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86-577: Sebastian Vettel, who (since joining Scuderia Toro Rosso ) makes it a habit to give his racing cars names, named his STR3 'Julie'. It was first tested by Red Bull junior driver, Brendon Hartley in Italy on 2 April and publicly launched on 16 April 2008 at the Circuit de Catalunya , where it was driven by Sébastien Bourdais . Toro Rosso had started the 2008 season with an updated B specification version of their 2007 STR2 car, originally stating that

172-634: A Toro Rosso at the 2015 Australian Grand Prix . Minardi had competed in Formula One from 1985 to 2005. Despite having a large fan base, it had been one of the least competitive teams in the sport, never achieving a podium finish and only finishing as high as fourth in three races. Minardi owner Paul Stoddart claimed to have had 41 approaches to buy the team, but preferred to sell it to someone who could 'take it further' than he could and who would maintain it in its traditional base in Italy. Included in

258-546: A career-best seventh and Buemi tenth. In Singapore , Buemi finished 12th and Alguersuari was classified 21st after crashing in the closing stages. At the Japanese Grand Prix , Alguersuari finished in fifteenth position, while Buemi retired with a loose tyre. The Korean Grand Prix saw the team qualify in eleventh and thirteenth places. Due to their car 's high straight-line speed, Buemi picked up points with ninth, while Alguersuari overtook Rosberg's Mercedes on

344-660: A customer chassis. Vettel beat second-place Heikki Kovalainen by 12 seconds. Vettel was at it again in the next race, the Singapore Grand Prix , Formula One's first ever night race. Vettel qualified 7th and finished the race in 5th, while Bourdais could only manage 12th. At the next race in Japan , Vettel again showed his class finishing 6th. Bourdais, meanwhile, was doing well, until Felipe Massa , who had been running in 8th, tried to overtake Bourdais. Massa had climbed up to 8th place after having dropped down to 13th as

430-505: A drive-through penalty in that race. At the next race in Monaco Buemi finished 11th and Alguersuari 12th, the last two runners at the end of the race. However, when Michael Schumacher received a 20-second penalty for a last turn overtake against Fernando Alonso , Buemi was moved up to tenth, scoring a point. Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari were confirmed as drivers of the team's STR6 for 2011, Daniel Ricciardo would be

516-634: A power unit failure in his car, which has been a common occurrence in Renault powered cars at that point in the season. Meanwhile, Kvyat finished 10th and scored 1 point but was ultimately a lap down from the race winner. At the Bahrain Grand Prix , both Vergne and Kvyat qualified well down the field in 13th and 14th; Kvyat finished 11th while Vergne retired due to a collision. At the next race in China , Vergne qualified 9th and Kvyat 13th, but Kvyat

602-752: A primetime ITV4 reality series , with the aim of taking players of the Gran Turismo videogames to the Dubai 24 Hour race as real drivers. Other countries in Europe had heats mentored by Sébastien Buemi . As Liuzzi was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Driver did not finish

688-426: A result of his drive-through and his first pit-stop. Just after Bourdais left the pitlane after making his final stop, Massa attempted to pass him and the two cars collided at the first corner. Massa spun, but rejoined the track and eventually finished 8th. Bourdais finished the race in 6th place, but had 25 seconds added to his overall time as penalty for the incident, dropping him down to 10th place. This ultimately had

774-447: A seat with the team. In Belgium, Kvyat qualified 11th and Vergne qualified 12th, with Kvyat collecting 2 points after finishing 9th, while Vergne just missed out on the final points position, in 11th. At the team's home race in Italy , Kvyat once again outqualified Vergne, starting 11th to Vergne's 13th. Both drivers finished the race in the same position in which they started. At the Singapore Grand Prix , Kvyat lined up 10th while Vergne

860-700: A strong 7th position in qualifying while teammate Vergne started 10th with a mistake in Q3 ruining his chancing of improving on his previous time. In the race, Ricciardo picked up more points with 7th to take 13th place in the Drivers' Championship from Vergne who retired on lap 14. Toro Rosso signed a long-term agreement with Renault to use their same-spec engines as it was used by Red Bull Racing , Lotus and Caterham teams from 2014. Unlike its sister team that usually received engines free of charge due to full-works partner basis, Toro Rosso's engine supply deal with Renault

