Controversy Aside: Inside the minds of Toro Rosso
Amid all the controversies over driver line-ups, owner sell-ups and customer car set-ups, the two men at the helm of Scuderia Toro Rosso remain a measure of calm. Plugging away at slow forward progression is the name of the game at the Italian squad, but they cannot hang around too long. Jonathan Noble analyses the pieces of the puzzle that must fit together sooner rather than later
Approach Scuderia Toro Rosso chiefs Franz Tost or Gerhard Berger in the paddock to ask if they have a few minutes to answer some questions, and you could forgive them if their shoulders dropped and a quick shake of the head indicated simply: "Sorry, not this time."
It's not that either man is unpleasant, unwilling to help or simply not interested in speaking to the media - in fact, far from it in each case. It's just that, for the past 18 months, all anyone seems to want to speak to Toro Rosso about is a controversy.
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