Trulli celebrates Toyota's 'great' form

"That was a good result and a great performance by the team," said Trulli, who finished in fifth position.

"The weekend started badly for me but it has finished really well today so I'm happy. I could drive a strong race without attacking much. I pushed very hard when I needed to while paying attention to taking care of my tyres and my brakes throughout.

"This shows how good we are getting and how nice it is to race with a competitive car every weekend. Toyota is doing a very good job this year and looking strong and more competitive at every circuit.

"The team is still pushing with the development work so I'm confident that we can maintain the form in the coming races and keep the points coming," added the Italian.

Teammate Timo Glock also finished in the points, in seventh, despite struggling to finish the race due to a cold he has been suffering from.

"That was one of my hardest races ever because I have had a bad cold for the last two days," he said. "But I had a good car and the right strategy and I think P7 was the best result we could have achieved today so I'm really happy. I made up some places at the start and then just tried to do my race.

"It was tough in the middle of the race and in the last 10 laps I pushed as hard as I could to stay concentrated. Considering our qualifying and my condition, I am happy. It's a great result for the team to get both cars into the points for the constructors' championship."

The result allowed fourth-placed Toyota to build a 10-point gap over Renault in the standings.