946-696: A test drive role with Williams , but it eventually went to Nico Hülkenberg . He then secured the role of test driver for the Force India F1 team on 10 January 2008. Liuzzi stated he hoped to move up to a race seat in 2010 as he is contracted until 2011 , but the contracts of his teammates Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella would not expire until the end of 2009 . On 3 September 2009, Force India released Fisichella so he could replace Luca Badoer at Ferrari , who had filled in for two races for injured driver Felipe Massa . On 7 September 2009, Force India announced that Liuzzi would drive for them in

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1032-530: A two-year contract. In November 2004 Liuzzi was given a test drive by Red Bull , who hired him for 2005 in January. Initially it seemed that he might be given the seat along with David Coulthard , but Red Bull chose Christian Klien , leaving Liuzzi as the test driver. Despite good performances by Klien in the first three races, Red Bull abided by an agreement they made before the season that both he and Klien would be able to race. Liuzzi would replace Klien for

1118-584: The 2007 Chinese Grand Prix in the season-opening 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix . He finished ninth in the race, picking up two points due to the introduction of a new points system in Formula One in 2010. At the following round in Australia , he finished seventh in changeable weather conditions collecting a further six points. In Monaco Liuzzi finished ninth, scoring another two points for Force India. At

1204-492: The 2013 Belgian Grand Prix , both cars went out in Q1, starting 18th and 19th—the team's worst qualifying performance of the year. However, Ricciardo bounced back to take 10th and looked set for a move to Red Bull in 2014. Vergne came 12th for the second race in a row. Before the following race in Italy it was announced that Ricciardo would replace Webber at Red Bull for the 2014 season. Ricciardo impressed his future employers with

1290-492: The 2013 British Grand Prix and Kvyat qualifying 8th. The drivers finished the race 8th and 9th respectively to score Toro Rosso's first points of the season, and his result, Kvyat had broken Sebastian Vettel 's record as the youngest points scorer in Formula One history. At the Malaysian Grand Prix , Vergne qualified 9th while Kvyat qualified 11th. The race was going well for them until on lap 18, Vergne suffered

1376-484: The Autobacs Racing Team Aguri (ARTA) team along with Kosuke Matsuura . In addition to his native Italian, Liuzzi speaks English and French. He was previously known for his piercings in his left upper ear, left eyebrow and left lower ear. He is married to Francesca Caldarelli which made Liuzzi a brother-in-law of Andrea Caldarelli . In 2013, Liuzzi and Johnny Herbert mentored 6 contestants in

1462-570: The Canadian Grand Prix , Liuzzi qualified in a career-best sixth, which improved to fifth after Mark Webber 's gearbox change. In the race, Liuzzi finished ninth after tangling with Felipe Massa at the first corner. He scored another point at Spa-Francorchamps , after Jaime Alguersuari was penalised post-race for gaining an advantage from cutting the Bus Stop chicane in the closing laps. He matched his career best finish of sixth at

1548-514: The Chinese Grand Prix however, Ricciardo's fortunes turned around as he managed to finish in a career best 7th place while Vergne could only finish 12th. At the Bahrain Grand Prix , Vergne suffered a puncture and had to retire from the race and Ricciardo finished 16th and ultimately a lap down. In Spain , Ricciardo managed to score another point via a 10th place but still a lap down while Vergne collided and ultimately had to retire from

1634-494: The European Grand Prix , Speed was dropped under controversial circumstances and was replaced by BMW Sauber development driver Sebastian Vettel who was later confirmed for 2008 . At the Chinese Grand Prix , Toro Rosso scored their best results, with Vettel finishing fourth and Vitantonio Liuzzi sixth, scoring eight points for the team. These were also the drivers' best finishes in Formula One to that point. It

1720-608: The GP3 Series champion. Fortunes improved significantly for Kvyat as he qualified 5th for his home race in Russia , while Vergne qualified 10th. Both drivers finished outside the points, with Vergne 13th and Kvyat 14th. At the United States Grand Prix , Kvyat qualified 14th and Vergne was just behind in 15th. In the race, Vergne finished 10th while Kvyat finished a lap down, in 15th. At the penultimate race of

1806-608: The International Superstars Series for the 2012 season , driving for CAAL Racing in a Mercedes C63 AMG . He took his first podium finish at the first race during the first round in Monza, and he took his first win of the season during the second race of that round. In 2014, Liuzzi moved to Japan and competed in Super GT (GT500 class) and Super Formula . In his first season of Super GT, he drove for

