But, this 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 b🅺ack from his role at AlphaTauri, which officially e😼nds on January 1, 2024.

It should create morꦆe time on Christmas Day to enjoy himself - but, the F1 veteran explains that his usual routine has little time for festivities.

Tost usually be⛄gins the day with a run of at least 5km.

Rather than a traditional turkey lunch, he usually then h🐽eads into the office.

A year ag🌸o, Tost was working on a sponsorship contract until 𝓰4.30pm, he told .

But his job is now in its fi🃏nal days before Laurent Meꦚkies takes over.

“I hav♕e no idea what I’ll d💮o,” Tost says about Christmas Day. 

“I don’t care so much about Christmas. 

For sure I won’t be in front of a tree singing! 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 AlphaTa💖ꦛuri (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 fifth in the constructors’ championship and we didn’t achieve ဣthis goal.

“Therefore there is no reason to be happy or proud.&🌸nbsp;

“I’m upset we didn’t achieve this goal. I’m thinkin🌞g to myself, ‘why you were too stupid to do this?’ 

“Formula 1 i🤪s very fair. Eitheಞr you can do it – or you’re not clever enough.”

But Tost can admit: “Of course I will miss the people.&nཧbsp;

“We have a very strong team, a꧟ passionate team in Faenza. I like the people, I have worked together with many of them for 18 years. I🐽 will miss them of course.

“I will also miss F1, the F1 atmosphere. F1 is a spe✨cial family. 

“I was always looking forward toꦍ the different races, as every track has its own characteristic. These are all challenges that make life interesting.”

What is next for the retiring Tost?

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

“The last years, I was not abl🙈ღe 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 o♊n Saturday or 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 thin🅺gs in mind. The workload will not go🏅 down.

“With projects I have in mind, I think it will b𒀰ecome even more. There’s no boring time coming up.

“I’ll be going into the area o꧟f properties – something a bit different. But I also have some ideas rega🤡rding motorsport but not F1.

“I will watch F1. I 𝓀will watch FP1, FP2, FP3, qualifying and the race with all the data. I’ve already asked the team how I can get everything [data]. 

🅰“I will watch MotoGP, Indycar, othe🐽r races as well.”