Toyota admits they bagged Kalle Rovanperä’s Super Formula season because he wasn’t prepared

Toyota has made a little bit clearer what was previously only slightly clearer than mud about the decision to pull WRC star and aspiring F1 driver Kalle Rovanperä out of Super Formula right before the season started. The issue may indeed be driven by medical conditions, but the bottom line is that he simply wasn’t ready. His winter competition and testing was so fraught with problems (and crashes) that Toyota couldn’t roll him out as their new open-wheel protégé and let him faceplant in front of the world.

Oh well. Maybe next year.