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1892-567: The Korean Grand Prix , and eventually finished 15th in the championship with 21 points, a career best. Although he had a valid contract with Force India for 2011 , Liuzzi was replaced by Paul di Resta . Liuzzi was considered as a possible replacement for Robert Kubica at Lotus Renault GP for the 2011 season, after Kubica sustained life-threatening injuries in a rally crash in Italy on 8 February. However, despite rumours suggesting that Kubica wanted Liuzzi to be his replacement,

1978-719: The San Marino , Spanish and Monaco Grands Prix. Liuzzi scored his maiden point on his debut after both BAR drivers were disqualified at San Marino. Following the Spanish Grand Prix and Monaco, he was given one more race at the European Grand Prix, before his seat was returned to Klien for the Canadian Grand Prix . Following Red Bull 's purchase of the Minardi team – thereafter renamed Scuderia Toro Rosso , Italian for Team Red Bull – Liuzzi

2064-514: The direct-drive Karting World Championship in 2001—Liuzzi graduated to junior formulae . He won his first title at the 2004 International Formula 3000 Championship with Arden . Liuzzi competed in Formula One for Red Bull , Toro Rosso , Force India and HRT , scoring 26 championship points across six seasons. Born in Locorotondo , Bari , Apulia, Liuzzi, like many auto racing drivers, began his career in kart racing (at age 9). He won

2150-773: The 1993 Italian Karting Championship, and in 1995 took second in the Karting World Championship and placed fifth in the European Championship. He won the Karting World Championship in 2001. He beat Formula One champion Michael Schumacher at Kerpen, Schumacher's 'home' track. Liuzzi then moved to cars , finishing second in the 2001 German Formula Renault Championship. Racing in the German Formula Three Championship, in 2002, he joined

2236-557: The 2005 Red Bull Racing RB1. Some teams felt that this infringed the Concorde Agreement as each team is expected to design their own car. Toro Rosso claim that this design was originally produced during 2004 by Jaguar Racing , Red Bull's predecessor, and that the intellectual rights had belonged to the Ford Motor Company , Jaguar Racing's parent company, with Toro Rosso inheriting the rights after Jaguar Racing

2322-702: The 2015 season. At the Australian Grand Prix , Sainz qualified 8th while his teammate Max Verstappen qualified 12th. Sainz finished ninth and collected two points on his début while Verstappen retired due to his car suffering an engine failure. During the 2015 season, Toro Rosso enjoyed unexpected success on the grid; the break-out of Max Verstappen combined with many points finishes along with two 4th places, both by Verstappen, ensured that Toro Rosso enjoyed their most successful season in Formula One based on points. Verstappen scored 49 points while his teammate Carlos Sainz Jr managed to score 18 points. At

2408-794: The CEO of German sim racing hardware company Fanatec. He scored two second place finishes in the F1 Class at the Red Bull Ring . ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position) * 37 points scored with the STR3. Scuderia Toro Rosso 44°18′28″N 11°51′42″E  /  44.3078983°N 11.8617271°E  / 44.3078983; 11.8617271 Scuderia Toro Rosso SpA ( Italian pronunciation: [skudeˈriːa ˈtɔːro ˈrosso] ; Toro Rosso lit.   ' Red Bull ' ), commonly known as Toro Rosso or by its abbreviation STR ,

2494-469: The Constructors' Championship. The team pulled off a massive shock at the wet Italian Grand Prix , with Vettel claiming a first pole position and the first win for both himself and the team. This was the first win by a team based in Italy other than Ferrari since the 1957 German Grand Prix , which was won by Juan Manuel Fangio in a Maserati and also the first and only win for a Ferrari engine in

2580-574: The FIA permitted them only 300 rpm. For the 2007 season, Toro Rosso began using the 2006-specification Ferrari 056 V8 engine rather than 2007 works spec due to cost reasons, taking over the contract that their senior team broke from by switching to customer Renault power. At the launch of the STR2 on 13 February, Toro Rosso confirmed Liuzzi as a 2007 driver. In testing in Bahrain on 24 February, Scott Speed

2666-667: The French sports-paper L'Equipe as being interested in replacing Bourdais. It had been stated that Loeb would not be available to race in F1 until after the end of the WRC season. He would've been available to make his F1 début at the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November. However, this was not to be as the FIA denied him a super licence which is required to drive in Formula One. The season ended with Toro Rosso finishing in tenth and last place in

