Alain Prost defended Renault’s reputation and moved to resolve a bad-tempered row with Toro Rosso team chief Franz Tost on Saturday as the French manufacturer reacted to a series of provocative claims. The four-time world champion Frenchman, who is a special adviser to Renault, made clear that they would never be involved in questionable actions to enhance their sporting position. Outspoken Austrian Tost, livid at suggestions on Friday that Toro Rosso’s reliability problems were of their own making, had hinted in a statement on Saturday that Renault may have been protecting their own interests. Renault chief Cyril Abiteboul had suggested on Friday that Toro Rosso’s sequence of...
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