Renault e.dams Formula E boss Alain Prost says he would have released Sebastien Buemi to contest the United States GP with Scuderia Toro Rosso if Red Bull had made a formal request. However, Prost confirmed that he would not have let Buemi out of his Formula E contract to race full-time for Toro Rosso in 2018, and that may have scuppered the Swiss driver’s chances of running in Austin. Ultimately, Red Bull preferred to take Brendon Hartley - a driver who would be available race in 2018, given his current employer Porsche's impending exit from the World Endurance Championship's LMP1 class. There have been suggestions in the Formula 1 paddock that Prost would not let Buemi drive in Austin,...
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