 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Toyota F1 yakaita kutanga kwayo muFormula One muna, naMcNish naSalo vachityaira Toyota TF102, yakagadzirwa naGustav Brunner. Pasinei zvapo nokuva neimwe yemabhajeti makuru zvikurusa muFormula One, Toyota yakawana mapoinzi maviri bedzi gore rose. Pfungwa yavo yokutanga yakawanikwa munhangemutange yavo yokutanga, Australian Grand Prix, apo hafu yenhandare yakabviswa netsaona yekona yekutanga yakakonzerwa naRalf Schumacher achirovera naRubens Barrichello. Chikwata ichi chingadai chakawana imwe poindi mujaho raitevera paMalaysian Grand Prix, asi Salo akatambura nekukanganisa kwemagetsi uye chikwata chakatadza kumira kwaMcNish. MuScotland nokudaro akarasikirwa nenzvimbo, uye akapedza wechinomwe, achangobva kunze kwemapoinzi, shure kwaSaubers Felipe Massa. Mubairo Mukuru weBrazil, nhangemutange yechitatu yemwaka, wakapa Toyota poindi yechipiri uye yokupedzisira, zvakare yakaitwa naSalo. McNish akatsungirira kudonha kukuru panguva yekudzidzira kwekupera kwemwaka weJapan Grand Prix uye akarasikirwa nemakwikwi nekuda kwezano rekurapa. McNish kana Salo havana kupiwa chigaro chokumhanya cha2003. 