Comments on 'Don't Forget Toyota' on F1 Insight

Comment by Number 38

05/05/2009 16:24:10

I'm an American and as such don't have a compatriot on the grid, I will admit to waving the Union Jack whenever I can and have backed Button ever since old Flav threw him away ...... when was that 2002 or so? Old Flav threw away another good driver, a chap named Trulli, gave him a pink slip mid-season when Trulli had 46 points and stood 4th in the standings. That didn't make any sense and I guess it's been a sympathy following ever since. Drivers don't get many choices, Button to B.A.R. and later Honda but tenacity paid off and I think Trulli's move to Toyota was a survival move which is now paying off. Congratulations to both. Toyota has finally got the car, they've got two GOOD drivers but now they need management, race management. A little more patience ...........

Comment by Clive

05/05/2009 17:09:59

Quite right, Number 38, Trulli has certainly served his time and deserves some success now. It's just the race management that needs to be a bit more savvy and hard-headed. They'll get there, I'm sure.

Comment by Lee

06/05/2009 11:38:21

The Toyota team are clearly still on a steep learning curve in regards to F1 and I fully expect them to keep improving. As to their website, I hate flash based sites and having to wait 30 seconds for the home page to load is amateurish at best, especially when it seems to do nothing that could not be done with plain old html and css. It looks like they are on a steep learning curve on the web too....... However I also see nothing in the Toyota team that is offensive or particularly arrogant. They are a likeable team with reasonably likeable drivers. I hope they continue to do well.

Comment by Steve Ellis

06/05/2009 14:22:00

Count me as no Trulli fan. Like Webber, he is another driver who always goes backwards on the grid. And the Trulli train has reached legendary status, not without reason. Frankly up until his last year, I thought Ralf outpreformed Trulli other than in qualifying. As for Toyota, no doubt they will stumble into a few wins in their tenure in F1 but unless they change their approach, it seems to me they will never be serious contenders. I'm not sure the way they have set up their team is conducive to a high level of success in F1. I guess time will tell.

Comment by Clive

06/05/2009 15:05:44

Steve: That's just the thing - I think I detect a change of approach in the Toyota team. I could be wrong but they seem more relaxed somehow (and I know that doesn't make sense, since they have the threat of closure hanging over them). They seem more like a team about to score its first win than one in its last year.

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