After the end of the season, the head of AlphaTauri will retire, handing over authority to Laurent Mekis and Peter Bayer, with whom the team will be completely different. Summarizing his work in the F1 Nation podcast, the 67-year-old Austrian said it is difficult to count on winning races with newcomers to the line-up.
Franz Tost: “I hope this team can win races in the future. Usually we worked with young riders, sometimes even with two debutants per season. And you can’t win with beginners.
Today, the top four teams are so strong – both technically and in terms of rider skill – that a rookie basically can’t beat them. I remember how Sebastian Vettel played for us, then won races and titles, but it took him a few years to get comfortable in Formula 1, just like Max Verstappen.
I’ve always said it takes riders three years to really feel comfortable. The first year flies by – racers come to the track, everything is new to them, even if they have driven it before in Formula 3 or Formula 2. Beginners strive to prove everything as soon as possible, to prove all the time fall – and make mistakes. In the second year they are already aware of the situation, they begin to think, and in the third year they begin to understand how tires work, how aerodynamics work, how to change them. Only in the second half of their third season, or already in their fourth, are they ready to fight for victories.”
Source: F1 News
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