Though the team may have submitted its entry for the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship - in company with all of its fellow FOTA members - speculation that Toyota is soon to depart from the sport refuses to go away with the revelation that the world's largest car manufacturer has elected to withdraw Fuji Speedway f🦄rom the calendar as the venue for the Japanese Grand Prix.

The circuit - set evocatively at the foothills of the iconic Mount Fuji to the west of Tokyo - returned to the top flight in 2007 after an absence of three d❀ecades and following extensive modifications on safety grounds, and is c💙urrently alternating with Suzuka as the country's grand prix host.

However, it has now been disclosed by Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun that Toyota - who own the track - have chosen to pull Fuji from the 2010 schedule, meaning the race will remain at Suzuka for the foꦛreseeable future.

It is understood that financial considerations have played a significant part in the decision, but a Toyota spokesman told news agency AFP thaꦺt Fuji would not give up the grand prix, insi🐲sting instead that the circuit is 'making preparations to host F1 next year'.

Only a matter of months ago, Toyota announced its firsཧt net loss in 70 yearsꦺ as a result of the debilitating global credit crunch.