Toyota Aiming to Keep Sixth Place in Standings

The Toyota team were delighted after jumping three positions in the Constructors' Championship following their first double point-scoring finish at today's German Grand Prix.

The Japanese squad, whose base is in Cologne, scored seven points in the race thanks to Oliver Panis' fifth position and Cristiano da Matta's sixth place.

Toyota had scored only seven points in the first 11 races of the 2003 season, and today's result allowed them to move from ninth to sixth position in the manufacturers' standings, only one point behind BAR-Honda.

It was the first time that both of Toyota's drivers have finished in the points and team principal Ove Anderson was happy with the result.

"Today's result is a great achievement by the entire team and two cars in the top six is the proof that hard work pays good dividends," he said. "We have made steady progress in recent races and we have now showed everyone that we have what it takes to get a strong result.

"Both Olivier and Cristiano drove exceptionally well and the seven points that we have competitively won today means that the team is now sixth in the Constructors' Championship - a position we will try our utmost to defend over the remaining four races of the season."