Timo Glock insists Toyota can still challenge for a race victory this year despite losing ground to F1's frontrunners in recent races.
German says Toyota "have made a good step from 2008 to 2009"
Timo Glock insists Toyota can still challenge for a race victory this year despite losing ground to Formula One's frontrunners in recent races.
The Cologne-based outfit started the 2009 campaign brilliantly with Jarno Trulli and Glock finishing third and fourth respectively in Australia.
Their good form continued in Malaysia, where Glock found himself on the podium, before Toyota locked out the front row in qualifying in Bahrain - Trulli going on to finish third in the race.
However, they've started to lose touch with this season's top two teams, Brawn GP and Red Bull, in recent races, the low point coming at Monaco, where Trulli and Glock started at the back of the grid.
When asked by
autosport.com whether he thought Toyota could win a race this year, Glock said: "I was always careful about talking about the first win.
"I always said we had to concentrate on developing the car race by race and that's still my opinion. Sure, at the moment we maybe have slightly lost pace to the top two teams, but there is a chance every race to be up there."
Stability
The German believes the stability of the TF109 is one of the main reasons for Toyota's improvement this year.
"We have made a good step from 2008 to 2009. Okay, we have different tyres and a different aerodynamic configuration, but I would say that the car is better in every area," Glock added.
"It has better stability. You can drive the car more aggressively and not have to pick a window where it is working.
"Last year, when you lost the car, you lost it quite unpredictably. We improved that already last year and we have made more improvements this year."
