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Hey Billy:
You seem to have the "pulse" on a lot of "stuff" on F1.
With Toyota pulling out do you think they will invest more in FRANCECAR or is there some "internal" reason they are jumping the F1 ship?
thanx,
leon
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opnwhlr wrote:
Hey Billy:
You seem to have the "pulse" on a lot of "stuff" on F1.
With Toyota pulling out do you think they will invest more in FRANCECAR or is there some "internal" reason they are jumping the F1 ship?
thanx,
leon
I have not read anything stating where they were going to refocus their funds.
They are having a lot more success in NASCAR than they ever had in F1 at a fraction of the cost.
Their annual budget was rumored to be in the $300 Million range.
I'm waiting for the first Japanese driver to show up in NASCAR. That could be their next investment. That's how drivers like Sato and Nakagima got their rides.
With Bridgestone leaving at the end of 2010 there will be no Japanese presence in F1. Funny, two years ago they had three teams and the tires.
Renault had a board meeting the other day to discuss their withdrawl. What gets me is that Toyota, BWM and Renault were three of the most vocal in resisting Mosley's $40 million cap.
Supposedly that when Brawn bought Honda there were about 750 employees for the team.