25 June 2004
Newman/Hass Toyota-Lola Champ Car
2002 was a landmark year for Toyota in American motor sport, the year in which it claimed both the drivers’ (with Cristiano da Matta) and manufacturers’ titles in the CART championship.
Motorsport Press Releases on Toyota Media Site
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25 June 2004
Cristiano Da Matta
No longer the new kid on the F1 block, Cristiano da Matta entered the 2004 Formula 1 World Championship on an equal footing with his rivals for the first time.
25 June 2004
Olivier Panis
Olivier Panis entered the 2004 Formula 1 World Championship confident of continuing the progress he made with the Panasonic Toyota Racing Team in 2003.
25 June 2004
Panasonic Toyota Racing TF103 – The Car That Led The British Grand Prix
The Panasonic Toyota Racing TF103 was Toyota’s contender for its second season of Formula 1 competition, in 2003.
28 May 2003
Toyota Driver Overcomes Spinal Injuries To Earn A Record $1.35 Million For Indy 500 Win
Brazilian Gil de Ferran drove through the pain of spinal injuries to take his Toyota-powered car to victory in the 2003 Indy 500 race on 25 May, earning himself $1,353,265.
21 June 2002
Toyota Prius Makes Motorsport History
The world’s first hybrid rally, a Toyota Prius, has finished the gruelling 5,000 mile, three-week Midnight Sun to Red Sea Rally in a provisional 14th place overall.
28 May 2002
Toyota Prius To Make Motor Sport History
Two rallying amateurs will enter the motor sport record books in June as the crew of the world’s first petrol/electric hybrid rally car.
18 December 2001
Panasonic Toyota Racing Unveils 2002 Contender
Toyota has taken a significant step on its path to Formula 1 with the unveiling in Cologne of its definitive 2002 challenger, the TF102. Official drivers, Mika Salo and Allan McNish, will give the car its race debut at the Australian GP in Melbourne on 3 March.
6 March 2001
Run Your Own Grand Prix Team With Toyota
Toyota will reveal its all new Formula One car at the end of March. The team will spend 2001 testing around the world in preparation for entry into the World Championship in 2002.
14 February 2001
Toyota Formula 1 At Paul Ricard
Toyota’s first Formula 1 car will be unveiled to the world on 23 March 2001 at one of motor sport’s most historic and challenging Grand Prix tracks; Circuit Paul Ricard near Marseille in the South
18 September 2000
Toyota Formula One Fires Up
The new Toyota Formula One team made a significant step in its progress towards its 2002 racing programme today by firing up its first ever V10 Formula One engine at its base in Cologne, Germany.
17 April 2000
Toyota Announces Further Formula One Developments
In its continuing progress towards entry into Formula One by 2002 at the latest, Toyota Motorsport can today confirm further significant developments.
10 November 1999
Top British Privateer to Pilot Toyota Corolla WRC on Network Q Rally of Great Britain
Toyota (GB) PLC and Castrol have secured the entry of an additional Toyota Corolla WRC rally car on the forthcoming Network Q Rally of Great Britain in November.
25 October 1999
Celica and the Art of Rallying
‘Celica Champions’ is a new fine art print from an original by the renowned motor sport artist Craig Warwick.
21 October 1999
Big Fun on the Little Rally
The weekend dawned damp and misty, but there was a glint of sun low on the horizon and a rainbow in the sky. Ideal rally conditions, but this rally had a difference. The cars were Scalextric type, but the rivalry full scale.
11 October 1999
Martin Brundle to Drive Toyota Corolla in Rally of Great Britain
TV presenter and former Formula One Grand Prix star Martin Brundle will drive a Toyota Corolla World Rally Car in the 1999 Rally of Great Britain (20-23 November).
13 July 1999
It’s a Pick-Up Jim, But Not As We Know It
They do things bigger in America, which in part explains why Toyota has a desert racing pick-up truck with a 500bhp engine. Of course, once you’ve got such a beast it could only be driven by someone known as the “Ironman”.
5 July 1999
It’s a Pick-Up Jim, But Not As We Know It
You against the clock, racing to the summit of a 14,100 ft. mountain on a twisting, dirt covered road. In a 900 bhp Pick-up!
21 May 1999
Toyota Kart Team Plays Its Le Mans ‘Joker’
Flying Scotsman Allan McNish took time out from pre-race testing for this year’s Le Mans 24 hour race to make a surprise addition to the Toyota GB karting team recently. The 29 year-old racer from
21 January 1999
Toyota Announces Motorsports Challenges In 1999
Tokyo – TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today that it will actively consider future involvement in Formula One (F1) racing, the world’s premier racing series.
