Toyota....

**gloomyDAY** · 28th April 2009, 21:00

Originally Posted by jens

John Howett is the team president, so I don't think he is directly involved with race strategies.

What's the hierarchy at Toyota?

Someone made that awful call on Sunday.

**gloomyDAY** · 3rd June 2009, 03:07

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75773

Bump! Was Monaco really a one-off? Or was Monaco just the beginning?

John Howett (still not sure what his responsibilities entail) is ready to kick butt and take names at the Turkish Grand Prix. I just hope it gets really hot in Turkey over this coming weekend so Toyota can have a fighting chance.

**leopard** · 3rd June 2009, 07:33

Monaco is typical of race which usually gives team whose chassis work out with engine to make complete package more benefit. If this is the case they might need to fix this problem in due course.

This is good to know that Toyota is team with burst of optimism that having identified problems in slower speed race give them hardship on traction. Hope they can perform more development to either strengthen their prominence on fast corner or to make every endeavor for their weakness fade away, combination of both would be preferable though.

**jens** · 3rd June 2009, 16:38

Toyota had a similar slip in 2008 as well by the beginning of the European season, when their form dropped after flyaway races as the upgrades didn't function quite as expected and Trulli was complaining about setups. In 2008, however, Toyota made a comeback by the time of the French GP. Wonder, how long will it take this time?