Ott Tänak - Future champion?

[AnttiL]

I think what a good media would do is get phone call to Tommi and ask directly from tommi

This is exactly what they have done in this article. He just doesn't say anything.

[deephouse]

Mäkinen also says the Toyota R5 project is "not even decided yet" and "if it comes, it will be at least two years in the making". Tahko says it's down to the current base model not being suitable.

So that mean that they don't even start that project. No wonder that Tanak left them if they are bunch of only talking people.

What if WRC main category will be R5 cars? TGR don't have anything to offer at the moment and he says it's 2 year development... And they don't even start to think about it. Oh, I mean they are thinking about it for like 3 years now. Their minds must have so much imagination...

[Tarmop]

Tahko writes it was the R5 project , Mäkinen doesn't know why. One of them is lying.

[br21]

Toyota R5 test car drives already for couple of months

[er88]

Ofcourse Martin would claim it wasn't to do with the R5 business, even if it was.

We likely will never know for sure. Too many conflicting reports from various sides

[dimviii]

We likely will never know for sure.

we will know,if MMM run hyundais r5 programm.
Just few weeks ago we saw their brand new fiesta mk2 r5 for sale.

[er88]

we will know,if MMM run hyundais r5 programm.
Just few weeks ago we saw their brand new fiesta mk2 r5 for sale.

If that happens and it transpires the R5 project was the big deal behind this move...

Then that really isn't going to look good for Martin & Tanak, if he isn't as competitive/ fast/ dominant in the I20 as he was in the Yaris.

[Tarmop]

Well...then why didn`t Mäkinen sya, that yes, there was this thing that came between them, running the R5 project...instead he just says "i don`t know", when he actually does...and saying that would take the heat of him (and else in and around the stable).

As for MM selling one (actually another also, prevoius gen. R5), might got something to do with the fact that there isn`t Katsuta anymore and one car to rent is sufficient enough...they actually sold their first Fiesta R5 very soon also, chassis no. 4 was bought in July 2013 and in january 2014 it was already owned by Stohl...since then they have bought and sold a few i believe.

[cali]

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[AnttiL]

Well...then why didn`t Mäkinen sya, that yes, there was this thing that came between them, running the R5 project...instead he just says "i don`t know", when he actually does...and saying that would take the heat of him (and else in and around the stable).

If you refer to this latest YLE article, Mäkinen doesn't say "I don't know" about MMM running the Toyota R5 program. What he says about R5 cars

- They have quite a lot of research of R5 car
- They have done preparing and market research
- They have no decision on how they will work
- The decision will come from Japan
- The R5 car won't be seen in action in a while, it will take at least two years
- It's not planned for the current model
- The R5 project is not even agreed to be done at TMR