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Toyota rumored to make an F1 comeback with Haas (www.planetf1.com)
submitted 3 months ago by lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world to c/formula1@lemmy.world
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Original source (in Hungarian): https://formula.hu/f1/2024/07/09/exkluziv-2025-ben-jon-az-f1-be-a-toyota

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[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If memory serves, they:

  • allegedly were the top spending or among the top spending 2 or 3 teams for much of that run (mainly competing with McLaren and of course Ferrari).
  • after building one full-size rolling-road wind tunnel, built a second one… reportedly, to verify the results from the first one!
  • never won a race

Toyota’s previous run in F1 was simultaneously sad and fun to watch. The rate of return for the amount of money they spent was pretty bad! I genuinely hope they do better if they decide to come back.

[–] _ed@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

s run in F1 was simultaneously sad and fun to watch. The rate of return for the amount of money they spent

Reeally? That is highly notable and amusing. I've never associated toyota with high performance. Seeing how close the teams are they'd have to pull out the stops.

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It was sad for all the right reasons and fun for all the wrong ones. They spent an insane amount of money for, at best, mediocre results. Many of those results came from poor decisions at the upper levels of the organization. On top of that, all that money couldn’t produce a consistent race-winning car.