Panasonic Toyota Racing

Location: Cologne, Germany
Years in F1: 2002 - 2009
Team championships: 0
Drivers Championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 0
Races started: 139
Pole positions: 3

Toyota team history

The Japanese car company Toyota joined F1 in 2002 and performed well in the mid field, with a few good results, but never mounted a real challenge to the teams at the front of the grid. After 139 races in F1 and no race wins, Toyota withdrew from F1 at the end of the 2009 season.

Key personnel: Mike Gascoyne

Previous seasons

2009

Position: 5
Points: 59.5
Race wins: 0
Jarno Trulli 8th 32.5 points
Timo Glock 10th 24 points
The final season was again a mid-field finish with with two 2nd places and three 3rd places.

2008

Position: 5
Points: 56
Race wins: 0
Jarno Trulli 9th 31 points
Timo Glock 10th 25 points
This was an improved season with a 2nd and 3rd place.

2007

Position: 6
Points: 13
Race wins: 0
Jarno Trulli 13th 8 points
Ralph Schumacher 16th 5 points
This season the team was running in the mid-field generally running just outside the points.

2006

Position: 6
Points: 35
Race wins: 0
Jarno Trulli 12th 15 points
Ralph Schumacher 10th 20 points
This was a less successful season with only one podium finish and with more non-finishes.

2005

Position: 4
Points: 88
Race wins: 0
Jarno Trulli 7th 43 points
Ralph Schumacher 6th 45 points
This was the teams best season in F1 with two 2nd places finishes and three 3rd place finishes. The team scored points in all but one race.

2004

Position: 8
Points: 9
Race wins: 0
Olivier Panis 14th 6 points
Christiano Da Matta 17th 3 points
This was a less successful season with only 4 points scoring finishes.

2003

Position: 8
Points: 16
Race wins: 0
Olivier Panis 5th 6 points
Christiano Da Matta 13th 10 points
This season they were running consistently in the mid-field.

2002

Position: 10
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Mika Salo 17th 2 points
Allan McNish 19th 0 points
Mika Salo scored a point in the 1st and 3rd races but after that they were finishing in the mid-field.