XPB Images Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has told F1i that there's no lingering tension at the team between Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz after Singapore. In the closing laps at Marina Bay, Verstappen was given a team order from the pit wall to allow Sainz to get past so that the Spaniard could have a shot at overtaking the Force India of Sergio Perez ahead which had been keeping both Toro Rossos bottled up. Verstappen refused point blank, and while Sainz said afterwards that there were no bad feelings he nonetheless made headlines by saying that Verstappen "likes to play the bad boy role." But asked by F1i about the prospect of damaging tensions escalating...
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