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Currently watching F1, courtesy of Adam's Slingbox media streamer (whee!), and Peter Windsor just interviewed Toyota's pilot Jarno Trulli who was quoted affirming Windsor's comment that the car's aerodynamic development has taken it more "pointy" and that's not to Jarno's liking.

Arithmetic 101: if you have two pilots, one of them (Trulli) tends to outqualify and outperform the other, better-paid driver (Ralf Schumacher) at the beginning of the year, why on earth would you then compromise your entire team by compromising in favour of the weaker driver?

Hypothesis:

1. Toyota can't afford to not let Ralf drive. Might be in his contract or something
2. Likewise with "equal treatment" that might be defined in such a way that Ralf had to feel equally comfortable in the car
3. Trulli does not know how to impose himself on the team. Language trouble, in a German-based team?

Thankfully Ralf is most likely out after this year. It's a joke that the best Japanese-owned team this year is.. Super Aguri ! And that's the team that's struggling with funding too.