Printable View
Gazoo likely will, they're too invested. 'Toyota' are in every motorsport somehow from top to bottom. Not sure if going to F1 has to detract from the funding elsewhere especially when rally should be profit making.
Anyone thinking manufacturers are coming and who likes to talk about road relevancy still has to explain what the WRC relevancy of what's going on with road cars and net zero is. Same with the production engine lark.
I don't think Toyota would want to fully take over the F1 team until they'll be able to use their own engine, which would be possible from 2030, if they would commit to it this year, but that could possibly be last year of hybrid engines. So more realistic is 2031.
But I don't think Toyota would withdraw from WRC, they can't really use the facility or much of the workers for F1. Maybe their budget would be cut, but that also shouldn't be much issue with soft budget cap and return of commercial aspect of selling the cars.
Toyota (GR) are clearly committed with confirming they're already building a WRC27 Car. And why wouldn't they when they've been so successful and dominating with Rally1 ?
But they do have to sell these cars (or chassis?) to whoever wants one, so privateers/teams should be able to compete with them on the same level.
As for other and new Manufacturers, it's a tough one. Not only do they need to see a ROI and sell their cars, but they also face trying to beat the might of Toyota.
What if the new promoter is Gazoo? Any possibility for that?
Sent fra min SM-S901B via Tapatalk