Editing Toyota in Formula One (section)

====2002====
[[File:McNish toyota 2002.jpg|thumb|[[Allan McNish]] at the [[2002 French Grand Prix]]. The Scot qualified in seventeenth place, but retired from the race with an engine problem although he did complete enough laps to be classified eleventh.]]

Toyota F1 made their Formula One debut in {{F1|2002}}, with McNish and Salo driving the Toyota TF102, designed by [[Gustav Brunner]].<ref name="Unofficial1"/> Despite reportedly having one of the biggest budgets in Formula One,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/4157743.stm "Toyota predict massive progress"] [[BBC Sport]]. Retrieved 30 October 2006</ref> Toyota scored only two points all year. Their first point was scored in their first race, the [[2002 Australian Grand Prix|Australian Grand Prix]], when half the field was eliminated by a first corner accident caused by [[Ralf Schumacher]] colliding with [[Rubens Barrichello]].<ref name="BeginnersLuck"/><ref>[http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2002/5/ "2002 Australian GP Results"] [[Formula1.com]] Retrieved 4 July 2007</ref> The team could have scored another point in the next race at the [[2002 Malaysian Grand Prix|Malaysian Grand Prix]], but Salo suffered an electrical misfire and the team fumbled McNish's [[pit stop]]. The Scot thus lost ground, and finished seventh, just out of the points, behind [[Sauber]]'s [[Felipe Massa]].<ref>[[Alan Henry]] ed. (2002) 'Malaysian GP' ''Autocourse 2002–2003'' p.105 Hazleton Publishing {{ISBN|1-903135-10-9}}</ref> The [[2002 Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazilian Grand Prix]], third race of the season, yielded Toyota's second and final point, once again scored by Salo. McNish endured a huge crash during practice for the end-of-season [[2002 Japanese Grand Prix|Japanese Grand Prix]] and missed the race on medical advice.<ref>[http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=108903&FS=F1 "Huge crash for McNish in Japanese GP qualifying"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014710/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=108903&FS=F1 |date=30 September 2007 }} Motorsport.com Retrieved 11 July 2007</ref><ref>Alan Henry ed. (2002) 'Japanese GP' ''Autocourse 2002–2003'' p.233 Hazleton Publishing {{ISBN|1-903135-10-9}}</ref> Neither McNish nor Salo were offered a race seat for 2003.<ref>Alan Henry ed. (2002) 'Panasonic Toyota Racing' ''Autocourse 2002–2003'' pp.82–84 Hazleton Publishing {{ISBN|1-903135-10-9}}</ref>