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Tost backs Verstappen over team orders

– Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost has backed Max Verstappen after he refused to move aside for team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr. in the closing stages of the Singapore Grand Prix.Verstappen and Sainz Jr. were running together in eighth and ninth when the latter, on new tyres, asked to be let through for a run at seventh-placed Force India driver Pérez.Verstappen responded to the radio calls by shouting "no!", and Tost later defended Verstappen's decision, claiming that Sainz Jr. lacked the pace required to pass Pérez."Carlos had new tyres, therefore we thought we could switch positions," said Tost."But Carlos was too slow, he was too far behind, and then we said,...
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