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2752-657: The Minardi name, but were unsuccessful. Vitantonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed were the 2006 race drivers of the STR1 , with Neel Jani filling the test/third driver role. Liuzzi had raced part-time for Red Bull Racing in 2005, while Speed entered F1 following the Red Bull Driver Search in the United States. Jani was the test driver for Sauber Petronas in 2004. The 2006 chassis was a modified version of

2838-676: The Red Bull Junior Team however, he finished in only ninth place. That same year he did win the Imola International F3 race and had test drives for the Coloni Formula 3000 team and Williams , the Formula One constructor. Red Bull hired Liuzzi for the 2003 F3000 season, in which he finished fourth. He moved to the Arden team for the following F3000 season , where he won seven of the ten races, securing

2924-543: The STR3 would make its début at the fourth or fifth round. The car was first raced at the 6th round of the season, the Monaco Grand Prix , driven by Sébastien Bourdais and Sebastian Vettel . It was driven by Vettel to victory in the Italian Grand Prix , the team's only and Vettel's first victory. The STR3 driven by Vettel made its debut in the 2022 BOSS GP Series, driven by Thomas Jackermeier,

3010-552: The Toro Rosso team up for sale in March 2008. He aimed to secure a buyer by the end of 2009 , while the team continued in its present guise until then. Scuderia Toro Rosso's drivers for 2008 were Sebastian Vettel and Sébastien Bourdais . The team continue to utilize 2007-spec Ferrari engines in 2008. Bourdais earned his first career points with a 7th-place finish at the Australian Grand Prix . Vettel scored his first points of

3096-672: The V8 normally-aspirated era. On 4 January 2016 it was announced that Toro Rosso would adopt a longer wheelbase for the all-new STR11 car due to the Ferrari 060 power unit and gearbox requiring a spacer to accommodate the MGU-K at the rear of the engine (similar to the Marussia MR03 which had a longer wheelbase: about 3,700 millimetres (150 in)). After a controversial crash in Russia, Kvyat

3182-615: The championship after being overtaken by Force India after their podium finish in Belgium. However, Toro Rosso's form picked up towards the end of the season with Sébastien Buemi scoring points in the final two races. However, Jaime Alguersuari failed to score any points in the season. Scuderia Toro Rosso confirmed that they would keep Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari , in the hope of achieving better results. On 10 November 2009, Toro Rosso announced that Sébastien Buemi would continue to race for them in 2010. No official announcement of

3268-475: The championship, and was running in this position when he was overtaken by Vettel with two laps remaining. Unable to keep up, Hamilton dropped back, and only took the title when he and Vettel both overtook Timo Glock on the final lap. In the end, Vettel scored 35 of the team's 39 points, and in doing so, helped Toro Rosso to actually outperform their senior Red Bull team for the first and only time in team history. With Vettel moving to Red Bull Racing replacing

3354-503: The conclusion of the season, and that Kvyat would be promoted to the senior team – giving Vergne a renewed chance to fight for his seat with Toro Rosso for the remainder of the season. Among the candidates being considered for the second seat were Vergne, as well as Red Bull Junior Team drivers Carlos Sainz Jr. and Pierre Gasly  – who finished first and second in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series  – and Alex Lynn ,

3440-511: The cost of sourcing a new supply of V8 engines as required by the 2006 regulations . The continuation of this arrangement after the Red Bull takeover caused friction with other teams, in particular Super Aguri and Midland who felt that the engine conferred too much of an advantage. They contended that the concession to allow the team use a V10 engine was based on Minardi's poor financial situation, and should not have continued to apply after

3526-493: The effect of promoting Massa to 7th place, and giving him an extra championship point. It was a controversial penalty, and Bourdais was adamant that he was not to blame. Vettel's performances earned him a place at the senior Red Bull team for 2009. However, his final drive for Toro Rosso saw him almost play a crucial role in the world championship decider in Brazil . In mixed conditions, Lewis Hamilton needed 5th place to clinch

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3612-547: The end of the 2015 season, after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , it was announced that Toro Rosso would be reviving their customer partnership with Ferrari for the 2016 season, The only difference this time was that Toro Rosso would be provided with 2015 power units, as opposed to up-to-date 2016 power units used in previous seasons but without any direct factory support from Ferrari despite the partnership. Toro Rosso used Ferrari engines from 2007 through 2013 during

