JANUARY 17, 2004

Andersson aims for big step forward

Former Toyota team boss Ove Andersson, who has stood down to make way for Tsutomu Tomita but remains an advisor to Panasonic Toyota Racing, says that the team is beginning to work as it should do.

"We have been racing for two years," said Andersson, "and we have learned a lot. This is the fourth car we have built but the biggest challenge has not been building the cars but rather making a team. I can see this is beginning to gel very nicely and I believe this year will be a big step forward."