Toyota exec sheds tears on Formula One withdrawal

Toyota exec sheds tears on Formula One withdrawal

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yamashina (L), senior managing director of Toyota Motor Corp., sheds tears as the automaker announced its withdrawal from Formula One at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2009. Looking glum beside Yamashina was President Akio Toyoda, who is himself a motorcar racer with an international C-class license.

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