Toyota insists it has no plans to return to Components 1 as an influence unit provider in future regardless of its new collaboration with Haas.
Haas at the moment makes use of the Ferrari energy unit, gearbox and suspension as a part of an settlement with the Italian constructor, however has introduced Toyota as its official technical accomplice to assist enhance its capabilities. Toyota Gazoo Racing challenge supervisor Masaya Kaji stated the involvement shouldn’t be a precursor to a larger dedication when it comes to both group possession or energy unit provide.
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“We now have no plan to have a group in Components 1,” Kaji stated. “At this second we now have the best choice to collaborate with Haas.
“Concerning the ability unit, we now have no plan to enter energy unit supplying at this second.”
Kaji stated there have been discussions with different groups about potential partnerships, however that Haas proved to be the best collaboration as Toyota will assist set up a simulator in Banbury and be concerned in a Testing of Earlier Automobile (TPC) program.
“Now we now have a relationship with McLaren, with Ryo Hirakawa, and naturally we now have some connections with different groups,” he stated. “However really Haas and [Ayao] Komatsu-san is the perfect accomplice as a result of our scope is precisely the identical, and we will strengthen the group collectively. Our robust factors and weak factors match completely. So we discovered a great reply to collaborate with Haas and Komatsu-san.
“We will provide simulator companies and {hardware}, software program, all of the issues, and we might help the TPC with the simulator aspect, too. In fact our simulator is now for WEC and buyer applications, however our simulator engineers are high stage and we will provide a great service. And we will be taught extra, by way of this challenge, about F1.”
The TPC program will present a chance for Toyota drivers to get expertise in F1 vehicles, and Komatsu stated that would even lengthen right into a reserve driver place.
“That’s undoubtedly an open chance,” Komatsu stated. “As an example, for subsequent 12 months’s reserve driver, I haven’t really sat down with Fred (Vasseur, Ferrari group principal, to debate) who generally is a reserve driver, or the motive force who’s in consideration.
“However simply to verify it’s clear, we aren’t speaking a couple of pay driver, no matter Toyota driver or non-Toyota driver. We’ll at all times be taking the perfect driver for sporting outcomes. So the reserve driver would be the identical, we haven’t made any selections however we’re not ruling something out both. It’s based mostly on the competence of the motive force.”
