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Formula 1 News: Out of touch Tost defends 2026 rules despite driver criticism

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(GMM) Former Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost (pictured) has defended Formula 1’s widely criticized 2026 regulations, arguing that the controversial energy-management racing was always foreseeable. Tost, who remains a Red Bull consultant, made the comments to Speed Week while attending the ADAC GT Masters at the Salzburgring. “What would happen with the new regulations was foreseeable,” he began. “Everyone discussed it extensively beforehand. Engineer…
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Monza's weekend offered us an exciting race with successive surpasses and exchanges of places, including in the lead of the race. For some it was an excellent race, for others the feeling of artificiality remained, once again motivated by the current regulations. The former head of Toro Rosso, Franz Tost, defended the 2026 regulations [...] The post F1: Franz Tost defends the current regulation first appeared on AutoSport.

The new technical rules of Formula 1 have aroused many criticisms since their entry into force, in particular because of the particularly complex management of energy which directly influences strategies and overtakings on track. While several leading drivers have denounced the limits of this regulation, Franz Tost nevertheless believes that none of this was really surprising. Toro Rosso's former boss reminds us that the difficulties associated …

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autoracing1.com broke the news on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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