Toro Rosso

 
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By claiming victory at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix, Toro Rosso became the only Italian team other than Ferrari to win a GP after Juan Manuel Fangio won for Maserati in 1957  |  Currently, Red Bull has 100% ownership of the team after it bought former F1 driver Gerhard Berger’s 50% stake in the team |  In 2006, Scott Speed missed out on scoring the team’s first championship point at Albert Park in Australia. He lost his eighth place after he was penalised for passing David Coulthard under yellow flags. |  In 2008, both Toro Rosso and Red Bull cars were designed by Red Bull Technology supervised by former McLaren technical director Adrian Newey  |  After Red Bull acquired Minardi and named it Toro Rosso with immediate effect, Minardi fans who were hugely disappointed made an online petition

FACTFILE

Name: Toro Rosso
Headquarters: Faenza, Italy
No. Of Races: 71
No. Of Wins: 1
No. Of Poles: 1
No. Of Podiums: 1
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PROFILE

Toro RossoNow in its fifth season, the former Minardi team achieved its best result in the 2008 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Sebastian Vettel powered his STR 3 from pole to chequered flag to register the Faenza-based outfit’s first victory. The ‘junior team’ had eclipsed Red Bull in the constructors’ standing that season.

The expectations that built with the team did not bear fruit in 2009. A 19-year-old Spaniard, Jaime Alguersuari, had replaced the underperforming Sebastian Bourdais mid-season. But despite introducing major upgrades in the latter half of 2009, the team finished last in the standings.
Franz Tost has been the team principal since former McLaren and Ferrari driver Gerhard Berger stepped down from the post at the end of 2008. Unlike ‘big brother’ Red Bull that runs on Renault engines, the sister team has been running on Ferrari power.

With the introduction of new teams and with more scoring opportunities available, Toro Rosso, translated from Italian as ‘Red Bull’, will certainly hope not to finish dead last in the championship this time around. Sebastien Buemi is taking the lead as the team goes all out hoping to benefit from the new points system in 2010.

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STATISTICS
YEARS
Year Driver GPs Wins Poles Podiums FLs Points
2006 Scott Speed, Vitantonio Liuzzi 18 0 0 0 0 1
2007 Scott Speed, Sebastian Vettel, Vitantonio Liuzzi 17 0 0 0 0 8
2008 Sebastian Vettel, Sebastien Bourdais 18 1 1 1 0 39
2009 Jaime Alguersuari, Sebastien Bourdais, Sebastien Buemi 17 0 0 0 0 8
2010 Jaime Alguersuari, Sebastien Buemi 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total   71 1 1 1 0 56

Toro Rosso - HEAD TO HEAD (TEAMS RACED AGAINst)

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  • By claiming victory at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix, Toro Rosso became the only Italian team other than Ferrari to win a GP after Juan Manuel Fangio won for Maserati in 1957
  • Currently, Red Bull has 100% ownership of the team after it bought former F1 driver Gerhard Berger’s 50% stake in the team
  • In 2006, Scott Speed missed out on scoring the team’s first championship point at Albert Park in Australia. He lost his eighth place after he was penalised for passing David Coulthard under yellow flags.
  • In 2008, both Toro Rosso and Red Bull cars were designed by Red Bull Technology supervised by former McLaren technical director Adrian Newey
  • After Red Bull acquired Minardi and named it Toro Rosso with immediate effect, Minardi fans who were hugely disappointed made an online petition

QUOTES ON TORO ROSSO

"It will take time for this to sink in. It was my dream to one day drive a Formula One car and even if my target now has been to fight for poles and race wins, I didn't expect it today and it feels fantastic. Doing it here in Italy is also amazing. There are two Italian teams, Ferrari is the bigger one, but I think today, people will also know about Scuderia Toro Rosso.”
-Sebastian Vettel after claiming the pole position at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix



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