Toyota rule out F1 power unit supply or full-time return despite Haas deal

Toyota have no plans to rejoin F1 as a power unit🎃 supplier or fully-fledg༒ed team.

Toyota on track in 2009
Toyota on track in 2009

Toyota have insisted they have “no plan” to return to F1 as a power unit supplier or as a full🐻-time F1 team,🅷 despite their new technical partnership with Haas.

On Friday 💙morning, Haas unveiled a new partnership with Japanese manufacturer Toyota.

Toyota last rac🍬ed in F1 back in 2009 before pulling out of the sport.

They f🅘aile🌠d to win a race during their 140 races in F1, scoring 13 podiums.

Toyota will assist Haas in a number of technical areas over the next few years, while Ferrari will conti🉐nue to remain a key partner.

Toyota Gazoo Racing's general manager of motorsport engineering Masaya Kaji has outlined they doꦬn’t plan to return to F1 either as an engine supplier or fully-fledged team.

“We have no plan to enter power uജnit supply, at this moment," he said.

at the Dutch Grand Prix in August that the team’s ceiling was only P7 in the constructors’ championship if they didn’t get the right investment.

"This is not a short-term thing," Komatsu explained. "The certain projects we picked to start off is because it's so obvious what areas we are lacking, and what areas we haven't got🌠 the capability - and what areas TGR has already got capability.

"꧑We obviously are picking up the pr🧸oject that has the biggest impact and the need straight away.

"But I think throughout this partnership we will understand each other more and more and there'll be many a🌜rea𓆉s we can work together."

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