3698-578: The final classified finisher in Hungary (20th), and Belgium (19th), before a first-lap retirement in Italy after contact with Heikki Kovalainen . As a result of the contact, Liuzzi slid across the grass and directly into Vitaly Petrov and Nico Rosberg . He finished as the final classified finisher in Singapore (20th), Japan (23rd) and Korea (21st). For the Indian Grand Prix , he

3784-455: The final lap to take the team's best race result in 2011, of seventh place. Alguersuari added an eighth place in India , while Buemi retired. In Abu Dhabi , Alguersuari again finished down in fifteenth; meanwhile Buemi had his third retirement in four races. Both drivers finished outside the points at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix in eleventh and twelfth places. On 14 December 2011, it

3870-543: The first half of his season his races were plagued by mistakes similar to his former teammate's. He seemed likely to score his first points of the season at Canada , but instead he crashed into the infamous "Wall of Champions" at the exit of the final chicane. He also faced constant speculation over keeping his seat, as the team openly courted both Sebastian Vettel and Champcar series champion Sébastien Bourdais . His teammate Scott Speed claimed Red Bull wanted to replace both himself and Liuzzi. Once Bourdais' contract for 2008

3956-402: The grid, which he converted into an 8th-place finish in the race. Vergne retired after suffering a puncture 35 laps in while running in the points. Ricciardo continued his form into Germany where he qualified 6th with teammate Vergne struggling in 16th. Ricciardo just missed out on points in 12th while Vergne retired on lap 22. In Hungary both cars were out of the points and in qualifying for

4042-547: The points in Germany , but both drivers picked up points in Hungary ; Buemi came from 23rd on the grid to finish eighth while Alguersuari added another point to his tally with tenth place. At the Belgian Grand Prix , Alguersuari qualified sixth, but retired on the first lap after contact with Bruno Senna . Buemi also retired after contact with Sergio Pérez . Both drivers picked up points at Monza , with Alguersuari

4128-495: The points until the 12th race of the season, the Belgian Grand Prix. On 6 September 2012, it was announced that James Key had joined the team as Technical Director, replacing Giorgio Ascanelli. Despite some better results in the final races, Toro Rosso suffered a poor season which saw the team finish in ninth place in the Constructors' Championship, only ahead of Caterham, Marussia and HRT. On 31 October 2012, it

4214-413: The race he kept pace with 5th-placed Jenson Button 's Honda , and held off a late charge from Heidfeld to finish 6th and collect three points. On 10 August 2007 Toro Rosso confirmed that Sébastien Bourdais would drive for them in 2008, leaving Liuzzi without a seat. Liuzzi's manager, former Lotus boss Peter Collins, confirmed that Liuzzi wished to continue his involvement in F1. He had been linked to

4300-482: The race in sixth place picking up 8 points, Toro Rosso's best result since the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix . Red Bull driver Mark Webber announced he was to retire from Formula One at the end of the season, leaving a vacant seat at Toro Rosso's sister team. Both drivers were in the hunt for a drive with the most dominant team in Formula One at the time. At the next race in Britain , Daniel Ricciardo qualified 5th place on

4386-428: The race's only retirement and Buemi finished way down the field. Turkey saw Buemi finishing ninth while Spain was another bad race for the team with Alguersuari again failing to score. Monaco saw Buemi in the points in tenth, ahead of Nico Rosberg whilst Alguersuari crashed out along with Vitaly Petrov in an incident that brought out the red flag to the race. In Canada , Alguersuari finished eighth, helped out by

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4472-546: The race, after his car caught fire. At the Hungarian Grand Prix , Vergne qualified 8th and Kvyat qualified 11th, with Vergne picking up 2 points for 9th position. Kvyat finished 14th, a lap down from race winner Daniel Ricciardo . One week prior to the Belgian Grand Prix , Toro Rosso announced the signing of then 16-year-old Max Verstappen to replace Vergne at the conclusion of the 2014 season to be partnered with Kvyat – meaning that Vergne would be without

4558-478: The race. In Monaco , fortunes turned around for Vergne as he managed to finish an impressive 8th and score 4 points while Ricciardo, like his teammate in Spain, suffered a collision and had to retire from the race. The Canadian Grand Prix saw the team take their best qualifying result since the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix , with Vergne qualifying seventh and Ricciardo tenth on the grid in wet conditions. Vergne finished

