About Franz Tost
Franz Tost (born 20 January 1956) is an Austrian former racing driver and the former team principal of the Scuderia AlphaTauri Formula One team, a role he departed from at the end of the 2023 Formula One season. == Early life == Tost competed as a driver in Formula Ford and Formula Three, winning the Austrian Formula Ford Championship in 1983. However, he felt that he was not skilled enough to get to the top of motorsport, so he decided to study Sport Science and Management at the University of Innsbruck and the University of Vienna. This landed him a job as team manager at the Walter Lechner Racing School. In 1993, he joined forces with Willi Weber, which initially led him to run the WTS Formula Three team. There, he met a young Ralf Schumacher and was asked by Willi Weber to accompany him to Japan. == Formula One career == In 2000, Ralf Schumacher joined the Williams Formula 1 team. Tost followed him, working for Williams' engine supplier BMW as Track Operations Manager until 1 January 2006. In 2005, Tost was appointed as the team principal of Scuderia Toro Rosso which was the new name of former team Minardi after Red Bull acquired the team. Tost stated that he would aim for fifth place in the Constructors' Championship.
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