From F1 Itv:
TOYOTA SIGN DA MATTA
2002-11-02 13:59:00
Cart champion Cristiano da Matta will join Olivier Panis at Toyota next year, it has been revealed.
The BBC have confirmed that the deal, that has long been muted, has been completed.
The sticking point has been Da Matta’s current contract with the American Newman-Haas Cart team. But it was also Da Matta himself who has thought long and hard about the decision.
Last week he explained that he had received an offer and was weighing it up. He follows Jacques Villeneuve and Juan Pablo Montoya as former Cart champions moving to F1.
It leaves just the Minardi drives up for grabs for next year, aside from the possibility of Takuma Sato being ousted from Jordan.
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The most known piece of F1 rumour has been confirmed. Good news all round.
Who to cheer for next season: Montoya, da Matta or Webber?
TOYOTA SIGN DA MATTA
2002-11-02 13:59:00
Cart champion Cristiano da Matta will join Olivier Panis at Toyota next year, it has been revealed.
The BBC have confirmed that the deal, that has long been muted, has been completed.
The sticking point has been Da Matta’s current contract with the American Newman-Haas Cart team. But it was also Da Matta himself who has thought long and hard about the decision.
Last week he explained that he had received an offer and was weighing it up. He follows Jacques Villeneuve and Juan Pablo Montoya as former Cart champions moving to F1.
It leaves just the Minardi drives up for grabs for next year, aside from the possibility of Takuma Sato being ousted from Jordan.
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The most known piece of F1 rumour has been confirmed. Good news all round.
Who to cheer for next season: Montoya, da Matta or Webber?
