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I never thought of it until you posted that image, but is there any chance that Yokohama may start up an LMP program? I know the context of that image is way different, but it's just a thought. |
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Probably the same difference between HPD and Honda.... One appears to be a performance consulting Arm that does work for more than just the car company(HPD in california, ToyotaGmbH-in germany) and the other is the car companies based in Japan
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Mmmmh...interesting that Frank Montagny gives "advice" to Toyota to chose one or several Peugeot and AUDI current drivers in 2012
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The discussions about the driver squads haven't been this interesting for years. If Toyota could get Wurz and Lotterer as development drivers, they would be getting tons of info on their competitors as well. |
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Racing license. The ACO always uses the country issuing a driver's license - I think McNish always has a Monegasque flag because of that as well.
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Indeed it's a strange statement, sounds really like he's inviting Toyota to make him an offer... Could it be that he still have some strong conections there? On a similar note, autohebdo published an (french) interview of Andre Loterrer about the Toyota situation. (google translated in english here ). He's vague, but certainly doesn't rule out switching camps, and admits he's discussing the program with Toyota "every week ends". It would be great to have such a strong japanese driver in Toyota! (sorry DeutschRenn, couldn't resist...) |
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Its such a tough decision for Andre mainly in part because Andre won Lemans this year with Audi. I think that had he not won this year he would have no problem jumping ship. Theres no reason to leave Audi. It may jsut come down to preference..Does he want people to think of him as German(which he is part)....Or Japanese(whoes culture he seems to have adopted).
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18 Oct 2011, 17:48 (Ref:2973405) | #466 | |
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Spining the 908 at Sebring, causing BMW to lose their shot at the 24h Nürburgring by going backwards on track, generally being slower than his co-drivers ... poor enough?
Sorry, I like Pedro as a guy but there recently has been a drastic drop of performance by him. Making the odd mistake is one thing if you´re a quick guy... but being both error-prone and not quick means you're not works driver-material anymore. |
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EDIT: The way I interpreted the Montagny comments were that he knows that some of his team-mates are moving on and is encouraging Toyota to contact them. I imagine the rest of the guys will have signed contracts with Pug or have the option to. Last edited by Simmi; 18 Oct 2011 at 18:39. |
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I was under the impression that Lotterer was on loan to Audi from Toyota?
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I think Toyota should also consider a card named: former Toyota F1 testdriver Ricardo Zonta. |
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Toyota have had a lot of F1 drivers who could be a good entry. (Trulli?, Ralp Schumacher?)
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Lotterer is a Toyota works driver, Treluyer is a Nissan guy.. both have only been on loan out to Audi, much as Dumas & Bernhardt.
That's Audi's big problem, take away the loan drivers and they don't have enough drivers to even fill two cars. |
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Yes, I remember when in 2009, was the rumor that Trulli should Le Mans Toyota with a three-year contract, so however never took place. Ralf Schumacher is worth mentioning, but he would be in favor of Le Mans drivers.
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Would be interesting to see whether Ralf values his place in the DTM.
I'm not an expert on the series anymore given I lost interest in it a couple of years ago but I imagine that there will be less Mercs and less Audi's running in 2012 due to the new cars and BMW's entry. So less cars = drivers on the market. Would love to see the likes of Oliver Jarvis coming to sportscars. |
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I think that the Japanese drivers Kazuki Nakajima is Toyota's first choice. Hirate could be a big question mark, what about the retired Takagi, if he could come back I do not believe it. Seiji Ara would be an experienced driver, and Ito is also pretty good.
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