4644-519: The remaining five races of the 2009 Formula One season . He made his race debut for Force India at the 2009 Italian Grand Prix and qualified an impressive seventh, given the fact he started the race with a heavier fuel load than his younger teammate Sutil. He was running solidly in the points, before retiring after 22 laps with a transmission problem. On 27 November 2009 Force India announced that it kept Adrian Sutil and Liuzzi as drivers for 2010. Liuzzi achieved his first-points scoring finish since

4730-409: The retired David Coulthard , Sébastien Buemi and Sébastien Bourdais led the team's assault in the 2009 World Championship. After the previous year's success, several drivers wanted to drive for Toro Rosso, including Takuma Sato (who even did three tests with the team) and Bruno Senna . Toro Rosso unveiled their new car last of all the teams taking part in the 2009 season, on 9 March 2009. Before

4816-485: The retirements of Adrian Sutil , Nick Heidfeld and Paul di Resta . Buemi also finished in tenth for the team's first double score since the 2009 Australian Grand Prix when Buemi was seventh ahead of Sébastien Bourdais . In the British Grand Prix , Alguersuari scored a point with a tenth-place finish while Buemi collided with di Resta, which forced his retirement from the race. Neither driver finished in

4902-462: The same name. The team was established after Paul Stoddart sold his remaining interest in the Minardi team at the end of 2005 to Red Bull's owner, Dietrich Mateschitz , and Minardi was renamed Toro Rosso. Mateschitz subsequently struck a 50/50 joint-ownership deal with former Formula One 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

4988-759: The season in Brazil , Kvyat qualified 14th while Vergne was 16th; neither car finished in the points, with Kvyat 11th and Vergne 13th and both drivers were a lap down. At the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi , Kvyat matched his best qualifying position with 5th place, while Vergne was in 10th. Again, both cars failed to finish in the points; Kvyat retired due to a power unit failure while Vergne finished 12th. In 2014, Toro Rosso scored 30 points; Vergne scored 22 points while Kvyat scored 8. On 26 November 2014, Jean-Éric Vergne announced he would be leaving Toro Rosso after 3 seasons, and two days later, Toro Rosso confirmed that Carlos Sainz Jr. would partner Max Verstappen for

5074-462: The season started, the team's boss Franz Tost said that it would be "difficult" to do as well as they did in the 2008 season. On 16 July 2009, the team announced that Sébastien Bourdais ' contract was to be terminated with immediate effect due to disappointing results. On 20 July 2009, the team announced that Jaime Alguersuari would replace him as official driver for the rest of the season. Multiple WRC Champion Sébastien Loeb had been quoted in

5160-521: The season with a 5th-place finish at the Monaco Grand Prix . The team showed steady improvement throughout the season, leading up to a solid performance at the Belgian Grand Prix which saw both cars running in the top six for most of the race, and with Bourdais and Vettel running 3rd and 4th respectively on the final lap until cars on tyres better suited to the extreme wet conditions passed them, demoting Vettel to 5th and Bourdais to 7th. The double points finish moved STR above Honda and level with Williams in

5246-502: The second driver had been made up to then, however Jaime Alguersuari was reported to take the second race seat, as published on 26 November 2009. On 22 January 2010, the team confirmed the signing of Alguersuari, and he scored the first points of his career by finishing ninth under the new points system at the Malaysian Grand Prix . He finished tenth in Spain scoring a point thanks to Lewis Hamilton's penultimate lap crash. He also received

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5332-534: The team achieved a completely different financial footing. For tyre suppliers, Toro Rosso was reunited with Michelin tyres who had last supplied Faenza-based Minardi in the 2001 and 2002 seasons. As the season progressed, the Toro Rossos began to struggle in qualifying as their competitors developed their new V8 engines to rev closer to 20,000 rpm to get more power. To try to balance the playing field, Toro Rosso asked for an extra 500 rpm for qualifying, however

5418-526: The team on 1 November 2005. It was initially reported as 'Squadra Toro Rosso' ( team Red Bull ) but then changed because squadra in Italian depicts a 'squad' like a football team, to 'Scuderia Toro Rosso'. Scuderia is Italian for a stable reserved for racing horses, and is also commonly applied to Italian motor racing teams, such as Ferrari. Many Minardi fans were upset by the name change to Scuderia Toro Rosso and over 15,000 signed an online petition to keep

