Toyota announces WRC plans

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Originally Posted by Koppomsbo

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

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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/

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.

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.

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.

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

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Originally Posted by 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 !! :mark:

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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... ;)

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Originally Posted by Koppomsbo

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

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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.

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Originally Posted by Rally Hokkaido

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.

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Domo arigato gosai masu....

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Originally Posted by Motorsportfun

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... ;)

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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.

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Originally Posted by vino_93

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.

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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.....