Toyota announces WRC plans

[bt52b]

Has anyone actualy read the news story who is mentioned in the first post yet?

My thoughts too, no other media source has come out with anything concrete.

PHOTOBYTE: Toyota anuncia entrada no WRC na próxima semana
http://autosport.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=s....stories/88711

There was another japanese newsaper article, that said they would make a decision on doing WTCC/DTM/WRC/LMS towards end of August.

TTE are hiring at the moment, but it looks like its for a racing programme
http://www.toyota-motorsport.com/

[J4MIE]

Didn't Toyota just announce profits of something like £1.2 billion?

How many times could they be world chwmpionship winners with that to spend?

Hope it is going to happen, but not getting too excited yet.

[J4MIE]

Didn't Toyota just announce profits of something like £1.2 billion?

How many times could they be world chwmpionship winners with that to spend?

Hope it is going to happen, but not getting too excited yet.

[noel157]

1.2 Billion? About half of what they burnt in F1.

Think I'll wait until we get official confirmation from Toyota.
Hope it becomes reality.

[Tom206wrc]

Good news if true...but I can't see them back at Le Mans in full factory endurance race + full factory WRC, too expensive !!

[Motorsportfun]

Good news if true...but I can't see them back at Le Mans in full factory endurance race + full factory WRC, too expensive !!

From a marketing point of view, Le Mans can't be sold to public for 12 months, it's like Dakar, a one-off event every year. With WRC they could invest better their money...

[Rally Hokkaido]

Has anyone actualy read the news story who is mentioned in the first post yet?

My mistake with the publishing date, the magazine comes out, today (10th).
I will go look for a copy in a couple of hours and report back.

[ProRally]

My mistake with the publishing date, the magazine comes out, today (10th).
I will go look for a copy in a couple of hours and report back.

Domo arigato gosai masu....

[vino_93]

From a marketing point of view, Le Mans can't be sold to public for 12 months, it's like Dakar, a one-off event every year. With WRC they could invest better their money...

But there will be probably a World Championship based on the new ILMC (Intercontinental Le Mans Cup).
A program WRC-WTCC should be the best solution for Toyota.

[AndyRAC]

But there will be probably a World Championship based on the new ILMC (Intercontinental Le Mans Cup).
A program WRC-WTCC should be the best solution for Toyota.

Yeah, Allan McNish speaking on MidweekMotorsport about a month or two ago said that Le Mans is very much a priority for Toyota. Don't know why they'd go the WTCC route - that's a dead-duck series. WRC and/or ILMS is a much better proposition. I'd love to see a Castrol sponsored Toyota on the stages, based from Cologne with the KAM registration plate.....