Toyota withdraws from Formula One

[Pandamasque]

I'm not getting this.
First Toyota sacked most of the staff. Then the Stefan GP story is back. Are they going to hire some of the personnel? Are they hoping to take the grid places of USF1? Or maybe purchase them?
This whole Stefan GP reminds me of Midland. We know how that one ended.

@ Ciro Pabón, sorry for letting the evil forces drag me so far off topic.

[mx_tifoso]

Stefan GP is trying to hire employees, but for what team? As the article says, there is nothing official about them nor about their purchase of the Toyota F1 race team. And the locations are in either Germany or Serbia, could the German location be Cologne?

Stefan GP opens job vacancies

[pgj]

It is being reported that Toyota is ready to supply 'services' to F1 from its F1 factory that is now in a 'new era'.

Toyota Executive Vice President Yoshiaki Kinoshita

"We are excited by the challenges our various clients will bring us in 2010 and beyond".

http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/11965.html

Interesting!

[RacingManiac]

Well they did make the investment to get all the tools, they can now provide services to other people who may not have these equipments themselves....

[marcush.]

with zoran stefanovic moaning about TMEs new profit orientated approach we get an idea that Stefan GP got the deal on a shoestring and made nothing out of it..it seems he does not even consider to go the toyota road for the 2011 tender..

oh and btw :new toyota website online

http://www.toyota-motorsport.com/home.html

[Challengestradale]

Good news for Sauber.

It was inevitable really Toyota has never had a podium - it just shows that cash isnt everything.

They were occasionally on the podium, it's just that they had started 138 races and had 0 wins under their belt, which is disappointing given the fact they are the biggest car manufacturer in the world.

[pgj]

Good news for Sauber.

It was inevitable really Toyota has never had a podium - it just shows that cash isnt everything.

They were occasionally on the podium, it's just that they had started 138 races and had 0 wins under their belt, which is disappointing given the fact they are the biggest car manufacturer in the world.

With the budget to match.