Trulli welcomes first points of 2006
Toyota driver Jarno Trulli was relieved after finally scoring his first points of the 2006 season in the Canadian Grand Prix
Trulli has been hit by all sorts of problems since the start of the season, retiring from point-scoring positions a few times before finally making it to the end of the race in the top eight.
The race, however, was not without trouble, the Italian suffering a scare when his engine started to misfire.
"I'm just delighted I have finally scored my first points of the season at last," said Trulli, sixth today.
"It was a great race in difficult conditions and a great effort from the whole team and everyone at the factory. We have been really pushing hard to improve the car and we've definitely made a big step forward with our performance, particularly since we brought the TF106B out.
"Unfortunately the results just would not come because of one problem or another so this is a great result for everyone. Even today I had a misfire and we ran the engine in recovery mode for the second half of the race.
"Nevertheless I pushed really hard to the end because I just didn't want to lose those points. Both the car and the Bridgestone tyres were really competitive. We made it to the finish and I can finally celebrate getting off the mark for 2006."
Teammate Ralf Schumacher endured a dismal day after choosing the wrong tyres for the race.
The German spun several times during the race before he finally decided to retire with 11 laps to go.
"This was just never going to be my weekend. Today there was no specific problem but I just couldn't find any grip out there," said Schumacher, who was also hit by a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pitlane. "It was my mistake because I went for the wrong tyres. It was a gamble but it didn't pay off.
"In the end the inevitable happened and we just had to retire the car. I'm disappointed because it could have been a very good race for me. But at least Jarno scored a few points and his pace showed that our car is going much better. We just need to avoid mistakes.
"We will soon be in Indianapolis so I hope we can do a better job there and bring a good result home."
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