F1 teams running two rookies have “no chance”

In 2021 Haas elected to run two debutants in Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin, a strategy which AlphaTauri often employed in its Toro Rosso days.

But as F1’s midfield teams squabble over mere one-hundredths of a second, and the discipline’s budget cap is poised to bring teams even closer together in the future, AlphaTauri chief Tost feels teams will no longer be able to get away with leaving any performance on the table by running two inexperienced drivers.

“Nowadays with…