Completed 2010 designs up for sale - Toyota 2010

Toyota's completed 2010 Formula One car, the TF110, is reportedly available for purchase by other teams.

The French newspaper Le Parisien said that despite the Japanese manufacturer deciding to pull out of F1 immediately, its Cologne-based team had completed the design for next season.

USF1 and Manor would be the most likely potential customers, given that fellow new entrant Lotus is working with Aerolab on its 2010 car, and the Dallara-built Campos chassis has already passed its front and lateral FIA crash tests.

Meanwhile, development of Sauber/Qadbak's car has been continuous despite BMW's withdrawal, and although Toro Rosso must for the first time be a full constructor in 2010, work on the Faenza-based team's next car is well advanced.

It is also believed that the car design of the rejected 2010 entrant Lola is for sale, after a 50% scale wind tunnel model dubbed the MB-01 was revealed recently.

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Source: GMM

The only problem with that is, who wants to buy guranteed mediocrity?

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senninho schreef:
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> The only problem with that is, who wants to buy
> guranteed mediocrity?

It's most likely always better then what a new team comes up with

My money's on USF1.

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Ill have it :D!

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senninho Wrote:
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> The only problem with that is, who wants to buy
> guranteed mediocrity?

I don't know, I think it's more like buying a lottery ticket, and if it does turn out to be a good design, and there are no major rule changes, it could give whoever buys the design a solid base for their 2011 car. Well worth the risk I'd say.

Just hope Toyota judged the fuel tank size right, otherwise whoever buys it has interesting times ahead!


Willb Wrote:
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> Ill have it :D!

I'll support your bid!

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Just a rumour atm...

tbh unless the team who buys and designs also buys a significant amount of the design team then from the shear amount of reverse engineering wouldnt your own design be the better route? It could be a good short-term solution but looking at the bigger picture, maybe not.

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The Toyota design may have good points in it, but anybody taking it would have to re-engineer parts of it to take a different engine effectively.

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chet, I wasn't suggesting they use the car as is. But having it in teh factory would give them two designs to work from, probably two different sets of strengths and weaknesses to evaluate. Anyone who buys the Toyota designs could well learn a thing or two which they can implement on their own cars.

I've said USF1 because Toyota is such a major brand in the US, but in truth any one of the current midfield teams could buy it and learn just as much for their 2010 cars.

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It is too late to just use the design, but I'm sure there are some elements of it (maybe the double diffuser, some of the electronics or whatever), that could be integrated into the new team's car.

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