Ayao Komatsu
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So we always wanted to have a simulator in the UK where our main factory is.
So we are doing that now.
So again, that's thanks to Toyota.
So then there's a few other areas that we are working with, but it's great.
We're just looking at what Toyota can offer, what Toyota's good at, what our team needs.
And then it's those areas where it's easily identifiable we're working together.
Yeah, some of the manufacturing, yes.
Some of it in Cologne, yeah.
But again, it's not the objective to say we need to use the Cologne facilities they need to manufacture.
It's more, let's say, organic in the sense that, okay, so Akio-san's direction, Akio-san, by the way, is such a great guy, the chairman of Toyota.
His direction to his guys is basically make House F1 team competitive.
so it's not objective to in itself to say okay you have to use that colon facility you have to use that facility to manufacture something no what do we need to make the house a fun team go faster what areas are we weak have we got either people or capability or facility that is able to help in that area from toyota side if answers yes let's do it together like tpc you know we wanted to do it but we just didn't have the
financial means or anything to do it, then Toyota helped us financially and put the structure in place, etc.
And they're having that development program.
Yeah, definitely.
We need to be constantly evolving.
And then for me to sit here and talk about the wins is too far away, for sure.
So our medium term target in the next three to five years is basically trying to establish ourselves consistently at the front of the midfield pack, right?
That's where we need to be ear in, ear out on the merit, not because some team didn't do a very good job.