Toyota could join the WRC, as the TTE facilities are quite big. I don't think they will join the WRC. It seems as if LeMans is their future.
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Toyota could join the WRC, as the TTE facilities are quite big. I don't think they will join the WRC. It seems as if LeMans is their future.
Do you have a source? I can't find it on http://www.kevinabbring.com and http://www.volkswagen-motorsport.com also.Quote:
Originally Posted by mousti
There`s an article in rallye-magazin that Toyota & Hyundai is coming to WRC, but no hard facts: rallye-magazin1
Also Kevin Abbring & young Sepp Wiegand in VW Skoda for UK: rallye-magazin2
Just last week i heard that Toyota went for other sports.
Yes it is! http://www.volkswagen-motorsport.com...st=588&id=4734Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B
Great! Another dutchman drive for Volkswagen
As I understand Toyota is up for both, because WRC has exposure for almost the whole year, whereas Le Mans is just a one race horse, at least globaly recognised and on paar with WRC, other sportscar events are lower profile than WRC.
Well, from next year the Le Mans 24 Hours will be the crucial point in the Endurance World Championship, which will spread the exposure for almost the whole year too...
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Originally Posted by Roy
The German firm's decision not to test any British drivers had been telegraphed after motorsport director Kris Nissen admitted he could see nobody from Britain worthy of a VW run on their home round of the World Rally Championship.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95521
something not going right at vw imho....
NotBritish, but here in Ireland we have a two time BRC champion, who beat Craig Breen in his s2000 in a horrible gp n Subaru n14. Elfyn Evans or David Bogie might have bee equally good choices, but if VW wanted someone from the British Isles to impress them, Keith Cronin was the man to do it. A reckless decision from a team which clearly only wants salesmen on wheels from large markets. Think of what it would have done for the profile of the sport to have David Bogie and Keith Cronin in the two cars, but alas this was-only ever a pipe dream.
I think Irishman Breen has a contract with M-sport. He works still at Dovenby Hall?Quote:
Originally Posted by tommeke_B