Please allow me to pull out the basic facts, or at least what looks like facts, about Toyota's WRC programme. According to Autosport, Toyota is now going to switch to another team and another team boss for their return to the World Rally Championship, but at the same time, their (Toyota's) Cologne based Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) will continue working on their (own?) project involving Yaris WRC. What? Exactly. The way I understand it, TMG will continue working on the car, but at the same time, Toyota's main (?) WRC project will switch to another team, led by former World Champion, Tommi Makinen. I've precisely zero idea how this will work out; will Makinen be working on the same car as...
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