Tadashi Yamashina (born 8 May 1951
) is the former Team Principal of the
Toyota Racing Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
team, responsible for conducting Toyota's Formula One operations, having taken over from
Tsutomu Tomita in June 2007.
Yamashina started work for the
Toyota Motor Corporation
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
in 1977, working his way up through the company ranks to become the project general manager at the companies Component & System Development Center’s Vehicle Engineering Division in 1998. Following this, he received a further promotion in 2001 to become the President of the Toyota Technical Centre in the United States, eventually becoming Vice Chairman of
Toyota Motorsport in 2006, succeeding Tomita as F1 Team Principal and Chairman in June 2007.
Toyota withdrew from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season but Yamashina remained chairman of
Toyota Motorsport GmbH
Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe GmbH (TGR-E), formerly Andersson Motorsport GmbH and Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG), is a fully-owned and controlled entity of Toyota Motor Corporation, based in Cologne, Germany, which provides motorsport and automo ...
.
References
External links
Toyota F1 Team Official Site - biographyToyota Motorsport GmbH official site
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Toyota people
Formula One people
Living people
1951 births
Japanese motorsport people