Full name | Scuderia Toro Rosso |
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Base | Faenza, Italy |
Team principal(s) | Franz Tost |
Technical director | Giorgio Ascanelli |
Formula One World Championship Career | |
Debut | 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix |
Latest race | 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
Races competed | 268 |
Constructors' Championships | 0 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 1 |
Pole positions | 1 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
2019 position | 6th (85 points) |
Scuderia Toro Rosso (Italian for Team Red Bull) or just Toro Rosso is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull. The other team is Red Bull Racing. Toro Rosso ran its first race in the 2006 season.
Toro Rosso is the sister team of Red Bull Racing. The goal is to use Toro Rosso to develop the skills of promising drivers for the Red Bull Racing. Vitantonio Liuzzi scored Roro Rosso's first point in its first season at the 2006 United States Grand Prix. The team's first pole position and victory were scored by Sebastian Vettel at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.
For the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons, Toro Rosso used Ferrari engines. Toro Rosso started using the Ferrari engines when Red Bull Racing switched from Ferrari to Renault engines. Its 2009 car, the Toro Rosso STR4 was nearly identical to the Red Bull RB5. Both cars were designed by Adrian Newey.