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Tost disputes Hamilton's comments on 'not physical enough F1'

Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost has taken issue with Lewis Hamilton's claims that the modern F1 car is no longer the physical challenge for drivers it used to be. Speaking In Montreal this week, Hamilton said that F1 should be "a man's sport" and that teenage drivers who arrive on the scene have it "quite easy". Tost, who has mentored a considerable number of young drivers at Toro Rosso over the years strongly disagreed with Hamilton's view. "In my opinion, the current level of the drivers from the fitness side is the highest I've ever seen in Formula 1," said the Austrian. "You must not forget that we now have drivers who started motor sport when they were...
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