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Scuderia Toro Rosso

Italy Toro Rosso-TBA
Scuderia Toro Rosso logo.svg
Full name Scuderia Toro Rosso
Base Faenza, Italy
Team principal(s) Helmut Marko
(Advisor to Red Bull GmbH)
Franz Tost
(Team Principal)
Director of Racing John Booth
Technical director James Key
Founder(s) Dietrich Mateschitz
Website www.scuderiatororosso.com
Previous name Minardi F1 Team
2017 Formula One season
Race drivers 26. Russia Daniil Kvyat
55. Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.
Test drivers France Pierre Gasly
Finland Niko Kari
Chassis STR12
Engine Renault
Tyres Pirelli
Formula One World Championship career
First entry 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix
Latest entry 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Races entered 206
Constructors'
Championships
0
Drivers'
Championships
0
Race victories 1
Pole positions 1
Fastest laps 1
2016 position 7th (63 pts)

Scuderia Toro Rosso, commonly known as Toro Rosso or by its abbreviation STR, is an Italian Formula One racing team. It is one of two F1 teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull, the other being Red Bull Racing. Toro Rosso functions as a junior team to Red Bull Racing, with the aim of developing the skills of promising drivers for the senior team. Since 2010, the team has competed entirely independently of their sister team.

The team made its racing debut in the 2006 Formula One season, after Paul Stoddart sold his remaining interest in the Minardi team at the end of 2005 to Red Bull's owner, Dietrich Mateschitz, who subsequently struck a 50/50 joint-ownership deal with former F1 driver, Gerhard Berger, before the start of the season. In late November 2008, Red Bull regained total ownership of Toro Rosso after buying back Berger's share of the team.

From 2007 to 2013, Toro Rosso used Ferrari V8 engines, taking over the contract that their senior team broke from at the end of 2006 to switch engine builders to Renault. For 2014, Toro Rosso switched to Renault engines as well, but in 2016 returned to using Ferrari power, and will switch back to Renault in 2017. The team principal is Franz Tost, formerly of BMW's motor sport division.

Vitantonio Liuzzi scored the team's first point in its first season at the 2006 United States Grand Prix. The team's first and only pole position, podium and victory were scored by Sebastian Vettel at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.


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