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Originally Posted by MPREZIV
According to the "speed report" on Speedvision, Toyota has officially given their F1 endeavor two years, beginning at the start of this season, to either start winning, or start packing up. Apparently if they don't start placing Toyota plans on just giving up on F1 all together.
Shit, or get off the pot...
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That's been coming for a long time... Toyota spends more money on F1 than any other team, and they're not getting squat for a return on their "investment".
The sad truth is that their real problem is that Toyota simply doesn't have the right mindset for a factory F1 team. Look at Ferrari... their road cars eat, drink, and breath F1 technology. Toyota's closest thing to a sports car is what, the Scion tC? While I can't speak to the culture of the Toyota folks in England that directly run their F1 team, I certainly think the blokes back at Toyota Japan simply don't have the right mindset for putting together a winning F1 team... it takes more than just a truck-load of money. Look at Super Aguri... are they championship contenders? No, but on a tiny-ass budget, they're actually racing with the big boys... and they do it all with heart.
Bottom line... Toyota is a soulless corporation trying to compete in a sport where success is still dependent on having a winning spirit as well as a space-program level budget.