Toyota have insisted they’ve “no plan” to return to F1 as an influence unit provider or as a full-time F1 workforce, regardless of their new technical partnership with Haas.
On Friday morning, Haas unveiled a brand new partnership with Japanese producer Toyota.
Toyota final raced in F1 again in 2009 earlier than pulling out of the game.
They didn’t win a race throughout their 140 races in F1, scoring 13 podiums.
Toyota will help Haas in a variety of technical areas over the subsequent few years, whereas Ferrari will proceed to stay a key associate.
Toyota Gazoo Racing’s basic supervisor of motorsport engineering Masaya Kaji has outlined they don’t plan to return to F1 both as an engine provider or fully-fledged workforce.
“We’ve got no plan to enter energy unit provide, at this second,” he mentioned.
“Really, we now have no plan to have a workforce in F1. At this second, we now have your best option and greatest choice to collaborate with Haas.”
Haas boss Ayao Komatsu recognized a variety of key areas the place Toyota can instantly assist the workforce.
Komatsu instructed Crash.internet on the Dutch Grand Prix in August that the workforce’s ceiling was solely P7 within the constructors’ championship in the event that they didn’t get the proper funding.
“This isn’t a short-term factor,” Komatsu defined. “The sure tasks we picked to begin off is as a result of it is so apparent what areas we’re missing, and what areas we have not obtained the potential – and what areas TGR has already obtained functionality.
“We clearly are choosing up the challenge that has the most important impression and the necessity immediately.
“However I feel all through this partnership we are going to perceive one another increasingly and there will be many areas we will work collectively.”
