17/06/2008
NEWS STORY
Toyota has revealed plans for a special tribute at this weekend's French Grand Prix, for former Toyota Motorsport boss Ove Andersson, who was killed in a crash during a historic rally in South Africa last week.
To mark his passing, both TF108s will feature a black band around the monocoque while the design of the team garage will also include black.
A book of condolences, which will be given to Andersson family, will be available in the team's motorhome for all F1 personnel and media to sign.
The Japanese team, which finished fourth and sixth in Canada is hoping for an equally good result at Magny-Cours, with the Cologne-based outfit saying that Andersson's death has given it added motivation.
"We want to achieve a strong result this weekend as a tribute to Ove," said Jarno Trulli, "because without him I'm not sure whether Toyota would be competing in Formula 1 now. He helped build up the factory from scratch back in the rally times to what it is now; a real Formula 1 facility with the potential to produce World Championship-winning cars. He loved motorsport and it was his passion to see Toyota succeed so I hope we can achieve something fitting this weekend."