But, ಌthis year for the first time in 18, Tost knows he will not have a Formula 1 team to run anymore.

The 67 year old is stepping back🔥 from his role a📖t AlphaTauri, which officially ends on January 1, 2024.

It should create more time onꦜ Christmas Day to enjoy himself - but, the F1 veteran explains that his usual routine has little time for festiviti🍎es.

Tost usually begins the day with a🍸 run ไof at least 5km.

Rather than a traditional turkey lunch, he usually then h𝔉eads into t෴he office.

A year ago, Tost was working on a sponsorship contꦗract until 4.30pm, he told .

But his job is no😼w in its final days before Laurent Mekies takes over.

“I have no idea🌱 what I’ll do,” Tost says about Christmas Da𒐪y. 

“I don’t care so much about Christmas. 

For sure I won’t be in front of a tree sin♌ging! I can only♌ tell you what I won’t do. 

“For me, it’s a normal day.”

Tost’s 18 years at the helm of AlphaTauri (formerly Toro Rosso) have span 350 grands 🔜prix, which include two wins.

“I am not happy or proud,” he states now. 

“The target was to finish fift♍h in the constructors’ championship and we didn’t achieve this goal.

“Therefore🎐 there is no reason to be happy or🐼 proud. 

“I’m upset we didn’t achieve this goal. I’m thinking to myself, ‘why you were too stupid to doཧ this?’ 

“Formula 1 is very fair. Either yo🐻u can do it – or you’re not cleve🍬r enough.”

But Tost can admit: “Of cours🎐e I will 🥀miss the people. 

“We have a very strong team, a passionate t🧔eam in Faenza. I like the people, I have worked together with ma♌ny of them for 18 years. I will miss them of course.

“I will also miss F1🔯, the F1 atmosphere. F1 is a ꦐspecial family. 

“I was always looking forward to the different races, as every tra🦩ck has its own characteristic. These are all challenges that make life interes💫ting.”

What is next for the retiring Tost?

“My ‘to do’ list is quite long,” he says. 

“The last years, Iꩲ was not able to do anything. I was all the time either at office, in airport, in aeroplane or race track. 

“You know this! I’m looking forward to have the freedom if for example on Saturday oౠr Sunday, it’s snowing, I can say OK Monday is powder snow and blue sky, I go skiing today. This was not possible for the last 20 years.

“I have already other things in mind. The workload wil🍨l not go down.

“With projects I have in mind, I think it will become e🍷ven more. There’s no boring time coming up.

“I’ll be going into the areaღ of properties – something a bit different. But I also have some ideas regarding motorsport but not F1.

“I will watch F1. I will watch FP1, FP2, FP3, q🐟ualifying and the race with all the data. I’ve already asked the team how I c🤡an get everything [data]. 

“I w꧒ill watch MotoGP, Indycar, other races as well.”