The four-time world champion was yesterday confirmed as team principal of Toyota Gazoo Racing’s WRC squad, but the Japanese manufacturer’s statement made no reference to the role of German-based Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG). In January, TMG, which is owned by Toyota, announced a return to WRC ‘with a car developed and built entirely at its Cologne technical centre’. Since then test drivers including Sebastian Lindholm and Stéphane Sarrazin have been developing a Yaris World Rally Car, and TMG has signed development drivers Eric Camilli and Teemu Suninen with an eye to the future. But wrc.com has been told that while TMG will remain as a technical partner for the programme,...
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