Toyota TF106
The Toyota TF106/TF106B is a Formula One car for the 2006 Formula One season. The chassis was designed by Mike Gascoyne, John Litjens and Nicoló Petrucci with the engine being designed by Luca Marmorini. The car is an evolution of the previous year's TF105. The team began testing the car in November 2005, months earlier than any other team.
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| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Toyota | ||||||||||
| Designer(s) | Mike Gascoyne (Technical Director) John Litjens (Chief Designer) Nicoló Petrucci (Head of Aerodynamics) | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | TF105 | ||||||||||
| Successor | TF107 | ||||||||||
| Technical specifications | |||||||||||
| Chassis | Moulded carbon-fibre and honeycomb construction | ||||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Carbon-fibre double wishbone arrangement, with carbon-fibre trackrod and pushrod | ||||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | Carbon-fibre double wishbone arrangement, with carbon-fibre trackrod and pushrod | ||||||||||
| Engine | Toyota RVX-06, 2.4-litre V8 naturally-aspirated mid-engined | ||||||||||
| Transmission | Toyota/Xtrac 7 forward + 1 reverse sequential | ||||||||||
| Power | 745 hp @ 19,000 rpm | ||||||||||
| Fuel | Esso | ||||||||||
| Tyres | Bridgestone | ||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | Panasonic Toyota Racing | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 7.  Ralf Schumacher8.  Jarno Trulli | ||||||||||
| Debut | 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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| Teams' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
2006 season
After a highly successful 2005 season, hopes were high that Toyota would be a force in the 2006 season. However, from the off it was clear that this was not to be. In Bahrain, neither driver made it through to the pole position shoot-out, indeed Ralf Schumacher failed even to make the second round. This bad form continued for some months with the only highlight being Ralf's podium in Australia, which remained the team's best result that season. At Monaco a B version of the car was introduced but the effect was not immediate and it was not until Canada that Jarno Trulli scored his first points of the season. Toyota finished the standings in 6th place with 35 points, 2 spots lower than in 2005, when they scored 88 points.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Points | WCC |
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| 2006 | Toyota | TF106 | Toyota V8 | B | BHR | MAL | AUS | SMR | EUR | ESP | MON | GBR | CAN | USA | FRA | GER | HUN | TUR | ITA | CHN | JPN | BRA | 35 | 6th | |
| Ralf Schumacher | 14 | 8 | 3 | 9 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jarno Trulli | 16 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| TF106B | Ralf Schumacher | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 15 | Ret | 7 | Ret | ||||||||||||
| Jarno Trulli | 17† | 11 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 12† | 9 | 7 | Ret | 6 | Ret |
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