Toyota Formula 1 Team

[CORZZA]

Thanks alot bro! We should have a meet somewhere that shows earlier races then we can all watch it. or at someones big house with a big screen tv. lol!

[MR22ZZ]

race was at 6:00 local time... I have the ability to see it live (though in Chinese) ;)

but the pictures are good...

all I'll say is I'd hate to be a worker at Cosworth right now

[DHC09]

Arrhhh u lucky .........guy

I had to watch it though live timing on the website (even though im goin to watch it on TEN anyway)

Did u see it on asian satillite? like on star sports or something? do they show all live F1 races?

Edited March 19, 2006 by DHC09

[MR22ZZ]

watched it on CCTV5

visit www.sopcast.org ;)

[DHC09]

Thanks! i'll check it out

Well it was good that Toyota got a point :D

And it was good that Ralf came from 22 to finish 8th

Too bad for trulli with a damaged diffuser, otherwise i think he sud have finished with the Ferraris ;)

There'll be more testing before Mel GP so they sud be even more competitive there B)

[MR22ZZ]

I found it amazing how east it was for the trailing cars to slip-stream Trulli with the broken diffuser...

[RedLiner]

Stupid commentators were bagging him out for letting cars pass to easy.

idiots...you could tell he had problems...there was no speed in the car.

[CORZZA]

2006 Malaysian Grand Prix - Final results

Pos Driver Team Time

1 Fisichella, G Renault

2 Alonso, F Renault +4.5

3 Button, J Honda +9.6

4 Montoya, J McLaren +39.3

5 Massa, F Ferrari +43.2

6 Schumacher, M Ferrari +43.8

7 Villeneuve, J BMW +80.4

8 Schumacher, R Toyota +81.2

9 Trulli, J Toyota +1 lap

10 Barrichello, R Honda +1 lap

11 Liuzzi, V Toro Rosso +2 laps

12 Albers, C Midland +2 laps

13 Monteiro, T Midland +2 laps

14 Sato, T Super Aguri +3 laps

DNF Heidfeld, N BMW DNF

DNF Speed, S Toro Rosso DNF

DNF Ide, Y Super Aguri DNF

DNF Webber, M Williams DNF

DNF Coulthard, D Red Bull DNF

DNF Rosberg, N Williams DNF

DNF Klien, C Red Bull DNF

DNF Räikkönen, K McLaren DNF

Edited March 20, 2006 by CORZZA

[DHC09]

Toyota will be back on podium soon - Gascoyne

20 March 2006

Toyota understands why its cars struggled so much in Bahrain and it will be back fighting for podium positions in 2006 before long, technical director Mike Gascoyne has claimed. The team claimed its first point of the season when Ralf Schumacher finished eighth in Malaysia.

"Clearly we managed to get the tyres working better this weekend," Gascoyne said. "It all went very well considering Ralf's difficulty in qualifying yesterday and that we had him on a two-stop strategy which we had to change to a three-stop. Based on that it was a strong performance."

"Ralf's pace in the second half of the race when he was in free air was very strong," he added. "We've just got to do that from the front of the grid, not the back."

"If we'd planned a different strategy for Ralf we could have qualified on the second row and he would have been racing for a podium," Gascoyne went on. "That's all ifs and buts but if you look at our race pace it's very close to Ferrari. I'm sure they'll score some podiums and so should we."

[CORZZA]

Look they getting there!

[DHC09]

Indeed..

if they sort out most (if not all) the problems with the aero/chassis/bridgestone combination during testing this week

and if ralf & trulli have a trouble free race... toyota will be on the mel podium :D

[CORZZA]

exactly! might take a little time but they working on it!

[lucio_libre]

They have been working on it for a few years now, and still havent won a race.

