Malaysia preview quotes: Toyota

"I like the circuit, there are some opportunities for overtaking there and it is a new track so the facilities are really great. Also, I have had some good races there and I am hoping for another this year.

"We made a reasonable start to the season with my point in Australia but we want to be more competitive and hopefully the work we did at our test last week will move us closer to the front. I am optimistic we can be fighting for more points this weekend."

Jarno Trulli: "Sepang is one of the modern kinds of circuit on the Formula One calendar and the facilities we have there are very good. As a track it is an interesting technical challenge and the heat and humidty make it one of the hardest races of the season. We have been testing already at Sepang last week which will help us with set-up information and hopefully we will have more performance from the car as well.

"I have very good memories of Malaysia because I achieved Toyota's first Formula One podium there in 2005 and that is probably the best race of my time with the team so far.

"It would be great if we could repeat that kind of result but we know we still have some work to do to catch up with the top teams because in Australia we were still a bit away. However, after a difficult winter of testing it was good to start the season with a competitive performance in Australia and I hope we can have a strong result in Malaysia."

Pascal Vasselon - Senior General Manager Chassis: "Sepang will be a difficult weekend for all teams because the circuit is hard on every element of the car. The high temperatures are very demanding on the cooling package, the tyres and the brakes. In terms of set-up it is quite tricky as there is an interesting mix of slow and high speed corners.

"We will get a better idea in Malaysia of how competitive each team is because Melbourne is historically quite an unusual race in terms of performance. That is especially true when it comes to tyres. In Malaysia we do not expect to have the kind of warming up problems you usually see in Australia, so this is the first race which will show how the car behaves when the tyres are working well.

"We did reasonably well in Australia but we want to achieve more and we'll be looking for more performance in Malaysia, where we expect to score more points."