4/26/2007

Toyota Motorsport Head to Step Down

63 year-old Tsutomu Tomita will step down as Toyota Team Principal after June of this year. Current Toyota Motorsport vice-chairman Tadashi Yamashina will be taking his place.
"Since 2000 I have been involved in Toyota's F1 project, which has been one of the most challenging and exciting periods of my career," Tomita noted, "In fact, the detailed preparation for entry into F1 started more than four years before we entered our first race.  I would like to thank all of those involved in Toyota,  at our sponsors and, of course, at Toyota Motorsport who have welcomed, helped and encouraged me as I have faced this challenge. "Despite Toyota's less than sparkling first few years in F1 Tomita remains confident that success will come eventually.
We wish him well in the future.

Credit Yahoo F1 for the quote.