Howett joined Toyota in the late 1970s as a team coordinator for Brussels-based Toyota Team Europe, run by former Toyota F1 boss Ove Andersson. Moving back to England in 1980, he worked for Toyota in after-sales service. In 1991, he returned to Belgium, and worked his way up to be Vice President for Toyota/Lexus sales and marketing.
In early 2003, Howett moved to Cologne, Germany, where he was made President of Toyota Motorsport, a position he has maintained until June 2010.
After a start to the 2007 season that saw Toyota maintain 5th in the constructors' standings after the first three races, Howett said the team were looking to chase 3rd placed BMW Sauber and break away from the front of the midfield bunch of teams, which would go a step further to fulfilling their pre-season ambitions.[2]
In 2009 Toyota announced that it would no longer be involved in Formula 1 racing[3] and this also meant that he could no longer be deputy chair of Formula one Teams Association (FOTA).[4]
In 2010 Howett was replaced as President by Executive Vice President Yoshiaki Kinoshita and his role changed to being an adviser.[5]
Referencesedit
^"John Howett (President) Profile". toyotagazooracing.com. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
john, howett, born, july, 1952, former, president, toyota, motorsport, toyota, team, born, 1952, july, 1952, nationalitybritishcareer, edithowett, joined, toyota, late, 1970s, team, coordinator, brussels, based, toyota, team, europe, former, toyota, boss, ande. John Howett born 26 July 1952 1 is the former President of Toyota Motorsport and the Toyota F1 team John HowettBorn 1952 07 26 26 July 1952 age 71 NationalityBritishCareer editHowett joined Toyota in the late 1970s as a team coordinator for Brussels based Toyota Team Europe run by former Toyota F1 boss Ove Andersson Moving back to England in 1980 he worked for Toyota in after sales service In 1991 he returned to Belgium and worked his way up to be Vice President for Toyota Lexus sales and marketing In early 2003 Howett moved to Cologne Germany where he was made President of Toyota Motorsport a position he has maintained until June 2010 After a start to the 2007 season that saw Toyota maintain 5th in the constructors standings after the first three races Howett said the team were looking to chase 3rd placed BMW Sauber and break away from the front of the midfield bunch of teams which would go a step further to fulfilling their pre season ambitions 2 In 2009 Toyota announced that it would no longer be involved in Formula 1 racing 3 and this also meant that he could no longer be deputy chair of Formula one Teams Association FOTA 4 In 2010 Howett was replaced as President by Executive Vice President Yoshiaki Kinoshita and his role changed to being an adviser 5 References edit John Howett President Profile toyotagazooracing com Retrieved 9 October 2021 Toyota sets its sights on BMW Archived 2007 05 12 at the Wayback Machine ITV Sport Retrieved 9 May 2007 Toyota quit Formula One By Telegraph Staff 4 November 2009 The Telegraph Retrieved 3 June 2017 Di Montezemolo to Quit FOTA This Year By Ovidiu Panzariu 18 November 2009 Auto Evolution 18 November 2009 Retrieved 3 June 2017 New President for TMG Toyota Motorsport Retrieved 3 June 2017 External links editToyota Motorsport GmbH official site John Howett s profile on Toyota F1 com John Howett on GrandPrix com nbsp This biographical article related to British motor racing is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Formula One biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Howett amp oldid 1148139299, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
