By Karl KING
July 24 2005

Jarno Trulli had a race to forget at Germany today - making 6 visits to the pits; schedueled stops; twice to have the air bottle topped up; a drive through penalty for an infringement involving blue flags.

Jarno retired when the air ran out for the pneumatics and was classified 14th.

Quotes on the race:

“I was pushed wide by Webber at the first corner and I picked up a puncture, which effectively ruined the race for me,” he said. “Then, later, I found that the pneumatic consumption was high and I had to stop twice to have the air bottle topped up. Finally, it ran out just before the end.”

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"That was a very unlucky day for me," said Trulli. "At the start the car didn't pull away well, then at first corner I had a problem with Webber, who was suffering with his gearbox and just pushed me wide onto the very outside of the circuit. I picked up a puncture and found the car difficult to stop into the second and third corners and down the straight. So I had to pit and change the front left tyre. The balance was fine after that, and in fact the car felt very good today, better than it has for a couple of races, and I was able to overtake Sato down the straight. Later on I knew there were blue flags, but they came just as I was overtaking Heidfeld. I let Montoya past immediately afterwards but was given a penalty. Finally I had a problem with the pneumatic pressure in the engine and I was forced to stop. All in all, that was just one of those races when everything happened."