Toyota Motor withdrew from Formula One on Wednesday, leaving Japan without a team in motorsport’s premier series.
Company president Akio Toyoda apologized for the team’s failure to record a single race victory since joining F1 in 2002 despite an estimated annual budget of around $300 million.
“This was a difficult but ultimately unavoidable decision,” he told a news conference in Tokyo. “Since last year … Details
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