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By 8-ball
#28659
Frank is so desperate to stay in F1 that he may give away to much information and Toyota will be beating Williams in the near future! :D

No chance, Toyota don't know how to use their resources to their full potential.


but now they have this time limit it will force them to get their act together as they could all be unemployed in 2010. Frank's knowledge will be invaluable on not only the car but how to run an F1 team properly
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By texasmr2
#29618
(from autosport)

(This appears to be a change from the announcement two weeks ago from other team principles, or just PR to pacify sponsors)


Toyota have no intention to leave Formula One at least until 2012, according to team president John Howett, who denied the Japanese squad have been given a two-year deadline to succeed.

"The rumours about us leaving the sport have always been groundless," Howett was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport. "Having signed the Concorde Agreement, we are in it at least until 2012.

"We never received deadlines from Japan regarding the next two years."

Toyota team principal Tadashi Yamashina said earlier this year in the team's annual motorsport report that he had two more years to achieve success in Formula One.

"To become stronger it is more important to improve the level of organization in general rather than to rely on the power of one person," said Yamashina. "And my job is to mobilize the resources to achieve that.

"I have been given two more years. So, we will work and fight to make sure we prove ourselves in the 2008 season."

Yamashina said, however, that his words had been misinterpreted and insisted there are no ultimatums from Toyota.

"My words were misinterpreted," he was quoted as saying by the Italian newspaper. "When I mentioned the two-year deadline to get results, it wasn't an ultimatum, I wasn't referring to Toyota's presence in F1, I was talking about the extent of my appointment."
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By McLaren Fan
#29628
There's no good just sacking Yamashina. There are a number of things wrong with Toyota, especially at board room level in Japan...
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By madbrad
#29803
Well they took one giant step in the right direction by getting rid of Herr Butthead. That can only help.

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