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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">F-1</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">26/10/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">Formula One</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">McNish gets his chance</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/%20OneMcNiF-1.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">Toyota has at last confirmed their driver line up for next season. The Japanese automotive giant has announced that Finland’s Mika Salo and Scotland’s Allan MoNish will lead them on their first foray into Formula One.<BR> <BR> "As our team has yet to participate in active F1 competition, there are numerous challenges that we must face down the road. Allan McNish is fast and is gifted with exceptional development potential," said TMC Managing Director Tsutomu Tomita, who is also chairman of TMG, Toyota's Cologne, Germany-based European racing headquarters. "As such, we have concluded that combining Mika and Allan in our first year would be the best way to go," he said. <BR> <BR> Commenting on his appointment, McNish said: "I have been deeply involved with the team in the development of the Toyota F1 car from the very beginning of the project. In the process, my ability as an F1 driver was recognized and I am very happy to have been officially chosen as a driver for the coming season. This fills me with confidence that I can accomplish the difficult tasks ahead. There is a mountain of things we must do before our first race next year, and I intend to fully devote myself to bringing out my very best."<BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>