Outgoing AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has fond memories of rivals predicting little success from what proved to be a race-winning partnership with Honda.
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Tost says Hadjar ‘will be in F1 soon’ after promising practice run
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Tost says Hadjar ‘will be in F1 soon’ • Tsunoda to start from back of grid • Cassidy ends Formula E test on top
‘It doesn’t matter if we start last’: How Red Bull’s junior team aided Honda’s leap forward
Formula 1
Posted onRed Bull’s junior team played a crucial role in developing the Honda power units which helped make the senior squad champions again.
Rookie drivers ‘need three years minimum in F1’ – Tost
2023 F1 season
Posted onAlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost says new Formula 1 drivers need at least three years to prove they can compete at the top level.
Tost to step down at end of year as new management team arrives at AlphaTauri
2024 F1 season
Posted onAlphaTauri have announced their team principal Franz Tost will step down at the end of this season, and be replaced by Laurent Mekies.
Tost “doesn’t trust” AlphaTauri’s engineers after disappointing start to season
2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Posted onAlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost says he no longer trusts their engineers after their car failed to deliver the expected gains in performance this year.
“I’m a shouty guy”: Tsunoda told to rein in “emotional” radio chatter
2023 Bahrain Grand Prix
Posted onAlphaTauri team boss Franz Tost says Yuki Tsunoda needs to work on how he conducts himself on the radio to improve his concentration in the car.
Tost refutes rumours Red Bull will sell AlphaTauri team
2023 F1 season
Posted onAlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has issued a statement denying rumours the Red Bull-owned Formula 1 team will be put up for sale.
Tsunoda “has to score many more points than he did last year” – Tost
2023 F1 season
Posted onAlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost says he expects driver Yuki Tsunoda to score “many more points” this season than he did in 2022.
AlphaTauri expect De Vries “to be very competitive from the first race” in 2023
2022 Japanese Grand Prix
Posted onAlphaTauri are expecting “a lot” from Nyck de Vries in 2023, and believe his learning period for F1 “will be reduced to a couple of tests”
W Series aims to return in 2023 on F1 support bill
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: W Series aims to stay on F1 support bill with planned 2023 return • Red Bull juniors “need another year or two” • Schumacher’s hard work paying off
F1 drivers should go home if their cars are “too stiff or too difficult for them” – Tost
2022 Canadian Grand Prix
Posted on‘A Formula 1 car is not a Rolls-Royce’ says AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost as he dismisses drivers’ calls to address the porpoising problem.
F1 to reveal calendar strategy as Domenicali says 30 promoters want races
2022 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali’s claim he has enough interest from promoters to hold 30 races was taken by some as a sign he is planning a major expansion of the calendar.
Verstappen was mentally tough from his first day in an F1 car – Tost interview
2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onThe first team principal to run Max Verstappen in Formula 1 is “convinced” he will win the championship this weekend.
Tsunoda’s Baku speed “really worried” team boss Tost
2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Posted onAlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost admitted he feared Yuki Tsunoda would crash during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Tsunoda must learn where the limits lie – Tost
2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Posted onAlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost says Yuki Tsunoda has made a “big step forward” in Baku but must learn to recognise when he is at the limit.
Tsunoda “didn’t enjoy” first experience of new training regime after Red Bull moved him to Italy
2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Posted onYuki Tsunoda didn’t enjoy his first experience of the strict new training regime his team put him on after he moved to Italy last week.
F1 data outage “no one was prepared for” caused by local fibre line fault
2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
Posted onF1 teams were unable to talk to their drivers on their radios when Friday practice began due to a local internet connection fault, RaceFans understands.
“Slower” Ferrari only beat us because of Q3 tyre rule – Tost
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onAlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost says Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was only able to beat Pierre Gasly in the Russian Grand Prix because the rules forced his driver to start the race on old tyres.
Exclusive: Tost on how Gasly bounced back to become a race-winner at AlphaTauri
2020 F1 season
Posted onA year ago Pierre Gasly had left Red Bull under a cloud. Now he is a race-winner with AlphaTauri. His team principal Franz Tost explained the transformation.