Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost says any underperformance in 2019 was down to their failings on the car's chassis, rather than issues brought forward by their Honda power units. Toro Rosso dropped two places in the constructors' standings from 2017 to 2018, dropping 20 points in the process. Tost's claims come with pointed context, with Red Bull's senior squad also taking on Honda power next season, having been impressed by a series of early-season results from Toro Rosso, which saw Pierre Gasly finish fourth in Bahrain and seventh in Monaco. Gasly also finished sixth in Hungary, after Red Bull had confirmed its switch to the Japanese marque, while the Frenchman will also step up from...
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