Toyota confirms F1 quit decision

As for McNamara; im glad Lotus and Aston will be in F1 but rather than having great teams like Sauber, BMW and Toyota biting the dust F1 could have made accomodations, or tried, so that ALL manufacturers could race. Larger grid size means more exciting racing and i don't think anybody here can say they're too dumb to follow a 32 car F1 field, F1 fans are smart enough to handle a larger grid size. As for Toyota never being the team, no disrespect budd but thats Horse****, next to Ferrari they had the biggest team and budget, their results don't speak so much for Toyota as it does for the sport.

Another way of explaining the profound nature of this problem? Answer this question: "If Michael Schumacher was their lead driver, would they have won championships?" The short answer is "yes!"

With Toyota you always sensed that it was the drivers who did not deliver the championships.

isaacu

Isaacu, your post was spot on. Toyota was capable of a hell of alot more.

I hope the team gets bought and run properly. The local management were the thing that let it down.

As Brawn proved before, this is a great chance for someone to buy up the outfit and get many years worth of crazy investment benefit for very little real cash.

Hate to think what their F1 car was like

Reliability? When Toyota’s were solely made in Japan; I would agree with you.

Did you know the European Ford Focus has beaten the British built Corolla (when it was made) in reliability. Did you know the Lexis IS has engine starting and trunk locking problems.

Have you seen the recalls on the US Tundra pick-up as well as a few Euro models, like the French build Yaris. Did you read of the “car mat problems” (sticking throttle problems) Lexus and other Toyota brands were having… Did you read of Toyota’s lawyer that wanted to blow the whistle on Toyota’s supposedly immaculate reliability image but was threatened with breaching client confidentiality. (incidentally Mitsubishi got caught many years ago from misreporting their reliability figures)

I’m sure Toyota are very keen to protect their reliability image – it is the only thing they have left to sell their cars. But there are others who know otherwise.

hehehe! that got some of you Toyota fans going! and anyway Xanavi, Foul langague is the last recourse of the inarticulate, my comments are "thrown" at the regurgitated puke that keep this trendless turd making company the biggest in the world, the sort of zombified cretin that watches show's like big brother and think that a milk float called a prius will "save the world",,,let me quess Xanavi you drive a Toyota?

oh and since you ask BMW & McLaren are auto companies I must admire, and yes I know BMW have pulled out of F1, Mistakes are made by even the best.

In any case, there is this misconception that biggest is BEST. Not so! Any lottery winner would rush out and buy a Porsche or a Ferrari (built by tiny companies), and not a … Toyota!

If biggest is best, then did you know MacDonalds sells more meals than any other restaurant in the world. That makes MacDonalds the best restaurant in the world, then? …Right? …Right? …Personally I prefer Ruth Chris or Mortons!