The Hot Pass: Toyota leaves F1, but stays in NASCAR
Fox News (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
Toyota may have ditched its F1 program, but its U.S. racing boss says it's sticking with NASCAR, Lee Spencer says.
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Button: Toyota's departure is sad news
Planet-F1 News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jenson Button says it is "sad" that Toyota had left F1, adding that although new teams are arriving they won't be in the same league at the start of their F1 careers.
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Lee White: Toyota committed to NASCAR despite departure from Formula One
ESPN (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lee White, president of Toyota Racing Development, said Toyota's departure from Formula One has no bearing on its NASCAR program, but he also said NASCAR should learn from F1's mistakes.
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VIDEO: With F1 program scrapped, where will Toyota Motorsports land next?
autoshowplanet.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
check is syno\nFiled under: Motorsports, Toyota, Earnings/Financials\n Toyota GT-One - Click above for high-res image gallery\n As Toyota president Akio Toyoda announced the withdrawal of his company from the Formula One World Championship, he reiterated Toyota’s commitment to motorsport competition. But while this may have been pure lip-service, the Japanese automaker has a long history in racing,...
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F1: Toyota Says No To Selling Team
SPEED (Free subscription) | yesterday
Toyota has rejected the idea of following the example of fellow car makers Honda and BMW...
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Toyota To Put 2010 4Runner Through The Baja 1000 Wringer
Motor Authority (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Toyota's involvement in motorsports has been a hot topic this week with their withdrawal from F1, and today's news is sure to draw some attention as well: the company plans to enter a near-stock 2010 4Runner in the "Stock mini " class of the SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race. That's a major statement of Toyota's faith in the ...
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In-Depth: Have Lotus Stolen Force India’s Design For 2010?
The F1Fanatics Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the more interesting stories of this week, although not as imporant as Toyota’s exit from F1, was the accusation from Force India’s senior management of concerns regarding the new Lotus F1 teams car. Photos of the windtunnel model of the first Lotus were released a few weeks ago, and a paddock mole rooted out [...]
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BMW-Sauber await FIA verdict
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The BMW-Sauber F1 team is awaiting word from the FIA regarding next year's Championship after Toyota withdrew from the sport.
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Quite a quiet week After all the...
Arakawa Riverview (Free subscription) | yesterday
Quite a quiet week After all the excitement of the kid's health checks and the rugby last weekend, this week has been on the quiet side. This is good as I needed a week off (whilst still being at work). It's actually a quiet time in Japan at the moment; the politicos don't seem to be doing anything wrong (or really anything for that matter), so it feels like a bit of a return to Silent Shinzo's premiership,...
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Is the FIA to blame for teams leaving?
F1 Fanatic (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
As the F1 world waits to learn whether Renault will join Toyota in quitting the sport, the finger-pointing for the manufacturers’ exodus has already begun. The FIA reacted to Toyota’s decision by claiming it could have been avoided if Max Mosley’s budget cap had been introduced. Meanwhile Ferrari blamed “those who managed Formula 1 over the past [...]
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Kobayashi Targets Lotus, As New Boss Gascoyne Looks For Experience
The F1Fanatics Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Kamui Kobayashi has stated he is now targetting getting a contract with one of the four new F1 teams, preferably with the Lotus Grand Prix team. Kobayashi was a Toyota test driver, who completed the last 2 races for the Japanese outfit who pulled out of F1 earlier this week. Kobayashi, who admits he has no [...]
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Formula One goes to hell in a handbasket made of solid gold
The Many Musings of Dave! (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
F1 this week has found itself falling in to crisis yet again this year as the Toyota Motor Corporation finally pulled the plug on its money sapping F1 programme. This is the third major car manufacturer in 11 months to do so along with Honda and BMW, and Renault too is considering leaving. Now I could write reams about my thoughts on the Toyota, and how I couldn’t care less that a dull team with...
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Kobayashi keen on a Lotus drive
Planet-F1 News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Toyota's withdrawal from F1 may have left Kamui Kobayashi without a 2010 race-seat but the Japanese driver hasn't given up on his Formula One dream.
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BMW-Sauber await word from the FIA
Planet-F1 News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The BMW-Sauber F1 team is awaiting word from the FIA regarding next year's Championship after Toyota withdrew from the sport.
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Horner slams manufacturers
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Red Bull chief Christian Horner believes that Toyota pulling out of F1 has shown that the sport should not rely on the manufacturers.