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Gascoyne suspended!!!!!
Posted: 05 Apr 06 6:38 PM (N/A)

Toyota says that its technical director Mike Gascoyne has been suspended due to a 'fundamental difference of opinion' over the team's direction.

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Re: Gascoyne suspended!!!!!
Posted: 05 Apr 06 6:40 PM (N/A)

Latest on this.........

Mike Gascoyne has left his post as technical director for the Toyota Formula 1 team.

The Englishman’s exit is thought to be part of a major shake-up in the management and technical departments at the team.

The nature of Gascoyne’s departure remains undisclosed.

He is believed to have been at odds with some of Toyota’s more senior decision-makers and was not expected to remain with the team beyond the end of his contract, which would have ended this year anyway.

But the big-budget Cologne-based squad's poor form in 2006, relieved only by Ralf Schumacher’s third place in last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, can not have helped matters.

When asked for a quote by grandprix.com (which broke the story on Tuesday) Gascoyne would not comment.

Toyota was also unavailable to make a statement on the story.

It is unclear what the future holds for Gascoyne who remained UK-based throughout his tenure with the Japanese manufacturer.

But after a successful career that has seen him turn around the fortunes of Jordan, Renault and to a lesser extent Toyota in the last ten years, Gascoyne, who has never overseen a world championship-winning campaign will likely consider F1 unfinished business.

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Re: Gascoyne suspended!!!!!
Posted: 05 Apr 06 6:53 PM (United Kingdom)

Certainly a suprise this is...hes been putting so much into this car since day one... travelling to Germany every day from his home in the UK...

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