Trulli keeping future options open

Trulli, whose contract with Toyota will expire at the end of this year, had a troubled start to the 2006 season, and he says his main goal at present is to overcome these problems and become competitive again.

"Yes, I have several other options, even if I am talking with Toyota," Trulli said. "But at the moment, I think we have other problems to solve with the car, so we are concentrating on the job, on the team, and eventually we will see what happens."

When asked if he would like to stay at Toyota, Trulli added: "It's not a question of whether I would prefer this or that. I believe that consistency is very important - you cannot jump from one F1 team to another.

"I think that when I was at Renault, my third season there was my best so far. You build up the relationship with the team, you build up the team around yourself, so it's not good if you keep changing teams.

"On the other hand, you have to have the right technical department, you have to have a good team, and I think Toyota are a good team with good potential. It's just a matter of developing it.

"Ferrari showed that more consistency means you have better relationships."

Trulli was on a visit yesterday to Lyss, Switzerland, for the launch of his new race kart, made by local company Swiss Hutless. During the event, the Italian won a 10-lap go-kart race against 20 journalists, after starting from the last place.