Of course it is good. It is some start if You want to call it. But it is hardly a bigger deal than Shell & Castrol logos on current cars. That's all I'm saying.
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The world of sponsorship has changed. Red Bull is an exception to the rule. In this day and age, it is all about 'strategic partnerships' and this is applying to all categories currently, not just WRC.
Also, the lack of Toyota branding is at first strange, until you see the WEC livery too. For Toyota in WEC, the funding comes from the R&D department, not the marketing team. Perhaps this is true of Gazzo Toyota in WRC?
How is Red Bull an acceptation? If they're sponsoring and plastering their brand all over a car?!
Nice story about Toyota team written by giant Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish):
http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/a1476589796186
The story includes the first published pictures inside the workshop located in Puuppola in central Finland and some actual news as well:
According to Mäkinen...
- one of the drivers will be officially annouced "soon"
- contrary to earlier reports, the third car will debut in Corsica in April (not in Sweden as reported previously)
- the car and the team (presumably with the exception of the driver annouced earlier) will be revealed in Helsinki on December 13.
- four Yaris WRC's has been built so far
- Toyota wants to have a Japanese driver, but that will not happen anytime soon (Tommi says Hiroki Arai and Takamoto Katsuta are "not ready")
The writer of the story was allowed to take pictures of the car, but only from the side - it was forbidden to take any pictures of the front and rear of the car.
How stupid can someone be that hangs in the OFFICIAL teams garage pictures of a rival manufacturer ?
Is this whole joke family business for real ? they are a disgrace to the sport.
Round four for the third car isn't too bad. We should have the 15 'works' WRCs by Portugal all being well.