Aiming to close the gap to the front-runners
An all-new, Bahrain-spec bodywork package for Toyota`s 2006 F1 car will be debuted next week.
While Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher were as much as 2.5 seconds off the leading pace at Jerez on Wednesday, their TF106s will look substantially different when they next take to the winter test circuits.

"We are looking forward to seeing how it makes an impact on our progress," said test team manager Gerd Pfeiffer.

Although widely reported as a radical and expensive approach to the launch of a new car, Toyota adopted a similar policy last year, according to Technical Director Mike Gascoyne.

Indeed, the TF105 - although ultimately beaten in the development race - got off to a stellar start, with the team hanging onto second in the constructors` for some time.

"This strategy helped us to be extremely competitive at the start of 2005," the Briton agreed, "and we are confident the same will happen this year."

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