Trulli Literally Speechless after Monaco Win

Italian Jarno Trulli has been left literally speechless after celebrating the first victory of his Formula One career.

The Renault driver, winner of last Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, cancelled a meeting with reporters at the Nurburgring on Thursday after losing his voice.

Trulli, who spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Renault factories in France before attending soccer's Champions League final in Gelsenkirchen, left the talking to Spanish teammate Fernando Alonso instead.

"Monaco is a very special track and here is different, maybe things will come back to normal," Alonso told a news conference before Sunday's European Grand Prix. "But anyway I think we have improved the car a lot.

"In Monaco we saw a little bit of that and here in Nurburgring I hope we can confirm that Renault is closing the gap with Ferrari and we can fight them on some occasions," he said.

Renault are second behind Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship with 52 points to the Italian team's 88.

"The team has much more confidence now, after the last two races," said Alonso, who crashed in Monaco while running in second place. "I think from a reliability point of view we are very strong, we have finished all the races with no problems in the car and we are looking quite competitive."