Panasonic Toyota Racing driver Timo Glock has experienced a unique view of Melbourne in the lead-up to this Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix by driving a Toyota Hilux on two wheels.

Panasonic Toyota Racing will present a world premiere of its latest Formula 1 car, the TF109, exclusively online at www.tf109-premiere.com at 11:00am GMT tomorrow, Thursday 15 January.

Toyota gives visitors to the British International Motor Show their first chance to see a series of exciting new design concepts, based on the Aygo, Yaris and RAV4 models.

There are only three situations when TV directors will never cut to adverts during a Formula 1 race: just before the start, as the leader approaches his final lap; and during a pit stop window.

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.

Olivier Panis entered the 2004 Formula 1 World Championship confident of continuing the progress he made with the Panasonic Toyota Racing Team in 2003.

The Panasonic Toyota Racing TF103 was Toyota’s contender for its second season of Formula 1 competition, in 2003.

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.

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.

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 of France.

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.

In its continuing progress towards entry into Formula One by 2002 at the latest, Toyota Motorsport can today confirm further significant developments.