Posted by ashleigh on
May 30, 2006
Toyota for Williams?
A piece on grandprix.com is speculating about the Toyota and Williams engine deal that has been touted for some time.The rumour has it that Toyota will supply V8 engines to the team re branded as Lexus to try distinguish between the teams, and improve the brand visibility.
Other things that they speculate about are the Red Bull/Toro Rosso engines, with TR possibly running the 2006 spec RB2/Ferrari car, and Red Bull themselves switching over to Cosworth in a new Newey designed chassis, and the VAG rumour that I commented on is back.
The thing is, if Williams get the Toyota lump, where does that leave MF1? Toyota will not want to supply 3 teams. There could be a Cosworth deal for them to have customer engines, although apparently they are going to try for Mercedes/Ilmore V8's. The problem there is that McLaren are well known to want to run a second team with Jean Alesi and Direxiv.
Next year and 2008 could be as interesting on the engine front as it looks to be on the driver’s front.
