Education
Toso studied automotive design and electronics at Apeldoorn Technical College, followed by a degree in automotive engineering.
Toso studied automotive design and electronics at Apeldoorn Technical College, followed by a degree in automotive engineering.
He then obtained his masters in aerodynamics and flight at Cranfield University in the United Kingdom. He worked in the Dutch national aerospace laboratories until 1995, when he was recruited by Bayerische Motoren Werke for its GT racing programme. In 1997 he moved to the Jordan F1 team, where he worked as a race engineer At the end of 2003 he replaced the departing John Iley as Chief Aerodynamicist, and held this position until June 2008, when he left due to ill health.
His stint with Renault included the team"s back-to-back Drivers" and Constructors" championships in 2005 and 2006.
Toso was diagnosed with cancer in 2004. He continued to work whilst receiving treatment, but the illness was terminal.
Two months after retiring, he died at home at the age of 39.