Toyota promises web finale for fans

I’m keeping a virtual death watch, of sorts, on the Toyota and BMW F1 teams via their official websites.
Today, Toyota announced that their final hours are not going to be quiet. The team is planning some sort of farewell, and it just might be worth checking out:
The end of Panasonic Toyota Racing’s Formula 1 programme [...]

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Toyota pledges to stay… in NASCAR

I know everyone has been worrying about this.

Now that Toyota has announced its withdrawal from Formula 1, surely the company would follow suit and quit competing in NASCAR.
We all can rest easy. Toyota will stay in American stock car racing.
Lee White, Toyota Racing Development president, confirmed the news on Saturday.
He had a few other things [...]

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Toyota won’t sell team ala Honda

If any of you were hoping that the 2010 championship would be won by the team that rises out of Toyota’s ashes — and, hey, there’s precedent for that now — it is time to shelve your optimism.

Toyota team boss — former, I guess — John Howett scuttles those ideas (with a little opening left) [...]

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Op-Ed: Ferrari ‘war’ statement gets traction

I may be going out on a bit of limb, but I think that Ferrari’s reaction to the departure of Toyota from Formula 1 may end up having the bigger impact on the sport — far larger than the sudden disappearance of Japanese makers from the grid.

Ferrari undoubtedly is the big boy in F1 circles. [...]

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Update: Renault officially delays F1 decision

Despite Renault managing director Jean-François Caubet’s insistence that the team will remain in Formula 1, the official line is this: We haven’t decided.
Reuters has the word from a higher source than Caubet — Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn.
Here’s the Reuters report:
PARIS, Nov 5 (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA) said on Thursday it would decide by [...]

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