The year was statistically the team's most successful, with 88 points, five podium positions, and the fastest lap.

The low-point was the withdrawal of the team from the 2005 United States Grand Prix, due to Michelin tyre safety concerns, as Ralf Schumacher's left front tyre deflated on Indianapolis's famous last corner in Friday practice and Schumacher crashed into the wall and had to be taken to hospital.

[8][9] A TF105 set the previously nonexistent indoor speed record on an episode of Top Gear during the eighth series.

With the ExCeL Exhibition Centre empty, The Stig (this was actually Jarno Trulli wearing the Stig's signature helmet as Toyota would not let a non Toyota driver drive the car) set a record of 81 miles per hour (130 km/h), due to the lack of grip on the polished floor and the limited distance.

[10] The speed has since been broken by the American Top Gear host Tanner Foust with his Ford Fiesta Rallycross.