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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.

Originally Red Bull and Toro Rosso used chassis developed by Red Bull Technologies, but this practice ended after the 2009 season.

In 2008 Sebastian Vettel scored the team’s first F1 win in the Italian Grand Prix.

Vettel went on to race for Red Bull and the team has continued to bring in and replace young drivers at a rapid rate, essentially serving as a training ground for prospective Red Bull drivers.

Results

Cars

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Drivers

View the list of Toro Rosso F1 drivers

Headquarters

Scuderia Toro Rosso spa,
Via Spallanzani,
21,
48018 Faenza (RA),
Italy

Major team personnel

Team owner: Dietrich Mateschitz
Team principal: Franz Tost
Technical director: James Key
Team manager: Steve Nielsen
Head of aerodynamics: Nicolo Petrucci
Deputy head of aerodynamics: Jon Tomlinson
Head of vehicle performance: Laurent Mekies
Chief designer: Luca Furbatto
Chief mechanic: Corrado Cardinali
Race engineer (Jean-Eric Vergne): Phil Charles
Race engineer (Daniel Ricciardo): Marco Matassa

Toro Rosso latest articles

• Vergne keeps point but team fined for ‘unsafe release’
• Toro Rosso aim to recreate their Vettel-era peak after technical team shake-up
• Toro Rosso aim high with heavily revised STR8
• Toro Rosso seeking Renault engine deal for 2014
• Toro Rosso STR8 launch: First pictures
• Razia and Cecotto to test for Toro Rosso in Abu Dhabi
• James Key joins Toro Rosso as technical director
• Toro Rosso confirms Ascanelli departure
• All change at Toro Rosso, the Red Bull kindergarten
• Toro Rosso STR7 – first pictures and video of Toro Rosso’s 2012 F1 car

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