Trulli admits he expected more

The Toyota driver and his teammate Timo Glock were very fast in both Q1 and Q2 but then slid down the order and had to settle for the fourth row of the grid.

Trulli said he was mystified by the changes to his car's handling with a heavy fuel load on.

"We've done quite a good job overall this weekend preparing for qualifying and the race," said Trulli. "I had to make some adjustments during the first part of qualifying but in the end fortunately I got the set-up right. That meant that I could find the right balance and get back on the pace.

"In Q2 I was 4th and Timo was 5th so it shows that the Toyotas are going well. Q3 was a bit of a mystery because as soon as we put the fuel on the car was rather unbalanced and we lost a lot of grip.

"So I wasn't so happy about the pace of Q3 but maybe its down to the different fuel levels. Now we must go for a strong result for everyone here in front of our own fans and we must fight really hard until the end tomorrow."

Glock, who had topped the times in the first qualifying session, had to be content with eighth position, and the German reckons his cause was not helped by this morning's rain.

"We have to be happy with how qualifying went in the end," he said. "This morning's rain didn't really help us because we would have liked to have more rubber on the asphalt. Instead it was quite low grip but still Q1 was quite easy. I was quickest and I had a really good feeling.

"But after that we struggled to get the most out of the softer tyre on heavy fuel and we are slightly further back than we'd hoped. There are a couple of places where you can overtake here so let's see what happens tomorrow. What is great is the home support we've had here.

"There are so many Toyota fans and now we have both cars in the top ten we have a good chance to get both cars into the points."