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Toro Rosso wants to dump its drivers

It's not a secret anymore: Scuderia Toro Rosso would rather get rid of its drivers sooner than later. Earlier this week Scott Speed already admitted that his bosses weren't too happy with him and team-mate Liuzzi, but today team boss Franz Tost has said he would like to get rid of his drivers.

Earlier this week Scott Speed complained that he didn't feel any support from his team boss. He was quoted as saying: "It's been that way for the last two years, and it's a lot more now. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to read the press and know that Franz and Gerhard are pushing like hell to get rid of me and Tonio."

Some reports said Speed was assaulted by Franz Tost after the race as Tost would have grabbed Speed by his shoulder to stop him from walking away. But the Scuderia Toro Rosso team boss said it was nothing like that. He told Swiss newspaper Blick: "When Speed returned from his incident on Sunday I asked him why he flew off the track. He just smiled at me and asked 'Why did my pitstop had to take that long?' and walked away immediately. At that point I grabbed his shoulder and told him that this is not the way to discuss these matters."

Tost doesn't believe there is a war going on in his team but he is pretty unhappy with the way his drivers are performing at the moment. He said: "I'd rather have none of my current drivers in our car at the moment."

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