AlphaTauri F1 boss Tost has expanded on the reasons why the team made the 'very emotional' decision to sack de Vries.
ahead of this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix after failing to score a point in the opening 10 races of the year.
Speaking at the Hungaroring on Friday, AlphaTauri team boss Franz Tost felt that, without evidence of development from de Vries, and more new tracks coming up in the second half of the year, action was needed. "He didn't have an easy time with us. First of all, as a rookie, and this is generally for the rookies also for the future, the first half of the season is not so easy because they are racing at many racetracks which they don't know: like Melbourne, Miami, and Saudi Arabia.
"It means that nowadays, if a young driver comes to F1, he really has to be prepared in the best possible way, which means for me at least 5-6000 kilometres of private testing with an old car, likeFranz Tost, Team Principal, Scuderia AlphaTauri, in the team principals Press ConferenceHe added:"It was difficult for him also, because our car was not so competitive. And if a car is not so good, it's even more complicated.
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