Trulli hopeful of strong weekend

"As usual here in Hungary it was a difficult Friday because of the dusty circuit," said the Toyota driver after posting the ninth fastest time of the day.

"It was hard to draw clear conclusions because there was tyre graining that affected the car's performance and general balance. So we concentrated on finding out what kind of behaviour we can expect from the tyres.

"I hope we can have another strong weekend because I like this track, the car has been competitive recently and we are looking to score more points," added Trulli, who failed to score points in the last race in Germany.

Teammate Timo Glock wound up 11th and was also optimistic of a points finish.

"The morning went well for me on the dirty track surface and we had no problems with the car," he said. "In the second session the track changed, there was a bit more grip and the car started to be a bit trickier to drive but overall this was not a bad first day. Hopefully we can continue with this speed.

"If I can qualify well and we can have the race pace we had in Hockenheim then a points finish should be possible."