Just as Carlos Sainz settles in at Toro Rosso, it emerges that a major sponsor is staying with the Red Bull-owned team after all. When Sainz started out in the British and European F3 categories in 2012, we reported that he was doing so with the direct backing of Cepsa. The Spanish oil company has also been Toro Rosso's major backer. But while Red Bull remained undecided recently over promoting Sainz into F1 for 2015, it emerged that Cepsa was contemplating leaving Toro Rosso. Spain's El Confidencial reported last month that Toro Rosso contemplating about whether to keep Jean-Eric Vergne on board next year "could be interpreted as pressure on Cepsa not to withdraw". Ultimately,...
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