AlphaTauri F1 Boss Strongly Disagrees With Toto Wolff’s Recent Suggestion

There is a plethora of young talent in Formula 2 who are struggling to make their way into the pinnacle of motor racing. The notable examples of which include Ferrari’s Callum Ilott, Alpine’s Oscar Piastri, and Guanyu Zhou. In addition, Nyck de Vries, who won the Formula 2 and this year’s Formula E championship, couldn’t find a seat for himself.

In order to guarantee young drivers a place in Formula 1, Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff has proposed an idea of having three cars per team. Wolff, who himself has struggled in the past to find seats for Mercedes academy products like George Russell and Esteban Ocon, suggests increasing the starting grid from 20 to 30.

However, AlphaTauri team principal, Franz Tost, is not a huge fan of Toto Wolff’s suggestions of a third car.

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Franz Tost disagrees with Toto Wolff

As quoted by Sport1, when asked what he thinks of having three cars per team, as suggested by Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, Franz Tost replied: “There were always too few places in Formula 1. At the moment, there are 20 cars and they have the best drivers.

“If you have the right talent, you will end up in Formula 1 at some point. I don’t see the third car: it starts with who is supposed to finance it. In addition, the paddock and pits are at their limit in terms of space. I don’t even know where to put the third car,” concluded the AlphaTauri team principal. (Translated via Google Translate)

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The idea of adding a third car per team may sound good for the fans and for the big teams like Mercedes, Ferrari, and Red Bull, but the mid-field team worries about resources and finances.

“You can’t increase to 30 cars now. That works relatively poorly. Upgrading a team from two to three cars is also incredibly difficult, that’s 50 percent more. I don’t know how to do that with 22 or 23 races a year,” said Capito.

“I think the top 20 drivers should be in Formula 1. And I think that’s the case right now. There are also other racing series where you can avoid it. It’s difficult for the boys and only the creme de la creme prevails.”

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