News Details

Tost decries F1 spending

Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost is concerned with the spiraling cost of Formula one and believes that cost caps will do nothing to remedy the problem. With teams like HRT, Caterham and Marussia going into administration and Sauber, Lotus and Renault all struggling Tost believes this issue needs to be addressed. 'We need to reduce the costs,' Tost said in an interview with Tiroler Tageszeitung. 'It shouldn't be that a team spends 450 million a year. On the other hand, we bargain for a few cents when it comes to road cars. Even the manufacturers cannot accept sums like this forever. It's not feasible. We spent way too much money on F1.' In the short term Tost believes a cost cap should...
Full Story »
8y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

F1 spending levels can't continue, warns Tost

 XPB Images Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has warned the...
8y ago from F1i.com

‘Too early’ to promote Wehrlein - Tost

 XPB Images Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost believes it...
8y ago from F1i.com

Engine equalisation would rein in Mercedes dominance -...

 XPB Images Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost believes that Mercedes'...
8y ago from F1i.com

Tost: We spend far too much money in Formula 1

  Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost is adamant that Formula 1 has...
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Santino Ferrucci: Alternate aero package needed for...

For this weekend’s IndyCar finale at Nashville Superspeedway, the...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar partners with iRacing for standalone video...

The NTT IndyCar Series will feature in a new branded video game title,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Rovanperä leads, Fourmaux stars in Paraguay

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen took the lead of the inaugural Rally...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Exclusive details on complicated structure of Piero...

Piero Hincapie is set to become an Arsenal player as there's an agreement...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Done deals: Arsenal set to confirm two major defensive...

Arsenal are pushing to wrap up two significant defensive deals before the...
3h ago from FreshArsenal.com

'Talks ongoing' – David Ornstein provides update...

Arsenal left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko is a transfer target for Marseille,...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'I worry…' – Carragher tips Arsenal for...

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has admitted he is worried about his old...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

F1 2025 Dutch Grand Prix – FP3 Results

Lando Norris made it a practice clean sweep at... Read More »
2h ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Dutch Grand Prix Free Practice 3 - Results

Full results from Free Practice 3 for the Dutch... Read More »
2h ago from F1i.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.