Panasonic Toyota Racing was a Formula One team owned by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota Motor Corporation and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to join Formula One in
The Toyota GT-One entered the 1998 and 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans with ex-Formula One drivers Martin Brundle, Thierry Boutsen and Ukyo Katayama. The car itself was competitive in terms of speed; however, reliability problems denied the team a win on both occasions.
The first Formula One test car of Toyota, the TF101 (2001)
Allan McNish at the 2002 French Grand Prix. The Scot qualified in seventeenth place, but retired from the race with an engine problem although he did complete enough laps to be classified eleventh.
Olivier Panis driving the Toyota TF104 at the 2004 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis. He finished the race in 5th.
Timo Glock is a German racing driver, who competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Dörr Motorsport. Glock competed in Formula One between 2004 and 2012.
Toyota in Formula One
…promises, and vowed to have a completely different car for 2008. While retaining Jarno Trulli, Toyota replaced Ralf Schumacher with reigning GP2 champion Timo Glock for the 2008 season. The team's new car, the Toyota TF108, was launched on 10 January 2008. The team's first points came in Sepang, where Jarno Trulli…
Glock driving for Jordan during free practice for the 2004 British Grand Prix.
Glock in the cockpit of his GP2 car during the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix weekend
Glock driving for Toyota F1 at the 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix