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Coulthard wants FIA probe into Toyota racer

David Coulthard on the podium, celebrating his 3rd place at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix.
David Coulthard on the podium, celebrating his 3rd place at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix.
Jul.27 (GMM) David Coulthard is expecting the FIA to launch a probe into the "structural integrity" of Toyota's current formula one single seater.

The Scottish veteran, who drives for rivals Red Bull Racing, said that incidents involving the Cologne-designed TF108 can be compared with earlier this season, when the governing body looked into the integrity of the Adrian Newey-penned RB4 car.

Off the back of several incidents involving crumbling suspension pieces at both Sepang and Melbourne earlier this season, FIA stewards ordered Red Bull to explain in a detailed technical report how its car is safe enough to race.

In a section of his latest website column for the British broadcaster ITV entitled 'Double standard?', Coulthard pointed out that Toyota has now also had a run of apparent chassis problems.

Toyota confirmed last week that Timo Glock's heavy crash at Hockenheim had been tracked to the right-rear trackrod, while at Silverstone Jarno Trulli ended in the tyre barrier following a rear wing failure.

But Coulthard said: "I didn't hear of any investigation into the structural integrity of the Toyota -- but presumably that will happen because when we had a suspension breakage in Malaysia we came under the spotlight of the FIA in a way that was publicly uncomfortable for the team."
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