5504-576: The team opted to employ Nick Heidfeld to fill the role instead. Subsequently, Liuzzi was announced that he would be testing for Hispania Racing at Circuit de Catalunya , as the Spanish team evaluated him for their second race seat alongside Narain Karthikeyan . Liuzzi was confirmed in this role on 9 March 2011. He did not qualify for the Australian Grand Prix and retired in Malaysia after

5590-557: The team withdrew him for safety reasons. He recorded his first finishes with the team with a pair of 22nd-place finishes in China and Turkey but retired in Spain with a gearbox issue. He took a 16th-place finish in Monaco , and a 13th place in Canada , Hispania's best finish to date. After a 23rd-place finish at Valencia and an 18th at the British Grand Prix , he failed to finish in Germany with electrical problems. Liuzzi finished as

5676-454: The team's reserve and test driver, and would also take part in free practice at each of the Grands Prix. The STR6 was launched on 1 February in Valencia , Spain. At the beginning of the season in Australia , Buemi finished eighth and collected four championship points. The Malaysian Grand Prix saw no points while China saw both cars in the top 10 for qualifying, Alguersuari in seventh and Buemi in tenth. However Alguersuari turned out to be

5762-432: 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 switching to Renault engines as well, but in 2016 returned to using Ferrari power. However, they switched back to Renault in 2017 (albeit under 'Toro Rosso' branding), then in 2018 to Honda . The team principal

5848-423: The terms of the deal with Red Bull GmbH was the clause that the team must keep its headquarters in Faenza , Italy until at least the 2007 season. Whilst Red Bull abandoned the Minardi name in line with their own sponsorship and marketing plans, the use of the Italian language in the name was intended to hint at the team's Italian heritage. Red Bull changed the name of the team immediately after taking control of

5934-450: The title with one race left. Liuzzi's performance in Formula 3000 led to speculation that Ferrari might employ him, either as a test driver at their Formula One team, or at Sauber , the Formula One team that Ferrari had a close association with as its longtime engine supplier. He did have a test drive with Sauber in September 2004, but shortly before he tested they announced they had signed former World Champion Jacques Villeneuve to

6020-402: Was 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 podium and only pole position and victory were scored by Sebastian Vettel at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix . Max Verstappen became the youngest driver to compete in Formula One, at 17 years and 166 days old, in

6106-441: Was 12th. Despite receiving a 5-second penalty for exceeding track limits, Vergne finished the race in 6th place, Kvyat finished in 14th place. At the Japanese Grand Prix , Vergne outqualified Kvyat as they started 11th and 13th respectively, and Vergne scored more points with a 9th-place finish, while Kvyat was just outside the points in 11th. Just before this race, Red Bull announced that Sebastian Vettel would leave their team at

6192-463: Was a marked improvement over the preceding Japanese Grand Prix , where Vettel crashed into Mark Webber's Red Bull under safety car conditions while they were running second and third respectively, and Liuzzi lost a potential point after a 25-second penalty for overtaking Adrian Sutil's Spyker for eighth under waved yellow flags dropped him to ninth. With the 2008 Concorde Agreement outlawing customer cars from 2010 onwards, Dietrich Mateschitz put

6278-493: Was able to finish the race. At the Canadian Grand Prix , Vergne started 8th while Kvyat qualified in 15th; Vergne finished where he started, while Kvyat retired due to a driveshaft failure. At the Austrian Grand Prix , Kvyat took his best qualifying position with 7th, while Vergne lined up from 15th position. The team suffered another double retirement, as Vergne retired due to an issue with his brakes, while Kvyat

6364-497: Was able to score a point in 10th place. At the Spanish Grand Prix , Kvyat once again qualified 13th while Vergne started 16th. Kvyat finished 14th, a lap down from the race winner while Vergne retired from the race due to an exhaust problem. At the Monaco Grand Prix , both cars qualified in the top ten, as Vergne was seventh while Kvyat qualified in ninth. However, with exhaust ailments inflicting both cars, neither driver

6450-551: Was an Italian Formula One constructor . It was one of two Formula One constructors owned by Austrian conglomerate company Red Bull , the other being Red Bull Racing . Toro Rosso functioned as a junior team to Red Bull Racing, with the aim of developing the skills of promising drivers for the senior team. The constructor made its racing début in the 2006 season, moving to complete independence from its sister team in 2010 . The team changed its name to Scuderia AlphaTauri in 2020 to promote parent company Red Bull's fashion label of

