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Toyota WERE the best at something in F1

Toyota may have spent years plodding around the midfield to little or no effect but at least its accounts department were the best in F1. According to a report by business analysts, Dun and Bradstreet, Toyota were the most reliable… team in F1 when it came to paying its bills on time, on average paying suppliers five days early.

The study, published in Auto Moto und Sport, says that other teams were not quite so quick to get the cheque book out, with McLaren taking around 26 days to cough up with Force India bottom of the grid on 66 days.

Well done Toyota – you showed ‘em.

Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Tags: Force India, McLaren-2009, Toyota
Posted in Toyota | Toyota WERE the best at something in F1

Say hello, wave goodbye…

Following the departure of Honda, BMW, Bridgestone, Toyota and more sponsors than you could crash a Renault at, F1 has today announced that it is to withdraw from itself. F1 said today that you could pick any one of the… rubbish excuses given by the others (it’s the recession, we have achieved all we can, we are concentrating on our core business, we are being more green, we could not beat Douglas Bader in a one-legged race etc) but that the decision was final.

Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Tags: BMW, Bridgestone, Honda, Renault, Toyota
Posted in BMW Sauber, Renault, TEAMS AND DRIVERS, Toyota | Say hello, wave goodbye…

The car in front never was a Toyota

Toyota auditors, preparing for the closure of the F1 team, have found a huge, almost completely empty room at the squads Cologne HQ. There was puzzlement as to what it was for before they realised it was the trophy cabinet.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Tags: Toyota
Posted in TEAMS AND DRIVERS, Toyota | The car in front never was a Toyota

Fishy business for Kobayashi

Kamui Kobayashi has revealed that until he stepped in at Toyota for the injured Timo Glock, his racing career was all but over due to a lack of money. Having spent all his yen competing in GP2, Kamui has said… that his fall back plan was to go back to work in his father’s sushi restaurant.

Sadly for him, the Toyota board meet in a couple of weeks, to decide whether or not to stay in F1 and if the signs are anything to go by then poor old Kobayashi may as well get ready for a life of putting bits of raw fish on a little conveyor belt..

Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Tags: Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota
Posted in TEAMS AND DRIVERS, Toyota | Fishy business for Kobayashi

Kimi to be let on timeshare basis for 2010?

With the list of teams expressing an interest in hiring Kimi Raikkonen next year growing by the day, the driver’s management have hit on a lucrative solution that should keep everybody happy. Apparently, the plan is to sell shares in… the Ferrari reject on a timeshare basis not dissimilar to that operated by holiday companies.

Raikkonen will spend the first half of the year with McLaren and the latter part of the summer with Toyota with Lotus and Campos getting a half term holiday each. The Finn, who comes complete with a swimming pool and yacht, will also be available for weekends away in the off season.

Saturday, October 10th, 2009
Tags: Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren-2009, Toyota
Posted in Ferrari, McLaren-2009, TEAMS AND DRIVERS, Toyota | Kimi to be let on timeshare basis for 2010?

Tottery twosome from Tokyo still trust in Toyota

A pair of Japanese pensioners are coming to terms with the fact that for 2010 they may actually have to follow a good F1 team. According to Toyota’s ‘Push’ magazine, Mr and Mrs Kidosaki are devout fans, some might call… them manic obsessives, who have been following the team all over the world for the last seven years. Japanese pension funds are obviously doing better than most.

In the interview at Toyota-F1-Push.com, Mrs Kidosaki, always wearing her huge, trademark Toyota sun hat and badge that looks like she prized it of the back of a Prius, gushes about the progress the team has made and how the journey to the top step of the podium can be “accomplished by the continuous, enthusiastic and spiritual support” of her and the old man.

Mrs K may well be the barmiest half of the marriage but there is no denying her optimism. Seven years without a win and just three races before Toyota jack it all in and she still thinks they are going to win one.

Bless.

Thursday, October 1st, 2009
Tags: Japanese Grand Prix, Push, Toyota
Posted in TEAMS AND DRIVERS, Toyota | Tottery twosome from Tokyo still trust in Toyota

Build your own F1 car!

Advertised heavily on the TV at the moment, is a magazine (as usual part two is free) where over the course of 40 weeks you can build your own Lancaster Bomber. This however is ultimately going to be a bit… disappointing as when the Lancaster is finished it will be only 9 inches long and totally incapable of flattening Berlin.

So, we recommend that you get yourself along to the Toyota F1 online shop (Toyota-f1-shop.com) where you can buy enough genuine parts to build an F1 car. Prices start from 75 euros for an exhaust collector through to 3500 for an engine cover with underfloor (above).

There are no prices for engines but Williams should have some spare by the end of the season. You will need a lot more glue and it will certainly be more expensive but it’s got to be better than a toy plane.

Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Tags: Push, Toyota, Williams
Posted in TEAMS AND DRIVERS, Toyota, Williams-Toyota | Build your own F1 car!

Toyota win something at last

Toyota have been awarded first prize in the Retail Association Trade review of home shopping catalogues, in the ‘Realistic Posing by Models’ category. Toyota’s new catalogue, which you can download at Toyota-f1-shop.com, features a whole range of gifts, illustrated by… male and female models all in various states of mock surprise.

RAT awards spokeswoman, Amanda Gale, said yesterday; “As this picture shows, the quality and faux realism of what the models are trying to portray is reminiscent of great works such as the Kays Catalogue 1974 piece ‘Woman in bra staring into the distance’ or Burtons Menswear 1981 classic ‘Four mean on a beach in slacks pretending to play frisbee’”

We recommend a look at Toyota’s ‘Step right up! – The 2009 Collection, where it appears that just about every object known to man has been branded by them in one way or another.

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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Tags: Push, Toyota
Posted in TEAMS AND DRIVERS, Toyota | Toyota win something at last

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