Toyota Motorsport’s Rally Years
1957 Motorsport activities begin with Toyopet Crown in Australian rally
1960’s Toyota develops true sportscars for the first time
1972 Ove Andersson drives Toyota Celica 1600GT to best of its class in RAC Rally of Britain
1973 Toyota embarks on a works rally programme, claims debut victory
1975 Andersson Motorsport is founded in Brussels and runs as Toyota Team Europe
1979 TTE relocates to Cologne, Germany
Toyota Motorsport’s World Rally Championship (WRC) Years
1990 Carlos Sainz takes first WRC Drivers’ title
1992 Carlos Sainz takes second WRC Drivers’ title
1993 Toyota Motor Corporation acquires Andersson Motorsport GmbH
Toyota takes 1st WRC Manufacturers' and third Drivers' title
1994 Toyota takes 2nd WRC Manufacturers' and fourth Drivers' title
1999 Toyota takes third Manufacturers’ title and leaves WRC with 43 wins.

Toyota Motorsport’s LeMans Years
1997 Toyota Motor Corporation entrusts Toyota Motorsport with the design, build and operation of its entry in the Le Mans 24 Hour race. It was the first time Toyota had given full responsibility for such a large project - a two-year programme - to any non-Japan based team.
1998 Toyota enters three cars for Le Mans. Qualifies second, sets fastest lap.
1999 Le Mans Pole position. One car finishes a strong 2nd.

Toyota Motorsport’s F1 Years
1999 Mr. Hiroshi Okuda, then President, now Chairman of the Board announces Toyota's decision to enter Formula 1 in January. F1 research and development programme commences. Toyota secures the 12th entry in F1
2000 Inauguration of new facility at Cologne. Allan McNish tests F1 components using Toyota's Le Mans GT-One. Toyota's first V10 engine is fired up.
2001 Toyota's first F1 test car is launched at Paul Ricard on 23 March. Team embarks on an extensive test programme with TF101. An expansion programme of Toyota Motorsport is completed increasing the Cologne facility from 18,000 sqm to over 30,000 sqm. Panasonic is revealed as team's title sponsor. - Toyota’s first F1 racecar, the TF102, is unveiled in Cologne on 17 December.

2002 Team makes Grand Prix debut at Albert Park, Melbourne in March
- Panasonic Toyota Racing scores world championship point on its debut in Australia
- Two races later in Brazil, the team repeats this remarkable feat
- In-house 50%-scale windtunnel begins full operation in July
- Olivier Panis is confirmed as one of the team's 2003 drivers in August
- Cristiano da Matta signs as 2003 F1 driver in November
2003 Olivier Panis qualified fifth for the season opener in Australia; the team’s highest grid position at that time.
- The Spanish GP saw Cristiano da Matta claim sixth place; his first points in F1 and the team’s first of the year.
- Team leads British GP in strange circumstances, Da Matta effortlessly holding off Kimi Raikkonen’s McLaren-Mercedes for 17 laps.
- Panis and Da Matta score their best race result of the season in the German GP, fifth and sixth and a seven-point haul.
- Olivier Panis shatters the team’s qualifying record taking third in Indy.
- Cristiano da Matta equals this feat by taking third in Suzuka backed up by Panis in fourth and sending Toyota’s home crowd wild.
- Team announce new technical structure with Luca Marmorini and Mike Gascoyne appointed Technical Director Engine and Chassis respectively.
- Tsutomu Tomita replaces Ove Andersson as Team Principal.
2004 - 17 January Team welcomes media to its factory in Cologne and proudly unveils its TF104 race car.