Advantages: Will be an interesting addition to F1 Disadvantages: The build up could come to an anti-climax
...I'll also be right behind Toyota when they line up on the Melbourne grid. The 12th car manufacturer will make their debut in Australia and I like many others I imagine want to see them do well.
Toyota have quite a rich pedigree in motorsport. First of Toyota were rally champions severla times over in the 80's and then once again in 1994 when Frenchman Didier Auriol took the winners trophy. Touring cars has also been a strong point and in 1992 came ... ...of the F1 equation, so Toyota got to work early. It wasn't long before they started to cause a stir among the F1 paddock. Toyota had elected to build their own chassis and own engine - something that only Renault and Ferrari are doing. By doing the designing thi swhy it was going to be a while before the car was competative but it would be cheaper and more conveniant. The worlds richest manufacturer have pumped millions into the Toyota F1 project ...
Solex 04.11.2001
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The new Panasonic Toyota team will be entering into formula 1 next season for the first race in Austrailia on March 3rd 2002. They wil be based in Germany. Driving for the team will be Mika Salo and Allan McNish. The team have gone for one experienced driver and one new one.
Mika Salo has been in f1 since 1994. As you might have guess by his first name, Mika, he is from Finland. He started with the Lotus team but had to leave when they went bankrupt. ... ...has been testing with the Toyota team since March and they must have been impressed because they signed him for the second driver seat. He has never raced in formula one but has been racing in F3 and F3000 for the last ten years and now finally has his break. He comes from Scotland.
The team's sponsor are Japanese electric company Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd. Toyota are also Japanese. It seems that the reasons they have started up a team ...
hilareeee 24.10.2001
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