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MikeInNC @ Dec 31st 2007 6:03PM
Guys, Toyota doesn't have one of the largest F1 budgets, they have THE largest. Both Ralf and Jarno have won with other teams. Jarno was not a whole lot slower than Alonso at Renault in Fernando's first year there, then he went to the big "T" and commenced to doing nothing. It wasn't him. It was the car. Ralf won at Williams with BMW, another new entry (engine). Now BMW is eating Toyota up as well as the fact that Red Bull will probably pass them this year and Honda will probably be back ahead of them as well.
With a budget like that, think about what a team like Williams could have done. Toyota's F1 effort have been nothing short of a dismal failure for the amount of money they have spent.
They make very reliable cars and show some decent race results at lower levels but in F1 it's about innovation and they clearly cannot compete.