Sebastien Buemi in the Toro Rosso STR5
Active years: 2006-present
History
Toro Rosso is the second Red Bull-operated team (‘Toro Rosso’ is Italian for ‘Red Bull’) which was formed after Red Bull purchased Minardi. Red Bull and Toro Rosso use substantially similar chassis developed by Red Bull Technologies, but different engines.
In 2008 Sebastian Vettel scored the team’s first F1 win in the Italian Grand Prix.
Headquarters
Faenza, Italy
Major team personnel
Team owner: Dietrich Mateschitz
Team principal: Franz Tost
Technical director: Giorgio Ascanelli
Team manager: Gianfranco Fantuzzi
Head of aerodynamic: Nicolo Petrucci
Chief engineer: Laurent Mekies
Chief designer: Ben Butler
Chief mechanic: Gerard Lecoq
Race engineer (Sebastien Buemi): Riccardo Adami
Race engineer (Jaime Alguersuari): Andrea Landi
Previous identities: Minardi
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