Toyota reveals new TF109

Following Ferrari’s unveiling of its new F60, Toyota is the second team to release its new challenger for the 2009 Formula One season. Called the TF109, it’s the only automobile unveiled exclusively on the internet without a public reveal. Of course, looking at it, you could paint the remaining white panels red (and move the wing mirrors to the sidepods) and it would look pretty much like Ferrari’s. That’s because all the vehicles have to conform to the same set of new rules, so it was back to the drawing board for all the teams. Naturally that means it’ll be hard to predict which teams and which drivers will have adapted to the new rules and new automobiles the ideal, but Toyota’s veteran driver Jarno Trulli is confident that the team is due for its first victory this season.

Wait, what? Yeah, despite pouring unprecedented heaps of cash at its Cologne, Germany-based team, Toyota has yet to win a grand prix. They came the closest last season, finishing a respectable fifth place in the constructors’ championship just behind the former champions at Renault, but together with his team-mate Timo Glock, the 2007 GP2 champion, Trulli hopes this year will change the team’s fortunes and translate its vast resources into trophies. And this is the vehicle with which they hope to do it. Press release after the jump and images in the gallery below. Via[Autoblog]

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