Quote Originally Posted by AL14 View Post
I wouldn't be that confident. They have 18 months and VW is beginning testing the car soon. They had the advantage to focus fully on testing new cars and due to plan changes in the middle of the project they are already behind.
We should have read articles like "Toyota is testing new 2017 car" before VW and other manufacturers but now what we are reading is that Makkinen is desperately building a team and still don't know where all the work will be done and so on.
Not a good start for a team that want to beat the best car with the best driver.
BTW, I still hope they will bring excitement as you say, they can make a miracle in these 18 months and we all need it.
What do you want them to be testing now? TMG has been testing the 2015 spec this year, but the 2017 regulations are not final yet and we got to know the draft of them just a few weeks ago. VW won't be ready till second quarter of 2016 with the 2017 spec car and TMR wants to finalize the 2017 spec Yaris by October with testing starting in March and it's not like they are starting from scratch.