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Toyota racing spreads its racing history from 1957 till date. The Toyota racing team is owned by Japan based Toyota motors. The racing division is based in Germany and started its journey in racing in the year of 1957.
Toyota motors entered in the racing motor sports in the Australia motor sport trial in 1957. The company later made its roots in a Formula 1 team in 1972. In 1972, Anderson’s motor sport team, in the Formula 1 race, used Toyota Celica. The team was later named as Toyota Team Europe, which later was bought by Toyota in 1993.
In 2002, Toyota debuted in the Formula 1 race with Toyota TF102 used by McNish and Salo. In 2002, the Toyota racing team invested a heavy budget for the development of the racing team and scored two points over the year.
In 2003, Toyota racing team made several points over the year and reached the fifth place in the motor sport rating in Germany. The company signed Cristiano da Matta for the racing team and moved to the fifth position in Germany.
In 2004, Toyota retained the same driver line up, but the team was disqualified in the Canadian Grand Prix due to the illegal parts. The team replaced Cristiano Da Matta with Ricardo Zonda and further changed to Jarno Trulli.
In 2007, Toyota was introduced to the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and is still a proven race car manufacturer with the Sprint Cup series in 2008.
With the struggles in the racing industry over the years with changes in the driver line, the Toyota racing team scored top points in 2008 with the latest Toyota model, Toyota TF108 was introduced in the racing team in 2008. More F1 at Ferrari Blog!
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