Toyota returns to Formula 1. It is the great news that many believed would never happen, but it is here. Fifteen years after leaving Formula 1 through the back door, Toyota returns in alliance with the Haas teamand with future plans that have a single objective: clean up their image in Formula 1.
At the beginning of the century, Toyota was involved in one of the most dramatic wastes ever seen in professional sports. With an almost unlimited budget, They were unable to win even a measly race and they ended up abandoning Formula 1 when the 2008 crisis hit them hard.
Toyota will be in charge of Haas’ aerodynamics and is already thinking about making its own engine
Toyota is back in Formula 1. After months of negotiations, the Japanese brand will return to the world championship with the Haas team, with which it has formed an alliance on a technical level. From the next United States Grand Prix we will see Toyota stickers taking up a large part of the Haas car.
But he is not simply a sponsor. Toyota’s involvement is serious. Starting next season the Japanese will be involved in Haas aerodynamic developmentputting a complete technical deployment at the service of the American team with a jewel in the crown, the appreciated Cologne wind tunnel.
“Deep down in my heart I have always regretted withdrawing Toyota from Formula 1. In January of this year I told all my people that I am once again an older man who loves car racing, and I want to give opportunities to young Japanese people in Formula 1,” acknowledged Akio Toyoda, Toyota’s boss, present at the event. .
Toyota was a bottomless pit during the first decade of the 21st century. With a budget as high as Ferrari’s, they squandered millions on a project that was unable to win even a race between 2002 and 2009, after which they abruptly left. leaving the TF110, the 2010 car, without competingwhich looked very good.
Now Toyota returns with another philosophy, but the objective of establishing itself in Formula 1. They want to test the waters little by little, understand the world championship before doing the rest, but in the rumor mills it is already said that Toyota plans to create its own engine in a few yearsperhaps by 2031.
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And it is that Toyota wants to stop being that great brand that almost went bankrupt to be unable to win even a race in Formula 1.
Source: www.motorpasion.com
