Toyota
Nationality - Japanese
Debut in F1 - 2002
Drivers' Titles - 0
Constructors' Titles - 0
Current Drivers - Olivier
Panis, Cristiano
da Matta
Team History
An excellent history in motorsport that boasts 7 World Rally Championship
Titles and a well established record in American CART and Le Mans
24. The next obvious challenge for Toyota was Formula 1. After a
number of years of preparation Toyota made its F1 debut in 2002.
The team debuted with driver's Mike Salto and Allan McNish. Despite
the huge hype and the extravagant budget Toyota did not win any
points in 2002.
2003 saw the new drivers Cristiano
da Matta and Olivier
Panis put in some good performances but the team finished in
only in 8th place. However Toyota is not the first team to struggle
in their opening seasons. In the initial years after their debut
Williams also struggled before becoming one of the main contenders
in the championship.
With the strong financial, managerial and technical commitment
Toyota is bound to start achieving and challenging for the F1 title
soon enough.
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