Statement - 3 ex-Toyota empolyees' charged


By Toyota/Reuters
February 4 2006

The three employees’ at the center of this investigation have now been named. These three men were confirmed in a statement put forward by Toyota. In the same statement the company said it was confident that the situation would be resolved positively. In a statement, a Toyota spokeswoman commented:

"The three people in question, as verbally divulged by the Cologne authorities today, are Ove Andersson (former vice-chairman and team principal), Gustav Brunner (former chief designer) and Rene Hilhorst (former head of aerodynamics)," the statement said.

"Toyota Motorsport has not been formally notified of the above matter and does not have full knowledge of the specific issues. Toyota Motorsport would like to stress that the charges have not been brought against the company,"

"For this reason, Toyota wishes to refrain from further comment, but remains confident that the situation will be resolved with a positive conclusion for those involved."

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