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18th December 2020, 20:43 #1
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What I find really strange is that Mäkinen, who is supposed to be the motorsport advisor for the Toyota Company, is saying anything else in public than praising JML for his new appointment. That, for me, definitely tells something. As you can see from the brilliant translation made by AnttiL, Tommi acted (?) like he didn't know about the whole thing and wasn't sure whether JML was the best choice for the role or not. Absolutely incredible. That, in other words, is questioning a decision made by someone higher in the org. chart than you. And - especially when we're talking about a Japanese company - that is quite something. Purely based on today's quotes, I wouldn't predict a lenghty run for Tommi in his new role. We'll see...
ku ois neljä pyörää ku vetäis ni ois vähän eri sekunnit kyllä pätkillä, sen mä takaan
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18th December 2020, 20:59 #2
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18th December 2020, 23:31 #3
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18th December 2020, 22:31 #4
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There are a few things that still stand out to me from the end of Tommi's era at the helm:
- The large profit TMR made.
- The lack of an R5/Rally2, even though it seems like it's been talked about for years.
- Losing Tanak as Champion and all the bizarre (possibly untrue) issues talked about, be it Mia Miettinen or whatever the deals was/wasn't with RedGrey and Markko Martin.
- The failure to get the new Yaris WRC launched when the road car version has made such a high profile debut, with marketing based largely on its rally pedigree...
Maybe all irrelevant, but it's pretty clear now Tommi was pushed out for a reason.
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19th December 2020, 06:33 #5
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19th December 2020, 07:38 #6
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19th December 2020, 08:29 #7
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Developing aero parts for a current car is different than making a whole new car. You cannot just focus on one element, everything affects everything. Also the homologation process of the whole car would have taken time. Taking 2(?) months off testing probably just delayed the project too much for them to get it finished in time.
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19th December 2020, 09:42 #8
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Here some thoughts, blue-black-white (estonian) glasses involved.
From distance seems, that Tänak had quite good relationship with mr Toyoda. If Toyoda thanked Tommi, he pointed out Tänak's win in Finland as his best emotion. Not Ogier's championship for example.
They got Ogier, but Ogier was not dominant like Tänak was.
This was another "read between lines" example for me, that Toyoda may not be happy with replacing Tänak with Ogier or team decisions in general. In that moment they should promote and congratulate Ogier for winning drivers title and Ogier showed that Toyota is winning car... but got "missing something" instead.
Was there any content in Mäkinen's interviews? Just rotating words like absolutely, incredible, brilliant etc. It can be just simple language question.
Japan and loyalty - JML has been fan of Toyota, promoting Toyota and has been loyal to Toyota. Maybe is that simple as that. And maybe some loyalty issue with Mäkinen? Comments on JML as new boss were quite harsh and it's hard to believe, that this style will be ignored by Toyoda.
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19th December 2020, 14:08 #9
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I would be grateful if somebody could explain what JML's actual job (powers and responsibilities) will be. I'm not entirely what is up to him and what is Kaj's decision, or Toyota's.
- Does he decide what drivers they hire?
- Does he decide whether to have a driver rotation system?
- Does he decide who is the third driver in each rally if they do?
- Would he have input into what tyres a driver uses?
- Would he be the one issuing team orders, if it happens?
- Can he fire someone for ignoring them?
- Does he have final say on R&D priorities?
- Anything else he does?
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20th December 2020, 10:05 #10
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