 Jarno Trulli driving the TF109 at the 2009 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Toyota | ||||||||||
| Designer(s) | Noritoshi Arai (Director Technical Coordination) Pascal Vasselon (Senior General Manager Chassis) Mark Tatham (Chief Designer) Mark Gillan (Head of Aerodynamics) | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | Toyota TF108 | ||||||||||
| Successor | Toyota TF110 (never raced) | ||||||||||
| Technical specifications[1] | |||||||||||
| Chassis | Carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite monocoque | ||||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Independent suspension, pushrod activated torsion springs | ||||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | As front | ||||||||||
| Engine | Toyota RVX-09 2.4L V8, naturally-aspirated, mid-mounted | ||||||||||
| Transmission | Toyota 7 forward gears + 1 reverse, semi-automatic | ||||||||||
| Power | 740 hp @ 18,000 rpm[2] | ||||||||||
| Fuel | Esso | ||||||||||
| Lubricants | Esso | ||||||||||
| Tyres | Bridgestone | ||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | Panasonic Toyota Racing | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 9.  Jarno Trulli10.  Timo Glock10.  Kamui Kobayashi | ||||||||||
| Debut | 2009 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last event | 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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The Toyota TF109 was a Formula One racing car engineered by Toyota for the 2009 Formula One season. The chassis was designed by Pascal Vasselon, Mark Tatham and Mark Gillan with the engine being designed by Luca Marmorini and Noritoshi Arai overseeing the entire project. It was revealed online on Toyota's official website on 15 January 2009 and made its track debut on 18 January at the Autódromo Algarve. This was the last Formula One car to be developed by Toyota, as after the 2009 Formula One season was completed Toyota Motor Corporation announced their decision to withdraw from Formula One. As far as performance went, the car was extraordinarily inconsistent. It started the season well with three podium finishes in the first four races as it got the jump on rival teams with the "double-decker" diffuser. In the span of only two races however, the TF109 went from locking out the front row in Bahrain to locking out the back row in Monaco. The car from then on was uncompetitive despite a few glimmers of hope in Singapore when Timo Glock finished 2nd and Japan when Jarno Trulli also finished second.
This was the last F1 car to run on Esso fuel along with the Williams FW31 until the McLaren MP4-30 in 2015, as well as last non-British based F1 car to run on Esso until Toro Rosso STR12 in the 2017.
- ^ "F1 Car: Technical Specs". toyota-f1.com. 2009-01-15. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ statsf1.com/en/moteur-toyota.aspx