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Old 19 Jun 2017, 05:49 (Ref:3745074)   #5570
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Originally Posted by Coldasice View Post
Exactly, well said. Funny how with Toyota's WRC wins and championships, there was no TMG involvement. With Toyota's class wins at the Nurburgring 24 Hours, as I understand it TMG had minimal involvement. In Toyota's numerous wins at the Baja 1000, 24 hours of Daytona, and numerous Dakar Rally wins...all had no TMG involvement. Hmmm I wonder if there is some sort of pattern here?

The ONLY race programs TMG has had direct involvement in was F1 (which yielded no wins, only embarrassment), and now (along with Oreca) their involvement in the current WEC program, which admittedly has yielded wins and at least a championship, but no Le Mans wins.
TTE (Toyota Team Europe) transformed into TMG, which it is exactly what ran the rally program in the 1990s. (The current WRC car comes from different places. Engine from TMG, aero is developed in UK by some unnamed company and car is built in Tommi Makinen's tiny shop in Finland.)
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