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Ticktum not ready for Toro Rosso - Tost

Sep.30 Toro Rosso has ruled Dan Ticktum out of the running for the second Toro Rosso seat alongside Daniil Kvyat for 2019. Ticktum, a 19-year-old Briton, is a title contender in European F3, but at Sochi he was chided by Red Bull boss Christian Horner for recent comments made about Mick Schumacher. Horner also said Ticktum is not ready for F1, and Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost agrees. "He is a gifted driver, but it seems to me that it is too early for him to go to formula one," Tost said. "He needs another year or two in Super Formula or Formula 2," he added. "Formula one is now very complex and very fast and to go straight from Formula 3 with the current F1...
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