Toyota launch McNish on pole for Toyota race seat
Allan McNish will be Mika Salo's team mate in Toyota's Formula 1 race line-up for 2002 unless "something really bad happens", says its motorsport boss Ove Andersson
The Scot, along with Salo, will conduct the massive testing programme that Toyota has planned this year and will make his F1 debut in the 2002 Australian Grand Prix if all goes to plan.
"McNish will race with us unless something really bad happens," confirmed Toyota's motorsport president Ove Andersson at today's launch in Paul Ricard, France. "We have worked with Allan during our Le Mans programme and found him technically excellent and a pleasant person to work with.
"Both our drivers, we believe, will be able to help us move forward with our project because of their past experience. They are more than capable to provide the technical feedback needed by our engineers and technicians," he added.
McNish was last year's American Le Mans Series champion and has previously tested F1 cars for McLaren, Benetton and Lola. The 30-year-old won Le Mans for Porsche in 1998 and went on to contest the French long distance classic with Toyota in '99 before joining Audi.
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