This was meant to be Toyota's 2010 effort to be put on track by Stefan GP. It never saw light. Until now.
It's a very intriguing car and now Joe Saward is making a stir by saying:
"Former Toyota F1 boss John Howett is leaving the company at the end of June and to mark his departure the Toyota team decided to have him drive one of the 2010 Formula 1 cars around the car park at the team's factory in Cologne. This was a very exclusive affair with not many witnesses… However I understand that Howett came away with a red face when he ran the car into the wall of the factory.
The latest word is that the remnants of the team will be employed next year to update the current chassis (rather more scientifically than Howett did) and will enter F1 in 2011, providing engineering services to a current GP2 team. The word on the grapevine is that ART might the lucky team. This is potentially difficult as the team is part-owned by Nicolas Todt, the son of FIA President Jean Todt.
I have asked the team for photographs of the Howett incident but oddly there has been no response as yet."
Why hello thar 2011.
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