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Full name

Scuderia Toro Rosso

Base

Faenza, Italy

Team principal

Franz Tost

Technical director

Giorgio Ascanelli

Race drivers

Sébastien Buemi

Jaime Alguersuari

Test drivers

Open

Chassis

Toro Rosso STR4

Engine

Ferrari 056

Tyres

Bridgestone

Debut

2006 Bahrain Grand Prix

Constructors’ Championships

0

Drivers’ Championships

0

2008 position

6th (39 points)

Scuderia Toro Rosso (Italian for Team Red Bull) is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull (The other is Red Bull Racing). It 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.

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

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