No sweet ending
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2023 it was the last of 's career Franz Tost in Formula 1 after the experience that began in AlphaTauri in 2006 (Toro Rosso at the time) in the role of Team Principal. A long period of time that could have generated a certain emotion on the occasion of his final weekend on the pit wall before retiring from the world of competition, perhaps with an atmosphere of greater serenity before saying goodbye to the drivers and all the members of the Faenza team. A prediction that was anything but successful.
Enough with F1
It was the former Austrian manager who revealed it in an interview given to F1-Insiderduring which the 68-year-old admitted going on a rampage at Yas Marina with his strategistsexplaining the reasons. Furthermore, Tost also denied that he wanted to continue outside of competitions in the role of commentator or expert on F1, believing that his opinions would “too extreme”.
The threat to his strategists
“Engineers have already solved this problem – explained Tost referring to the fact that the team feels relieved in no longer hearing his criticisms after his departure – but we also need to educate the engineers of the IT generation. I was angry because Tsunoda had stood still too long in the last race in Abu Dhabi. A blind man with a walking stick might have seen that it was necessary to take him to change the tires so as not to lose his place to Alonso, but the strategists simply looked at their calculation programs and believed the numbers. It was too much for me. So I threatened to throw their laptops onto the track next time, but since it was my last race it won't happen. You just have to make the computer guys understand that these can be an important tool, but nothing more. Common sense must come first, because in the end it is people who write the programs they use.”
The computer for pilots
Finally, however, Tost indicated how computers are of great help to pilots: “They should study as much data as possible to constantly improve – he concluded – too often I noticed that a driver didn't even know what setup his teammate had used. You can only constantly improve your performance if you analyze your laps and races retrospectively.”
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