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Tost admits de Vries ousting was 'a very emotional decision'
Franz Tost says the decision to put a premature end to Nyck de Vries' tenure with AlphaTauri was a gut-wrenching call, the team boss admitting that in hindsight, the Dutchman was ill-prepared for F1. De Vries was offered a full-time drive with AlphaTauri by Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko on the back of his remarkable one-off with Williams at the Italian Grand Prix in 2022. As a former FIA Formula 2 and Formula E champion, the 28-year-old undeniably possessed the credentials to justify a full-time seat in F1, having also gained valuable experience and mileage as Mercedes development driver in F1 which included several FP1 outings last season. Yet Tost admits that de Vries lacked the...
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