#2 Toyota – 13 podiums
Panasonic Toyota Racing team’s Formula One stint of seven years included thirteen podium finishes, but zero race wins.
After a difficult start to its Formula One stay, the team’s first podium came three years after its debut in 2005. The duo of Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher secured five podiums amongst them, with the Italian claiming three amongst the five. Toyota failed to replicate the same form the next year for Schumacher could secure only one podium during the 2006 Formula One season.
Trulli’s third-place finish in France and Timo Glock’s second-place finish at the Hungaroring in 2008 brought Toyota back onto the podium before its final year in 2009.
Like 2005, 2009 was exceptionally good for the Japanese team for it managed to claim five podiums in that calendar year with Trulli and Glock. Interestingly, the Italian secured three of the five podiums yet again.
It is fair to say that the 2005 and the 2009 seasons were Toyota’s best chance to win a Formula One race during its seven-year stint in the sport.