Toyota thinks long-term

Team principal Tsutomi Tomita, said: "I am not going to set any concrete targets for this weekend's race because we have to look at improvements on a long-term scale. Instead I simply expect us to make the next logical step ahead and to show another increase on performance."

Toyota will put a re-packaged car on the grid at Imola, with modifications centred on lightening the chassis and re-distributing weight.

"We are not where we want to be at the moment, but we are working on a race-by-race basis to rectify that and gradually move up the grid," said Cristiano da Matta.

Olivier Panis is also looking on the bright-side. "The positive thing is that everybody is now working very well together as a team. Stability is critical, so together we must keep pushing."