Franz Tost has defended Red Bull-owned Alpha Tauri’s “aggressive” decision to announce Laurent Mekies’ impending departure from Ferrari. Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur said Alpha Tauri releasing a statement about Mekies replacing long-time team principal Tost sometime next year was “aggressive” because the terms of his release have yet to be finalised. “They were a bit aggressive with the press release,” Vasseur said at Baku. I can understand that some people are not happy about that,” Tost added. “Nyck is in a learning process and, as I always say, in a crash period,” Tost said. “If drivers don’t crash, they don’t know what the limit is.

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