Toyota TF103

The Toyota TF103 was the car with which the Toyota F1 team competed in the 2003 Formula One season. Its chassis was designed by Gustav Brunner and René Hilhorst, with Luca Marmorini designing the engine, and it was unveiled on 8 January 2003 at the Paul Ricard circuit. Olivier Panis and Cristiano da Matta, the 2002 CART champion, drove it. By the team's own admission it was a logical evolution of the TF102, lighter and with more downforce, and the biggest improvement came from the RVX-03 engine, which was lighter and more powerful than the RVX-02. The drivers scored sixteen points, da Matta outscoring Panis 10 to 6, and both cars ran first and second for a time at the British Grand Prix amid the confusion of a track invader. Toyota finished eighth in the constructors standings.