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Toro Rosso boss says F1 right to go to Azerbaijan

Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost has defended Formula One's decision to race in Azerbaijan next year while brushing off concerns about media freedom and the country's human rights record. Asked at a Hungarian Grand Prix news conference how he would react if some reporters were denied entry forBaku's race debut next year, as happened during the inaugural European Games recently, Tost was unmoved. "There must be a reason why the visa was denied. I don't know the background. To be honest, I don't care about this. So we go there, we race there and that's it. It's your problem how you get the visa," he replied. The Austrian said Formula One was a sport and above politics. "We go there...
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