Foyt: We are ready, but Toyota have work to do.

While he remains one of the youngest members of the grid, AJ Foyt IV will be looking to learn from his grandfather as he continues his education in the IRL - although the famous elder member of the Foyt family feels it could be tough at the start of the season.

Foyt IV, who won't turn 21 until May and is the youngest driver to compete in the Indianapolis 500, will again turn out for the AJ Foyt Racing team owned by his grandfather - four time Indy 500 winner AJ Foyt - and is looking to establish himself firmly amongst the front runners of the field.

"I expect to be competitive at every race, and unless we aren't running at the end, I expect to be in the top ten," he said. "I need to focus on the final practice [for each race] and I have to give my team good information so they can give me a good car for the race."

However, while the more senior member of the Foyt family felt progress was made during the 2004 season, he feels that the Honda powered teams on the grid will have an advantage when the new season gets underway.

"I think from out standpoint, our team is ready to go," he said. "Anthony was happy with the way the car worked at the tests. But looking at the results, it looks like Honda is starting out with a big advantage over everyone.

"I hate to start a season this way. I know TRD is working their butt off to try to catch up, but some of the new stuff isn't working as good as they'd hoped. Penske's team is looking pretty good compared to the other Toyota teams and some of the Hondas too but he builds his own Toyota engines.

"Right now it's out of our hands but I think that Toyota will make some big gains before Indy. I know they're really focused. We'll just have to see what happens."