Toro Rosso, the second Italian team - Formula 1

Many people believe Toro Rosso satellite team Red Bull. However, in reality this team, although owned by an Austrian company, is independent and, moreover, is based in Faenza, the second command F1 An Italian at the circus with a Ferrari.

Let's share a short but rich story together.

Toro Rosso: history

La Toro Rosso was officially born at the end of 2005 when the owner Red Bull – Austrian Dietrich Mateschitz – buy team Romagna Minardi and sells 50% of the shares to a former driver (also an Austrian) Gerhard Berger.

For the first season, the American was hired as pilots. Scott Scott and our Vitantonio Liuzzi: The latter gets the best result of the year (as well as the first and only point for the team), arriving in the USA in eighth. On the other hand, the car is nothing more than a modified version of the 2005 Red Bull.

The era of Vettel

2007 Season Toro Rosso starts badly, but improves with the arrival of German players in the middle of the season Sebastian Vettel, a young talent who managed to bring the single-seater car from Romagna to fourth place in China.

2008 is the best year for the team from Faenza, which even manages to finish sixth in the Constructors' World Championship ahead of the older brothers from Faenza. Red Bull (who, in the same period, becomes 100% owner of the team after buying Berger's shares): thanks - once again - to Vettel, his many positions and the incredible victory achieved in Italy.

Buemi and Alguersuari

The best afterfettel places in the tournament Toro Rosso they arrive thanks Sebastian Buemi: The Swiss driver finished two seventh in 2009 (Australia and Brazil) and eighth in Canada in 2010 when the team officially became independent from Red Bull. In 2011, it was the turn of the Spaniard. Jaime Alguersuari Even more convincing are the two seventh places in Italy and South Korea.

Real

In 2012, the Faenza team relies on the French Jean-Eric Vergne and Australian Riccardo: the first placed in the most significant places - four eighths (Malaysia, Belgium, South Korea and Brazil) and sixth in 2013 in Canada - but the second, more durable, received the position of co-pilot in Red Bull in 2014. He will be replaced by a Russian newcomer Daniil Kvyat, 3 GP2013 Champion.