24 Facts About Toro Rosso

Scuderia Toro Rosso, commonly known as Toro Rosso or by its abbreviation STR, was an Italian Formula One racing team.

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.

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.

For tyre suppliers, Toro Rosso was reunited with Michelin tyres who last time collaborated with Faenza-based Minardi Formula One team in 2001 and 2002 seasons.

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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.

Toro Rosso aimed to secure a buyer by the end of 2009, while the team continued in its present guise until then.

However, his final drive for Toro Rosso saw him almost play a crucial role in the world championship decider in Brazil.

Toro Rosso unveiled their new car last of all the teams taking part in the 2009 season, on 9 March 2009.

Toro Rosso would've been available to make his F1 debut at the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November.

However, Toro Rosso's form picked up towards the end of the season with Sebastien Buemi scoring points in the final two races.

Scuderia Toro Rosso confirmed that they would keep Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari, in the hope of achieving better results.

On 10 November 2009, Toro Rosso announced that Sebastien Buemi would continue to race for them in 2010.

Toro Rosso finished tenth in Spain scoring a point thanks to Lewis Hamilton's penultimate lap crash.

On 31 October 2012, it was confirmed that Toro Rosso would retain its drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne for the 2013 season.

In 2014, Toro Rosso scored 30 points; Vergne scored 22 points while Kvyat scored 8.

Toro Rosso used Ferrari engines from 2007 through 2013 during 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.

On 15 September 2017, it was announced that Toro Rosso would terminate Renault's remaining contract of customer engine partnership in order to sign the full-works Honda power unit partnership contract for 2018 onwards, after Honda had severed its ties with McLaren and thus Toro Rosso earned direct factory support from Honda as a flagship team that included free engines.

Toro Rosso suffered a gearbox failure in China, the same race in which he and Gasly crashed at the hairpin on Lap 30, but scored his first point in Formula One with 10th place in Azerbaijan.

Toro Rosso finished 10th in Germany, ending a four-race streak in which the team failed to score points.

Toro Rosso recorded a double points-finish in Monaco, the first time the team had done so in over two years since the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix.

Sports sponsorship is a major part of Red Bull's marketing strategy, and Scuderia Toro Rosso is not the first sports team to be bought and completely re-branded: it has done the same for Red Bull Racing, the Austrian football club Red Bull Salzburg, German football club RB Leipzig, Austrian Ice Hockey team Red Bull Salzburg EC and MLS' Red Bull New York.

Between 2016 and 2019, Toro Rosso had an agreement with the Japanese watch manufacturer Casio.