Quote Originally Posted by Simmi View Post
First point - I meant exactly what I said, as written. I'm pretty sure that's probably what happened. Toyoda came over to Finland last year and I read in Autosport that Tommi lobbied him to get this programme. So he surely had to convince Toyoda-san that his way was a better way than TMG - who assumed they would be getting the programme.

Second point - Again I think this is pretty clear. Tommi is bringing in people he's worked with (Zotos/Donaldson) and drivers he is friends with. I'm not saying that's not logical, and there's probably loads of recruitment going on behind the scenes. But the way everything has seemingly been put on Tommi makes it feel like TMR WRC Team rather than Toyota Gazoo WRC Team.

Please don't think what I am saying is anti-Finnish or something. That's your interpretation.
But what you are saying no one else did things like Tommi do when building up a new team? I think everyone has to use their connections to be successful. And like OldF says, the only odd is that it´s not situated in England, France or Germany.