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Thread: Tommi Makinen Racing
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17th December 2010, 14:18 #11Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
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20th July 2012, 18:34 #12
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Well I was there for a week with my friend during our work practice program. I worked with mr. Mäkinen himself, Kari Hytönen and some other workers who got on very well with us. We moved some tires, worked with the cars and cleaned places. We saw some drivers too, such as Esapekka Lappi, Jarkko Miettinen and Mikko Pajunen, whose Subaru Impreza WRX STi R4 we had to wash
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30th September 2020, 20:37 #13
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What do you think Tommi will do with his firm in the future?
Will we see new cars developed or just driver development?
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1st October 2020, 05:31 #14
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I believe they will still be employed by Toyota, but just in a different business model, like for example, TGR orders a day of testing in central Finland. And maybe they will be involved in developing or even running the Rally2 car.
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1st October 2020, 17:49 #15
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1st October 2020, 18:30 #16
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1st October 2020, 18:31 #17
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ku ois neljä pyörää ku vetäis ni ois vähän eri sekunnit kyllä pätkillä, sen mä takaan
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14th December 2020, 13:20 #18
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Last world championship rally of 2020 is done. And one of the iconic team managers has left the building!
Tommi has had a good run as team boss at Toyota. Building a team from more or less scratch in a "barn" in the middle of nowhere in Finland. Very few thought this would fly at all, but;
He was making results very quickly, and winning rally number 2 in year 1 that was 2017!
Winning team title year 2
Drivers titles in year 3 and 4.
Not a bad legacy!
What now;
- Take a year off?
- Go directly into the new Toyota role?
- Start up his own tuning firm again?
- Leave the sport for good?Last edited by Sulland; 14th December 2020 at 13:26.
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14th December 2020, 13:22 #19
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Toyota Gazoo Rally will still continue in Finland right? And didnt they find some new role for Tommi already from Toyota?
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14th December 2020, 14:11 #20
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These really are great videos.
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