Toyota drivers bemoan extra stop

Both men were forced to pit three times as the track was not wet enough for extreme weather tyres in the final part of the race.

Having pitted to change tyres just a few laps before the track began to dry up, both Toyota drivers dropped down the order.

"Overall it was just quite a difficult day for us," said Glock after finishing in 11th position. "I made a good start but I lost a couple of seconds soon afterwards when I spun as I tried to overtake Alonso. Early on it was very hard to see through all the spray when the track was at its wettest.

"It was hard to attack but I still managed to pull off some moves. Then the extra stop cost us the chance to go for points. It's obviously a shame to finish where we did but we were unlucky and our pace shows we can score again in the coming races."

Trulli, starting from seventh, went on to finish in 13th place.

"In the wet conditions early on I was going well on the heavy wet tyres but we had no luck with the strategy because the timings just didn't work out for us today," he said. "When I came in for my pitstop it was still four or five laps too soon for standard wet tyres.

"That meant we had to pit again shortly afterwards and we lost everything. Later on I was not as competitive because I was sliding around.

"So it was not our day today. Still, we were expecting this to be a difficult race but the next few races might be better for us. So I remain optimistic because we still have a lot of points to score and the season has been good so far."