Toyota 'Over the Moon' after Strong Showing

Toyota's chief designer Gustav Brunner was delighted with the Japanese squad's performance in Saturday's qualifying for the British Grand Prix.

The Cologne-based squad endured a torrid Friday at the Silverstone circuit, with Scot Allan McNish finishing at the bottom of the times while teammate Mika Salo was forced to sit out both practice sessions due to a bout of food poisoning.

But the Finn recovered brilliantly on Saturday, setting a season-best eighth fastest time ahead of tomorrow's race, and Brunner was very happy with the result.

"That was a masterpiece of strategy," said Brunner. "It was a terrible day yesterday with Mika in bed and the wet weather, but we did not get stressed and fantastic team work made today's result possible.

"Our 'don't get mad, get better' philosophy is clearly working. We are all over the moon, and both Mika and Allan did a sterling job."

Scot McNish was unable to match his teammate's pace, but nonetheless enjoyed a better day than yesterday, qualifying in 15th position.

"The car was better balanced in qualifying than it has been all weekend," said McNish. "We still need some more traction and I lost quite a lot in the last two corners. I got held up by (Kimi) Raikkonen on my best run.

"He was on his out lap and I lost a lot of time in the first sector, which was disappointing but one of those things."