Team boss Franz Tost has admitted Toro Rosso is in the dark just two weeks before the 2014 season opener. The crisis suffered by Red Bull is in the spotlight, but sister team Toro Rosso has also been almost completely unable to test its new car amid engine partner Renault's troubles. Asked to summarise the progress with the new Faenza-built STR9 car, Tost answered: "It is difficult to assess because we have hardly been able to drive. "Both the performance and the reliability are unknowns." Much clearer, the Austrian admitted, is the pecking order at the front. "The Mercedes factory team is clearly in the lead, followed by McLaren and Ferrari," Tost told the...
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