Question: (Dan Knutson – National Speed Sport News) To all of you: I would like your thoughts on Toyota’s progress this year. They’ve made a big step, but has that been flattered slightly by the fact that, besides Renault, you have not had the best of seasons, and also, how difficult will it be for Toyota, a relatively new team, to maintain this upwardly momentum in ’06?
Ross Brawn: [...] I think one of the things that Toyota have demonstrated is that they are certainly willing to commit to budgets that could exceed those of any other team. I heard them announce a second wind tunnel which is a $50m or $60m project at least, plus all the people you need to run it, plus all the parts you need to put into it, so they are making a tremendous commitment. This is not a criticism of Toyota in any way whatsoever, but we have to be careful in Formula One that we don’t end up with the team that spends the most money being the team that wins everything, because then it’s just a spending contest and not an engineering and driver contest. I wish them every success but I hope Toyota don’t end up as the Chelsea of Formula One.
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