[DHC09]

Honda has been in the game for much much longer.. and they've never won a race either

Also toyota started a team from scratch i think 4 yrs ago, unlike other teams (renualt, honda, red bull) which buy out already established teams (with loads of experience) can hit the ground running

last season with the guidance of Gascoyne was their breakthrough season with a couple podiums

this yr the car is totally built by Gascoyne, so expectations are very high and I do believe we will win this yr

and i hope we do it before Honda that will be one of the biggest upsets this season!

plus we have drivers that know how to win.. unlike button :P

Edited March 21, 2006 by DHC09

[MR22ZZ]

I hope Williams do it before either of them and really stick it up the big budget, big spending for no result teams that are Toyota and Honda...

But I hope Toyota does well soon after too ;)

[CORZZA]

I hope Williams do it before either of them and really stick it up the big budget, big spending for no result teams that are Toyota and Honda...

But I hope Toyota does well soon after too ;)

Yeah me to! Id like to see toyota up there!

[ZEEROLLA]

I reckon Honda has 2 rather soft drivers racing for them this year.. well Button is consistent, he is not aggressive like Raikonen and Alonso but he is consistent and has been in the points consistently, just lacks that agressiveness to win (while Sato last year was over-aggressive :P). Button struggled so much to get past the backmarkers in Bahrain and Malaysia while Alonso, Montoya and the others got past easy. Barrichello needs a PERFECT car for him to get on the podium i think :( Honda should have used Anthony Davidson this year judging by his 3rd driver times he is pretty quick.

Anyhow we will see who bags the points from now on, i am with Honda F1 Racing bagging a podium for Melbourne :)

Edited March 23, 2006 by ZEEROLLA

[DHC09]

oooo do we have our first bet for the TOC F1 comp?

AUS GP:

ZEEROLLA - Team Honda :D

Good luck to u :P

yup.. button is a v.smooth driver but missing that killer instinct but i guess doesnt make silly mistakes like montoya

[ZEEROLLA]

oooo do we have our first bet for the TOC F1 comp?

AUS GP:

ZEEROLLA - Team Honda :D

Good luck to u :P

yup.. button is a v.smooth driver but missing that killer instinct but i guess doesnt make silly mistakes like montoya

yup :D GAME ON! :D

[RedLiner]

Start New thread for the tipping so it doesnt get confusing.

[CORZZA]

yeah! its getting confusing already!

[RedLiner]

http://www.toyota-f1.com/public/en/gallery/index.html

link for Toyota screensavers and wallpapers

[DHC09]

Wish they would update them or at least have new ones more often.. they still got ones from like 3yrs ago

[DHC09]

Anyone here lucky enough to go to the Mel GP?!?!?!

If so, plz take fotos!!!! :D

[RedLiner]

FIRST PRACTICE-MELB

P. No Driver Team - Engine Tyres Times Ave/Gaps

1. 36 DAVIDSON Honda M 1'28"259 216.304 Km/h

2. 37 DOORNBOS RedBull Cosworth M 1'28"559 + 0'00"300

3. 17 VILLENEUVE BMW Sauber M 1'28"595 + 0'00"336

4. 3 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1'28"713 + 0'00"454

5. 6 MASSA Ferrari B 1'29"025 + 0'00"766

6. 5 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'29"041 + 0'00"782

7. 7 R.SCHUMACHER Toyota B 1'29"411 + 0'01"152

8. 35 WURZ Williams Cosworth B 1'29"461 + 0'01"202

9. 38 KUBICA BMW Sauber M 1'29"576 + 0'01"317

10. 15 KLIEN RedBull Ferrari M 1'29"601 + 0'01"342

11. 14 COULTHARD RedBull Ferrari M 1'29"676 + 0'01"417

12. 21 SPEED Toro Rosso Cosw. M 1'31"017 + 0'02"758

13. 19 ALBERS Midland Toyota B 1'31"039 + 0'02"780

14. 18 MONTEIRO Midland Toyota B 1'31"812 + 0'03"553

15. 22 SATO S. Aguri F1 Honda B 1'34"036 + 0'05"777

16. 23 IDE S. Aguri F1 Honda B 1'36"684 + 0'08"425

17. 39 WINKELHOCK Midland Toyota B 1'36"859 + 0'08"600

18. 40 JANI Toro Rosso Cosw. M 1'40"818 + 0'12"559