Toyota 🦩has refused to blame development driver Franck Perera for his two errors during test🐬ing on Tuesday, despite losing a couple of hours while repairs were made to the Frenchman's TF106.

The team resumed its winter test programme at Jerez following a one-day rest after Sunday's wet weather session, with F3 graduate Perera - who has tested impressively in a GP2 car this winter - joining regular reserve Ricardo Zonta for only his second full test with Toyota, after conducting six of the regular pre-race shak𒊎edown runs between June and October this year.

The coldest temperatures seen in winter testing so far this year meant a delayed start to the day, but both Zonta and Perera eventually got underway, with the Brazilian working through his usual development programme wཧhile his team-mate attempted to gain more mileage 🧜and achieve the 300km necessary to qualify for an F1 superlicence.

"It was a pretty good day - except that I made a small mistake in turn ten this morning," Perera admitted, after sustaining nose and rear suspension damage, "I took a little bit too much k๊erb, lost the back end and hit the tyre barrier very lightly. That cost us a couple of hours while the car was brought back and repaired.

"Then, at the very end, I lost control in turn five and had a quick spin, but there was no damage. We had made quite a big modification to the car, so maybe that was the reason.ಞ There was a lot for me to learn and take in - with the engine, the tyres and everything - and it was pretty different from what I experienced a year ago!"

Test team manager Gerd Pfeiffer insisted that Peℱrera should not concern himself with the offs, and confirmed that the🐼 Frenchman would be back in the TF106 on Wednesday.

"Franck should not be too hard on himself - by the end of the day he was driving well and doing ver𝓰y reasonable times," Pfeiffer said, "It was more about the chance for him to gain some🔯 more experience and for us to evaluate him a little more and see what kind of feedback he can give to the engineers."