Loeb without F1: Tost approves

Sébastien Loeb was close to a first start at a Grand Prix in Formula 1 but, this Tuesday, the Frenchman learned that he was not granted the super license, essential to enter F1. For Franz Tost, team manager of the team Toro Rosso, for which the Frenchman should have run, this non-participation is ultimately a good thing.

For Franz Tost, a Formula 1 race for Sébastien Loeb would have turned into “ suicide mission », the Austrian referring to the French?s lack of experience on the circuit and in the peloton. “ From a sporting point of view, this participation would have made very little sense “, Franz Tost told Auto Motor und Sport. “ Today, no one can get behind the wheel and be in the rhythm immediately. Just look at the F1 drivers who have difficulty returning to the discipline. »

Sébastien Loeb, who is competing this weekend in the last Rally of the season WRC, had received the agreement from Citroën Racing to compete in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on November 1st. To train in circuit driving, the Frenchman notably carried out tests in GP2 at the beginning of October.