6536-427: Was announced that Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Éric Vergne would drive for the team in 2012, replacing Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari . Team principal Franz Tost later stated that the team had the make-up of a "rookie training school", with the prospect of bringing new talent to the team. After scoring points in the opening two rounds, Toro Rosso could not manage to maintain that pace and failed to finish in

6622-453: Was announced, Liuzzi's performances improved. After being denied a world championship point in Japan by a post-race time penalty, he drove what many consider the best race of his Formula One career in China . Narrowly missing out on Q3 by qualifying 11th, he gained three places at the start, then overtook Mark Webber of the 'works' Red Bull team, as well as the BMW of Nick Heidfeld . Throughout

6708-453: Was brought back to Toro Rosso from Red Bull, with Max Verstappen taking his place. Vitantonio Liuzzi Vitantonio " Tonio " Liuzzi (born 6 August 1980) is an Italian former racing driver , who competed in Formula One from 2005 to 2011 . Born and raised in Bari , Liuzzi began competitive kart racing aged nine. After a successful karting career—culminating in his victory at

6794-472: Was confirmed as the team's second driver. Four-time Champ Car champion Sébastien Bourdais was an occasional test driver several times during the season. The team appointed new technical director Giorgio Ascanelli to replace temporary stand-in Alex Hitzinger on 2 April. The 2007 season was generally disappointing, with poor reliability and driver errors leading to a low finishing record. Following

6880-470: Was confirmed that Toro Rosso would retain its drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Éric Vergne for the 2013 season. The team did not make the start they wanted at the Australian Grand Prix after Vergne finished 12th and Ricciardo retired due to an exhaust problem. However, at the Malaysian Grand Prix , Vergne managed to score the team's first point of the season with a respectable 10th place, while Ricciardo retired in 18th due to another exhaust problem. At

6966-444: Was forced to retire from the race due to an alternator failure on lap 61. Liuzzi stated in January 2012 that, while he had a contract to continue with the team in 2012 , his position within the team was uncertain. In February 2012 it was announced that Narain Karthikeyan had been handed the final race seat; leaving Liuzzi without a drive. Without a drive in Formula One, Liuzzi looked for other racing options. He eventually joined

7052-562: Was on a customer basis, paying for its engines with a lease as well as limited factory support. On 21 October 2013, it was announced that Jean-Éric Vergne would remain with the team for a third successive season, and will be partnered by Daniil Kvyat , who was a race-winner in the GP3 Series and the FIA European Formula 3 Championship in 2013. The team made an impressive start at the Australian Grand Prix with Vergne qualifying 6th, Toro Rosso's best qualifying result since

7138-462: Was replaced by Narain Karthikeyan , who took a race seat in front of his home fans alongside Daniel Ricciardo . Liuzzi returned to his race seat in Abu Dhabi however, and again finished as the final classified finisher, in twentieth place. In the final race at Brazil , he qualified 21st ahead of his teammate Ricciardo and both of the Virgin cars and was running ahead of Ricciardo in the race when he

7224-412: Was rewarded with a full-season seat in the "B-team". At the 2006 United States Grand Prix , he scored the team's first point, with an eighth-place finish after a race-long battle with Coulthard and Nico Rosberg . However, that was the only point the team would score in 2006 . Liuzzi was confirmed with the team for the 2007 season at the launch of the STR2 on 13 February 2007. Unfortunately, during

7310-492: Was sidelined with a suspension problem. At the British Grand Prix , both cars once again qualified in the top ten, with Kvyat ninth and Vergne tenth. For the first time since Australia, both drivers scored points, as both Kvyat and Vergne finished precisely where they started. At the German Grand Prix , Kvyat qualified eighth, five places ahead of his teammate. Vergne finished the race in 13th, while Kvyat retired from

7396-423: Was sold. The team used Minardi's contracted supply of rev limited and air restricted 2005-spec Cosworth TJ2005-2 3.0-litre V10 engines instead of newly built Cosworth CA2006 2.4-litre V8 engines as CA2006 V8 naturally-aspirated engines were too expensive for smaller teams as well as transmission package from Red Bull Technology . This concession had been granted to assist less well funded teams by avoiding

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