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Tsutomu Tomita is clearly quite sick of losing. Tomita works for Toyota. And there are not many employees of the new number 1 auto-seller in the world who have a problem with losing. Toyota, as an auto-seller, does not lose.
Toyota, as a Formula 1 race team, loses every race. First race : 2002 Australian Grand Prix. Recent race: 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix. 91 total races, 2 pole positions, 155 team points, but never once a race win. To state the obvious, Toyota, without even a race win,
has never won the Constructor's Championship nor have their drivers ever won a Driver's Championship.
Put it this way: send 91 people into a Toyota dealership in, say... Ottawa. How many come out with a car? Paaaaahlenty. Send 91 races in Toyota's direction, how many conquests? Zero.
Something doesn't add up. This massive Japanese manufacturer with three sub-brands, an overriding belief in its dependability, its loyal workforce and the largest cash reserves amongst all carmakers, can't win a race. Not only are those cash reserves the largest, they've used up hundreds of millions of dollars of those cash reserves to finance an F1 program that has never won a race. The $ figure is higher than any other competitor in F1, more than Ferrari; McLaren-Mercedes; or BMW.
So Tsutomu Tomita will leave for a different posting in the Toyota corporate structure, leaving behind his F1 Chief job at Toyota for another part of the company that is, perhaps, more dominant. It is not fun to lose. Especially when you're under pressure, work harder, and spend more.
Toyota does, however, have other laurels on which to rest.
- Epic Drag Race Fail When Toyota Driver Forgets Truck In…reverse!
Many things can go wrong during a drag race, but we cannot think of anything more embarrassing than heading towards the opposite direction once the green light comes on. It all happened earlier this week when a Toyota pickup truck driver was performing...
- Toyota To Field A Gt86 At The Britcar 24 Hours Endurance Race
Team Toyota GB plans to enter a GT86 sports coupe (sold as the Toyota 86 in Japan and Scion FR-S in North America) in the UK’s toughest and only round-the-clock race for sports and GT cars, the Britcar 24 Hours, which takes place on the Silverstone...
- Toyota To Field Four Gt86 And One Lexus Lfa At The Nürburgring 24 Hours
The moment of truth for the Toyota group and its entries in this weekend's 40th Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race is almost here. The Japanese carmaker will be represented in the race by four GT86 coupes, which is also known as the Toyota 86...
- Formula 1: 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix Race Results
As the saying goes, you can’t judge a book by its cover. Likewise, you can’t predict the outcome of a race until the chequered flag drops. Judging both from the first grand prix of the year, as well as Saturday’s qualifying practice...
- F1: Sebastian Vettel Takes His 6th Win In Valencia
Sebastian Vettel is on a roll and no one seems able to stop him and his Red Bull from adding a second Formula 1 championship to their trophy list. This was confirmed once again today in the European Grand Prix in Valencia, in the eighth race of the 2011,...
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TOYOTA CAN LOSE AT SOMETHING
Tsutomu Tomita is clearly quite sick of losing. Tomita works for Toyota. And there are not many employees of the new number 1 auto-seller in the world who have a problem with losing. Toyota, as an auto-seller, does not lose.
Toyota, as a Formula 1 race team, loses every race. First race : 2002 Australian Grand Prix. Recent race: 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix. 91 total races, 2 pole positions, 155 team points, but never once a race win. To state the obvious, Toyota, without even a race win,
has never won the Constructor's Championship nor have their drivers ever won a Driver's Championship.Put it this way: send 91 people into a Toyota dealership in, say... Ottawa. How many come out with a car? Paaaaahlenty. Send 91 races in Toyota's direction, how many conquests? Zero.
Something doesn't add up. This massive Japanese manufacturer with three sub-brands, an overriding belief in its dependability, its loyal workforce and the largest cash reserves amongst all carmakers, can't win a race. Not only are those cash reserves the largest, they've used up hundreds of millions of dollars of those cash reserves to finance an F1 program that has never won a race. The $ figure is higher than any other competitor in F1, more than Ferrari; McLaren-Mercedes; or BMW.
So Tsutomu Tomita will leave for a different posting in the Toyota corporate structure, leaving behind his F1 Chief job at Toyota for another part of the company that is, perhaps, more dominant. It is not fun to lose. Especially when you're under pressure, work harder, and spend more.
Toyota does, however, have other laurels on which to rest.
- Epic Drag Race Fail When Toyota Driver Forgets Truck In…reverse!
Many things can go wrong during a drag race, but we cannot think of anything more embarrassing than heading towards the opposite direction once the green light comes on. It all happened earlier this week when a Toyota pickup truck driver was performing...
- Toyota To Field A Gt86 At The Britcar 24 Hours Endurance Race
Team Toyota GB plans to enter a GT86 sports coupe (sold as the Toyota 86 in Japan and Scion FR-S in North America) in the UK’s toughest and only round-the-clock race for sports and GT cars, the Britcar 24 Hours, which takes place on the Silverstone...
- Toyota To Field Four Gt86 And One Lexus Lfa At The Nürburgring 24 Hours
The moment of truth for the Toyota group and its entries in this weekend's 40th Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race is almost here. The Japanese carmaker will be represented in the race by four GT86 coupes, which is also known as the Toyota 86...
- Formula 1: 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix Race Results
As the saying goes, you can’t judge a book by its cover. Likewise, you can’t predict the outcome of a race until the chequered flag drops. Judging both from the first grand prix of the year, as well as Saturday’s qualifying practice...
- F1: Sebastian Vettel Takes His 6th Win In Valencia
Sebastian Vettel is on a roll and no one seems able to stop him and his Red Bull from adding a second Formula 1 championship to their trophy list. This was confirmed once again today in the European Grand Prix in Valencia, in the eighth race of the 2011,...