforce circuit, making it important to have a solid aerodynamic package. It's quite similar to Monaco, both in terms of average speed and average brake temperatures. Because there are no long straights, the brakes do not have time to cool down and being continuously applied over the whole lap and therefore the entire race. It is so hard to overtake that we must also consider the effects of running continuously in another driver's slipstream. All the temperatures inside the car rise dramatically in these conditions ­ engine, brakes, gearbox ­ so we have to monitor the system temperatures carefully. But once we have successfully negotiated the start and the first few corners, it is important to open up enough of a gap between your car and the ones behind in order not to compromise the pit stop strategy. This year we have seen that generally if a car stops later than the car it is closely following then it can build up enough of a time advantage to get past and that has to be avoided at all costs."