Competition.
AutoWeek, November, 2002
Settlement costs * Finally, officially, 2002 CART champion Cristiano da Matta has signed to drive for Toyota's Formula One team next season, as reported last week on autoweek.com. That deal has been in the works since da Matta's F1 test last May, and more or less sealed since late summer.
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The more intriguing, unofficially answered question is what CART team owner Carl Haas gets in the transition. Da Matta had one year left on his CART contract with Haas. A Toyota official has steadfastly maintained that all the company offered Haas in exchange was a supply of IRL engines next ...
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