{"id":448345,"date":"2010-03-19T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/19\/report-akio-toyoda-sitting-out-this-years-nurburgring-24\/"},"modified":"2010-03-19T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T19:01:00","slug":"report-akio-toyoda-sitting-out-this-years-nurburgring-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/448345","title":{"rendered":"Report: Akio Toyoda sitting out this year’s Nurburgring 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Motorsports<\/a>, Lexus<\/a>, Toyota<\/a><\/p>\n

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2010 Lexus LFA racer – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/div>\n

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\nToyota CEO Akio Toyoda has his hands full. In addition to the day-to-day rigors of running the largest automaker in the world, Toyoda is busy combating the negative press and apologizing profusely for the massive amount of recalls<\/a> customers are enduring. He’s also an avid blogger and race driver, and in his most recent entry has announced that he will not, after all, be returning to the wheel of the Lexus LFA<\/a> for this year’s Nurburgring 24.<\/p>\n

The embattled auto executive was one of the drivers in last year’s event, where Toyota<\/a> and Gazoo Racing campaigned an LFA prototype to great effect. He was even reported to have brokered the deal with Aston Martin<\/a> for the iQ-based Cygnet city car at the event last year. <\/p>\n

With the announcement<\/a> that Lexus<\/a> would be returning with a new LFA racer based on the production model, speculation (fueled by the official announcement) was rampant that Toyoda would return to the cockpit. But Toyoda himself has now dispelled the rumors, leaving the roster of Japanese and German drivers to pilot the car without him this year.<\/p>\n

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Gallery: 2010 Lexus LFA racer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: Gazoo.com<\/a> (translated<\/a>) via The Truth About Cars<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Report: Akio Toyoda sitting out this year’s Nurburgring 24<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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