Toyota ready to help Ferrari for 2013 car development – Formula 1 news Toyota are ready to help Ferrari in their car development for the 2013 Formula 1 season, according to reports from newspapers, El Mundo Deportivo and Kolner Express. The Scarlet team faced issues at their wind tunnel in Maranello earlier this year and the problems are expected to persist until August 2013. Nevertheless, Ferrari will use Toyota facility at Cologne so as to develop their next year’s car. Ferrari team principal, Stefano Domenicali said earlier that they cannot work in two wind tunnels at the same time as it would be too risky. Therefore, he confirmed that they will not use the facility at Maranello. On the other hand, the president of the Italian team, Luca di Montezemolo said that Cologne is going to be the exclusive site for the development of their next year’s car. “We will develop the 2013 car exclusively in the Toyota wind tunnel to avoid confusion and mistakes,” the 65-year-old said. Meanwhile, Toyota Motorsport GmbH’s business operations director, Rob Leupen assured that they will provide the best of the services to Ferrari. “Our clients are very happy with our wind tunnel services,” Leupen commented. It will be important to mention that Ferrari struggled throughout the pre-season testing programme this year and failed to develop a competent car as compared to their rivals. Additionally, their technical director, Pat Fry even dismissed the chances of securing a podium finish in the season opener and expected to face immense difficulties during the opening few races. Nonetheless, their driver, Fernando Alonso performed incredibly well throughout the season and scored points with appreciable consistency. Though, the Spaniard fought right until the end of the season, however, he still lost the championship battle to Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing who seemed uncatchable during the last few races with the quickest car. Montezemolo has asserted that they are not upset over the result of this season and are confidently looking forward to come up stronger in the next year right from the start, with a more competitive car. Besides, he said that they are targeting to make the most out of the winter testing in order to develop a competent car for the coming year.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 16:07:27 +0000
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