Toro Rosso
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| Full name | Scuderia Toro Rosso |
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| 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 |
| Previous name | Minardi F1 Team |
| 2017 Formula One season | |
| Race drivers | 26.  Daniil Kvyat55.  Carlos Sainz Jr.
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| Test drivers |
 Pierre Gasly Niko Kari
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| 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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