Toyota have vowed to bounce back in Turkey after an "unacceptable" performance at the Monaco Grand Prix a fortnight ago.
Team president wants improvement
Toyota have vowed to bounce back in Turkey after an "unacceptable" performance at the Monaco Grand Prix a fortnight ago.
After collecting 26.5 points - including three podiums - in the first five races of the season, Toyota were expected to be one of the front-runners on the streets of Monte Carlo.
However, the Japanese manufacturer endured a nightmare weekend and both Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock started at the back of the grid and failed to score any points.
Team president John Howett says they need to "rapidly develop a solution" to the problems that hampered them in Monaco.
"Clearly we want - and expect - to deliver a significantly better performance in Turkey than we did in Monaco, which was unacceptable to us," he said.
"We saw in Spain and Monaco that we were not good enough on slow-speed sectors and we have worked tirelessly to understand the reason for this. It tends to be influenced by traction and this was magnified by Monaco.
"We have conducted a straight-line aero test and that will give us the information we need to rapidly develop a solution. Turkey is a very different circuit to Monaco and I am very optimistic we will be strong."
Glock, who has 12 points to his name, says Toyota are targeting another podium finish in Istanbul.
"I am going to Turkey with a huge amount of determination because Monaco was not the kind of weekend we expect and we are all looking forward to getting back to where we belong," the German said.
"We ultimately want to be fighting for the podium. It's a very close fight at the moment so it's difficult to predict exactly what will happen but certainly we expect a big improvement and I am looking forward to battling at the right end of the grid in Turkey."
