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Toyota to withdraw from F1 after 2009 season

Nov 3 08:20 PM US/Eastern


TOKYO, Nov. 4 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Toyota Motor Corp. will withdraw from Formula One at the end of the current season, joining a number of other Japanese automakers leaving major motor racing events due to the tough business environment, sources close to the matter said Wednesday.

Japan's second-largest automaker, Honda Motor Co., exited the F1 at the end of the 2008 season after carmakers were hard-hit by the global slump in auto demand.

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