Toro Rosso’s angry team boss Franz tost on Sunday only grudgingly expanded on arguably the shortest post-race press release in F1 history.
The Faenza based team’s press office officially declared after the European grand prix: “Nothing to say today”, repeating the same scant comment in Italian.
It followed the wet and wild Nurburgring race, where STR’s Scott Speed and Vitantonio Liuzzi were both victims of an early downpour that brought out the red flags.
According to motorline.cc, Tost scowled after the pair skidded out: “Only the good drivers reached the finish line today.”
Parent team Red Bull Racing’s veteran duo Mark Webber and David Coulthard, for instance, made the most of the carnage to finish an impressive third and fifth.
Tost’s apparent frustration with Liuzzi and Speed, whose combined age is a fairly young 47, has led him and team co-owner Gerhard Berger to consider hiring a more experienced lineup for 2008.
Champ Car veteran Sebastien Bourdais and Ralf Schumacher have both been linked with moves to the Italian team.
Amid similar interest in BMW’s young test driver Sebastian Vettel, meanwhile, Berger even refuses to rule out a scenario where either Speed or Liuzzi could be replaced this year.
The Austrian said: “In formula one no-one should ever feel one hundred per cent secure.”
