Quote Originally Posted by steve.mandzij View Post
I was wondering today, does anybody know why TMG handed over the Yaris program to Tommi Makinen?
It was never told. Mr. Toyoda publicly launched TMG WRC program in January 2015 and annouced the switch only 6 months later. Besides Makinen lobbying and a possible negative feedback from TMG Yaris development (like macebig said), something more serious must have happened; Japanese companies usually don’t change their plans so drastically. I still believe it was Le Mans '15 disaster; it made them realize TMG should be 100% focused in wining Le Mans (they’re pretty close in 2016).