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Glock: We can still win a race this year

Wednesday 1st July 2009

Timo Glock insists Toyota can still challenge for a race victory this year despite a blip in their form.

Toyota started the 2009 campaign brilliantly with Jarno Trulli and Glock finishing third and fourth respectively in Australia. Their good form continued in Malaysia and Glock found himself on the podium. However, they've started to lose touch with the top two teams in recent races.

When asked by Autosport if 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."

The German believes the stability of the TF109 is one of the main reasons for the success 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."