TF106 completely off the paceToyota treated the Bahrain Grand Prix as an emergency `test session`, with Formula One`s biggest-budget team in crisis with its new 2006 TF106 package.
Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli were much more than a lap down at the end of 57 laps, while Cologne based engineers move on to Malaysia desperately seeking answers to a deadly lack of grip and pace.
"We don`t know what the problem is," said Ralf Schumacher, whose Japanese team switched from Michelin to Bridgestone in the winter.
Team-mate Jarno Trulli added: "The harder I pushed the slower I seemed to go.
We are simply not quick enough."
Team principal Tsutomu Tomita called Toyota`s 2006 season opener `shocking`.
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