{"id":5164,"date":"2020-06-01T13:41:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T13:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=5164"},"modified":"2020-06-01T13:41:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T13:41:51","slug":"toyota-donates-last-f1-car-to-raceagainstcovid-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=5164","title":{"rendered":"Toyota donates last F1 car to #RaceAgainstCovid auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota Racing Gazoo has donated a 2009 TF109 Formula 1 car to an upcoming #RaceAgainstCovid onine auction organized by the FIA and RM Sotheby&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese manufacturer last competed in F1 in 2009, fielding cars for Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock. Chassis TF109-01 was a test car for Panasonic Toyota Racing during the 2009 season, with the machine later entrusted to Pirelli to develop its Formula 1 tyres and driven by Nick Heidfeld, Pedro de la Rosa, Luca di Grassi and Romain Grosjean through 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The proceeds from the charitable auction that will open on June 15 are set to benefit the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.<\/p>\n<p>Click Here: <a href='https:\/\/www.nrlshops.com\/France-rugby' title='Cheap France Rugby Jersey'>Cheap France Rugby Jersey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The auction follows an initial donation of 1 million euros that the FIA Foundation has made to the IFRC in order to kick start the fundraising process destined to help the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition to Toyota&#8217;s 2009 F1 charger, many other impressive lots have been donated by the motorsport community.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari and Mercedes have provided race suits worn by Sebastian Vettel, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Botta.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen and 1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill have also contributed valuable personal gear.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, motorsport fans will be able to bid for a day in the Ferrari simulator in Maranello.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since the beginning of the health crisis, the FIA and the entire motor sport community have been committed to fighting the pandemic through many initiatives such as #RaceAgainstCovid,&#8221; said FIA president Jean Todt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, we have another opportunity to show our strength and unity. I very much welcome the FIA and RM Sotheby&#8217;s collaboration for the benefit of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies&#8217; global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thank all the drivers and teams for their contributions as well as the FIA Foundation for its generous donation. To ensure this auction the success it deserves, I urge each and every one of our motor sport family to join us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gallery: The beautiful wives and girlfriends of F1 drivers<\/p>\n<p><em>Keep up to date with all the F1 news via\u00a0<\/em><em>Facebook<\/em><em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><em>Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota Racing Gazoo has donated a 2009 TF109 Formula 1 car to an upcoming #RaceAgainstCovid onine auction organized by the FIA and RM Sotheby&#8217;s. The Japanese manufacturer last competed in F1 in 2009, fielding cars for Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock. Chassis TF109-01 was a test car for Panasonic Toyota Racing during the 2009 season,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}