Trulli fears difficult weekend at Monza

The Japanese squad was less competitive at Spa than in other recent races, and Trulli believes the characteristics of the Monza circuit are likely to make their lives hard again this weekend.

Trulli finished down in 19th position in the second practice session today, having hardly run in the morning.

"That was not a good Friday because the track was always changing and we didn't learn much out of it," said Trulli. "In general we have a competitive car but we had a difficult weekend in Spa and this could be another hard race.

"The cool conditions make warming up the tyres a problem and so far this year we have been more competitive at high downforce levels than at low downforce.

"So it's not the best type of circuit for us but we will obviously push for the best result we can. For sure this is not the ideal place to have a wet race but obviously we will have to deal with it. We just hope we can improve over the next two days."

Teammate Timo Glock completed a low-key day for Toyota, the German posting the 17th fastest time.

"It was difficult today," he said. "In the wet conditions this morning we were okay but in the dry the car just is not working the tyre hard enough. So the car is out of the right set-up window to have confidence. It feels different from corner to corner and it is not easy to feel what it is doing.

"The conditions were tricky in Spa last week and they are likely to be similar here. That will make it another difficult weekend for us because we have struggled in cooler conditions, particularly with hard tyres and low downforce. Still, I have never raced here in wet conditions before so that could be quite interesting for us."