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Sporting a trendy new nose and ready for the 2009 season – Panasonic Toyota Racing’s TF108

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Veteran driver Jarno Trulli with Glock, the fresh face on the team. Let’s hope he performs well in the ’08 season.

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Testing at Barcelona, Valencia and Bahrain enabled the team to iron out any problems ahead of the season opener.

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Shooting of a promotional video between tests, made possible by the Russian arm set atop a filming vehicle.

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Seated in the cockpit of the TF108, Jarno gets ready for filming – yet another part of a racing driver’s job.

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Filming of the latest promotional video saw the cars racing past the new Opera House and other beautiful buildings in an area of new development in Barcelona.

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Filming continued into the night. Here the TF108 is snapped with the Opera House lit up in the background (rear left of photo).

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Not long now until the season opener. This year’s Formula One circus features 18 rounds across 17 countries. It will be interesting to see what the season holds for the team.