McLaren forging closer ties with Toyota as F1 rumours swirl

The Woking-based outfit recently ended a long-running deal it had to use Toyota’s wind tunnel in Cologne, as it shifted its programme to its own new facility in Woking. 

But rather than it being the end of their association, it appears that the McLaren and Toyota partnership is actually evolving and getting closer. 

Evidence of that came ahead of last weekend’s Japanese GP when McLaren announced that Toyota factory driver Ryo Hirakawa had…