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Edd Straw

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1927 total appearances

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The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

That's what they're working through at the moment, and that might be it.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

And if that's it, that's plenty, because that's doing a huge amount for Haas, which can do more and more stuff with TWG, and that will help it be a better team.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

So I feel like this is one of those relationships that could go in all sorts of different directions, but...

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

really is about the here and now in the next few years, because they've really only scratched the surface over what is possible in terms of enhancing Haas.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

They could have this relationship for 10, 15 more years and still be getting more and more and more out of it.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

And it doesn't need to be anything else.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

Yeah, it's such a curious team in that regard.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

It's difficult to imagine it continuing indefinitely for the next 10, 20, 30 years in this sort of form, constantly dependent on other entities beyond needing an external engine to pilot.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

So let's put it that way, which is a bit more in the normal scheme of things.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

So...

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

It's one of those teams that I think there's lots and lots and lots of potential directions for it.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

They could sell to a completely different entity.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

And again, Gene Haas has shown no inclination to sell.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

There have been potential buyers who have got in touch with them, and it's very possible that maybe...

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

at least one of those buyers may even have actually had the resources to potentially do something serious because there are a lot of chances around sniffing about F1 teams.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

But that's also a possibility.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

But I almost feel like if you were buying a Formula One team, to an extent with Haas, you're buying the slot, aren't you?

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

And then you're kind of doing a bit like BAR did with Tyrrell.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

You're effectively doing a startup team using that entry.

The Race F1 Podcast
How Toyota is helping transform F1โ€™s smallest team

I mean, there's lots of good people there and good things.