Toyota TF101
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![]() The 2001 Toyota TF101 (AM01) | |||||||||
Category | Formula One | ||||||||
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Constructor | Toyota | ||||||||
Designer(s) | André de Cortanze (Technical Director) Jean-Claude Martens (Chief Designer) | ||||||||
Successor | TF102 | ||||||||
Technical specifications | |||||||||
Chassis | carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite monocoque | ||||||||
Suspension (front) | Push rod with Torsion bar | ||||||||
Suspension (rear) | Push rod with Torsion bar | ||||||||
Engine | Toyota RVX01 | ||||||||
Transmission | Six Gear, Semi-Automatic | ||||||||
Fuel | Esso | ||||||||
Tyres | Michelin | ||||||||
Competition history | |||||||||
Notable entrants | Panasonic Toyota Racing | ||||||||
Notable drivers | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
Debut | N/A | ||||||||
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Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
The Toyota TF101 was a Formula One car used solely for testing purposes during the 2001 season, in preparation for the team's full-scale assault on the series in 2002. The car was designed by Toyota F1's chief of chassis Jean-Claude Martens and was driven by Mika Salo and Allan McNish. The TF101 was unofficially called the "AM01" by Toyota until the name of its successor, the TF102 was announced.
This was the first Formula One car to run on Esso fuel since the 1960s.
Development
The car was designed and built from the ground up by the staff at Toyota Motorsports GmbH (TMG) in Cologne, Germany over a period of nineteen months, in preparation for Toyota's entry to Formula One in 2002. After the initial unveiling of the car, the test team, including drivers Mika Salo and Allan McNish took on an intensive testing programme, accumulating a total of 3,000 laps and 22,967 km at eleven F1 circuits around the world, and also the specialist testing facility at Paul Ricard in Southern France.
During the development of the car, the initial designer André de Cortanze was replaced by Austrian Gustav Brunner and he oversaw the continued development of the car, eventually molding the TF102 car, the team's debut racegoing machine based on the work done during the 2001 season.
The car was handling poorly and being overweight, Mika Salo described it as being "a piece of shit".[1]
References
- ^ Mika Salo Interview Beyond The Grid at 18:12 on YouTube
External links
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- TF101 Evolution at Toyota F1 official site
- TF101 Facts at f1db.com
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- Personnel
- Ove Andersson
- Noritoshi Arai
- Gustav Brunner
- Humphrey Corbett
- Richard Cregan [fi]
- Frank Dernie
- Remi Decorzent
- André de Cortanze
- Gianfranco Fantuzzi [pl]
- Luca Furbatto
- Mike Gascoyne
- Dieter Gass
- Mark Gillan [ja]
- John Howett
- René Hilhorst [ja]
- Yoshiaki Kinoshita [pl]
- Norbert Kreyer [fi]
- John Litjens
- Luca Marmorini
- Jens Marquardt
- Jan Monchaux
- Francesco Nenci [fi]
- Ossi Oikarinen
- Ange Pasquali [fi]
- Nicolò Petrucci
- Dago Rohrer
- Julien Simon-Chautemps
- Mark Tatham
- Keizo Takahashi
- Tsutomu Tomita
- Pascal Vasselon
- Tadashi Yamashina
- Jörg Zander
- Noted drivers
Timo Glock
Kamui Kobayashi
Cristiano da Matta
Allan McNish
Olivier Panis
Mika Salo
Ralf Schumacher
Jarno Trulli
Ricardo Zonta
- Related
- Toyota
- Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG)