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Franz Tost (born January 20, 1956 in Austria) is Team Principal of the Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso

Scuderia Toro Rosso is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull . It made its racing debut in the 2006 Formula One season, after Paul Stoddart sold his remaining interest in the Minardi team at the end of 2005 to Red Bull's owner, Dietrich Mateschitz, who subsequently struck a 50/50 joint-ownership deal with...
 Formula One
Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
 team.

As a young man, Tost competed in Formula Ford
Formula Ford

Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel racing class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. It is an entry-level series to motor racing, in which in the past many drivers aspired to one day reach Formula One ....
 and Formula Three
Formula Three

Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or F3, is a class of open wheel car formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America, and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers....
. He then studied Sport Science and Management, working as a team manager at the Walter Lechner Racing School. He joined Willi Weber
Willi Weber

Wilhelm "Willi" Friedrich Weber is the Talent manager of numerous German racing drivers including seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, his brother Ralf Schumacher , Timo Scheider and Nico H?lkenberg....
 Management in 1993. He initially ran the WTS Formula Three
Formula Three

Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or F3, is a class of open wheel car formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America, and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers....
 team, then looked after a young Ralf Schumacher's
Ralf Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher is a Germany racing driver, and the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher. His own Formula One career spanned 11 seasons from 1997 Formula One season to 2007 Formula One season, during which time he won 6 races from 180 starts and achieved 27 podium finishes, before retiring from Grand Pr...
 career in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. When the German moved into F1
Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
, Tost followed him, working for BMW
BMW

, is an independent German automotive industry founded in 1916. It also produces BMW Motorrad, is the owner of the MINI brand and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars....
 as the German marque re-entered F1
Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
 in 2000
2000 Formula One season

The 2000 Formula One season was the 51st F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 12, 2000, and ended on October 22 after seventeen races....
 as engine supplier for the Williams team, for whom Schumacher was driving at the time.






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Franz Tost (born January 20, 1956 in Austria) is Team Principal of the Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso

Scuderia Toro Rosso is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull . It made its racing debut in the 2006 Formula One season, after Paul Stoddart sold his remaining interest in the Minardi team at the end of 2005 to Red Bull's owner, Dietrich Mateschitz, who subsequently struck a 50/50 joint-ownership deal with...
 Formula One
Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
 team.

As a young man, Tost competed in Formula Ford
Formula Ford

Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel racing class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. It is an entry-level series to motor racing, in which in the past many drivers aspired to one day reach Formula One ....
 and Formula Three
Formula Three

Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or F3, is a class of open wheel car formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America, and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers....
. He then studied Sport Science and Management, working as a team manager at the Walter Lechner Racing School. He joined Willi Weber
Willi Weber

Wilhelm "Willi" Friedrich Weber is the Talent manager of numerous German racing drivers including seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, his brother Ralf Schumacher , Timo Scheider and Nico H?lkenberg....
 Management in 1993. He initially ran the WTS Formula Three
Formula Three

Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or F3, is a class of open wheel car formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America, and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers....
 team, then looked after a young Ralf Schumacher's
Ralf Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher is a Germany racing driver, and the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher. His own Formula One career spanned 11 seasons from 1997 Formula One season to 2007 Formula One season, during which time he won 6 races from 180 starts and achieved 27 podium finishes, before retiring from Grand Pr...
 career in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. When the German moved into F1
Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
, Tost followed him, working for BMW
BMW

, is an independent German automotive industry founded in 1916. It also produces BMW Motorrad, is the owner of the MINI brand and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars....
 as the German marque re-entered F1
Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
 in 2000
2000 Formula One season

The 2000 Formula One season was the 51st F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 12, 2000, and ended on October 22 after seventeen races....
 as engine supplier for the Williams team, for whom Schumacher was driving at the time. Tost worked for BMW as Track Operations Manager until January 1 2006, when the new Scuderia Toro Rosso team hired him as Team Principal.

Assault on Scott Speed


Following the 2007 European Grand Prix
2007 European Grand Prix

The 2007 European Grand Prix was the tenth race of the 2007 Formula One season. It was held from July 20 to July 22 at the N?rburgring.On August 29 2006 it was announced that the European Grand Prix had been removed from the F1 calendar for the 2007 season....
, at the Nürburgring
Nürburgring

The N?rburgring, simply known as "The Ring" by enthusiasts, is a motorsport race track in N?rburg, Germany. It was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of N?rburg in the Eifel, which is about south of Cologne, and northwest of Frankfurt....
 in Germany, it was alleged that Tost assaulted Scott Speed
Scott Speed

Scott Andrew Speed is an American race car driver. He is not the son of retired NASCAR driver Lake Speed. Formerly a driver for the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team, he made his Formula One race debut at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix, becoming the first American to race in F1 since Michael Andretti in 1993....
 after the first turn confusion caused by rain. After Tost later denied the incident, Speed went to the press describing the acrimonious situation at the team, stating that "after coming out and denying this stuff, it's just another very dishonest thing that Franz and Gerhard
Gerhard Berger

Gerhard Berger, is an Austrian, former Formula One racing driver, who used to own 50% of the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team until he sold his share back to energy drink owner Dietrich Mateschitz....
 have said in the media to damage me and Tonio
Vitantonio Liuzzi

Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi is an Italian Formula One test driver for the Force India Formula One team. Having once lived in Hemel Hempstead in England where he shared an apartment with Red Bull Racing driver Christian Klien, Liuzzi now lives in Pescara, Italy....
". Scott also stated that he doesn't want to race for Tost and Berger again.