Scuderia Toro Rosso or simply known as Toro Rosso is a Formula 1 team that holds an Italian license and is one of the two team that are owned by the Austria based energy drinks company Red Bull GmbH. The team came into being at the start of the 2006 season after the majority stakeholder of the then Minardi Formula One team Paul Stoddart sold off his shares in the team to Red Bull GmbH. However, Red Bull then struck a deal for a 50-50 joint venture for the team with former Formula One race car driver and Ayrton Senna’s team mate Gerhard Berger. However, by the middle of that season, the team decided to buy back the share that was offered to Berger and the team again came to be fully owned by Red Bull.
In its early years, the Scuderia Toro Rosso team was mainly the minor team of the group, and it served Red Bull Racing by giving its drivers valuable time on the circuit as well as testing out engines for the team but since the start of the 2010 season, in order to raise money for running the operations of the team, the team came into full fledged competition as a constructor. In the very first season for the team, Vitantonio Liuzzi put the first points on the board for the team at the United States Grand Prix of 2006. The first win for the team, was however, notched up the brilliant youngster Sebastian Vettel when he was racing for the team after Red Bull Racing sent him over to Scuderia Toro Rosso to give him some valuable time on the track to gain some experience. Vettel started the 2008 Italian Grand Prix on pole position and held out all the others in the race to win his first ever race and give the team its first and only victory so far and that too, in its home track.
The team has so far had many drivers prior to the start of the 2010 season mainly due to the fact that it was a tributary team for Red Bull Racing but after the team switched its attention to competing properly in the constructors’ championship, the team has more or less had a steady driver duo. Scuderia Toro Rosso has so far raced in 105 races and its current drivers are Sebastian Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari.
Red Bull racing has made great advances since its inception. The latest win in the Bahrain grand prix proved once again why Tororosso is still the undoubted leader. Sebastian Vettel gave a consistent performance and took pole position. ToroRosso is the Italian name for Team red bull. Sebastian Vettel of the red bull team now leads the championship standings with an accumulated total of 53 points. Next in the leader table is Lewis Hamilton of the Maclaren team.
Red Bull also is currently leading the team standings with a total of 101 points followed by Mclaren with 91 points. Red bull introduced quite a number of changes in the dynamics of the F1 car which has reflected in this edition of the world championship. The choice of wet tires and fast pit stops has also added to the cause.
The championship is still wide open and anyone can take the lead but Vettel looks as promising as ever. In the post race interview he seemed pretty happy with the car and the team. Even though the practice runs were hampered due to bad weather still the team made good ground thanks to the expert staff of the Austrian giant. The Sakhir circuit in the Bahrain desert played host to the amazing and close finish race. The circuit is a challenging one with fast corners and exceptional straights so that the cars were really pushed to the extreme.
All the latest news and feeds from the Tororosso will be provided here and also in depth post and pre race analysis will be done by our expert’s panel. This season of F1 Grand Prix will be especially exciting as there will be new talents to watch out for and new circuits like the Buddh India and F1 fans will be in for a feast.
Australian Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo is expecting a tough fight brewing for F1’s midfield honors will act into the hands of Toro Rosso in this season.
Daniel Ricciardo drove STR7 for the very first time on Saturday this week, finishing a full program of over hundred and thirty laps in Barcelona testing. Ricciardo’s running let in super soft tyre qualifying simulations, a total race distance; he finished the day as 3rd fastest.
With both Force India and Williams drawing comparable long ranges on Saturday afternoon, Daniel Ricciardo thinks that the nearness of the mid-speed teams will hand Toro Rosso the scope to battle to gain points in 2012 season.
Ricciardo is hoping that this is going to be tough battle and this will give them many scopes to be in a good position. Still, the top Formula 1 teams will have an advantage from what he understands. This year the midfield teams appear in a much closer fight and each bit of flawlessness is going to be required to make that position. Daniel Ricciardo also appraised his team for finishing for what the Aussie driver accounted as an optimistic Saturday program.
Toro Rosso had a nice day. The team did hundred and thirty-one laps which was really nice. It is not each time that one set that kind of huge program and then finishes it. To finish an optimistic program was really good. They experienced some different weather also. Therefore, they attempted some different compounds and Ricciardo was very happy with the performance of their car.
Toro Rosso had some long runs during the afternoon session that made him adapt and get a much better feeling. He told that he is learning very fast which is nice. They are understanding it all quite well.
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November 7, 2011 5:53 pm | 
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