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!colspan=2 style="color: white; background: darkred;"|'''Toro Rosso'''
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|Long name     || Scuderia Toro Rosso 
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|Base          || [[Faenza]], [[Italy]] 
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|Principal     || Franz Tost 
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|Director      ||  
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|Drivers       || 20. [[Vitantonio Liuzzi]] <br /> 21. [[Scott Speed]] 
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|Test drivers  || 40. [[Neel Jani]] 
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|Chassis       || STR01 
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|Engine        || [[Cosworth]] TJ2005 ([[V10 engine|V10]])
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|Tyres         || [[Michelin]] 
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|Debut         || [[2006 Bahrain Grand Prix]]
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|Races         || 15 
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|Cons champ    || ''none''
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|Drivers champ || ''none'' 
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|Wins          || ''none'' 
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|Poles         || ''none'' 
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|Fastest laps   || ''none'' 
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|Last season   || 2005
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|Last position || 10th (7 points) (as [[Minardi]]) 
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'''Scuderia Toro Rosso''' ([[Italian language|Italian]] for ''Red Bull Racing Team'') is a [[Formula One]] racing team owned in a 50/50 partnership between the drinks company [[Red Bull]] and former F1 driver [[Gerhard Berger]]. 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. Scuderia Toro Rosso is the sister team of [[Red Bull Racing]], with the aim of developing the skills of promising drivers for the senior team.

For the [[2007 Formula One season|2007]] and [[2008 Formula One season|2008]] seasons, Toro Rosso will be using [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] V8 engines, taking over the contract that their senior team broke from at the end of 2006. The team principal is [[Franz Tost]], formerly of [[BMW]]'s motorsport division. Its latest car, the [[STR2|STR2]] is nearly identical to the Red Bull RB3, as both were designed by Adrian Newey.

The team's set 2008 driver lineup is [[Sebastian Vettel]], third driver for [[BMW Sauber|BMW-Sauber]] in 2006 before switching to a race seat at the team midway through the 2007 season, and [[Sebastian Bourdais]], the four-time winner of the Champcar World Series.

==Origins==
''Main article'' [[Minardi]]

[[Minardi]] had competed in [[Formula One]] from 1985 to 2005. Despite having a large fan base, they had been one of the least competitive teams in the sport, due to a relatively restricted budget. 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 the terms of the deal with [[Red Bull]] was the clause that the team must keep its headquarters in [[Faenza]], [[Italy]] until at least the [[2007 Formula One season|2007]] season.

Whilst Red Bull have abandoned the Minardi name in line with their own sponsorship and marketing plans, the use of the Italian language in the name is intended to hint at the team's Italian heritage. Red Bull changed the name of the team immediately after taking control of the team on [[1 November]], [[2005]].  It was initially reported as 'Squadra Toro Rosso' but then changed because 'squadra' in Italian depicts a 'squad' like a football team, to 'Scuderia Toro Rosso'. Many Minardi fans were upset by this move, and over 15,000 signed an online petition to keep the Minardi name.

==Racing history==
===2006 season===
[[Vitantonio Liuzzi]] and [[Scott Speed]] were the 2006 race drivers, with [[Neel Jani]] filling the test/third driver role. Liuzzi had raced part time for Red Bull Racing in 2005. Speed entered F1 following the Red Bull Driver Search in the United States. Jani was the test driver for [[Sauber]] Petronas in 2004.

[[Image:Scott Speed Silverstone.jpg|thumb|left|355px|[[Scott Speed]] at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] in April [[2006]] F1 season.]]

The 2006 chassis was a modified version of 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 before passing to Toro Rosso.
[[Image:Vitantonio Liuzzi 2006.jpg|thumb|right|[[Vitantonio Liuzzi]] at the [[2006 Canadian Grand Prix]].]]
The team used Minardi's contracted supply of rev limited and air restricted [[Cosworth]] 3.0l [[V10 engine|V10]] engines. This concession had been granted to assist less well funded teams by avoiding the cost of sourcing a new supply of [[V8 engine]]s as required by the 2006 [[Formula One regulations|regulations]]. The continuation of this arrangement after the Red Bull takeover caused friction with other teams, in particular [[Super Aguri F1|Super Aguri]] and [[Midland F1|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 the team achieved a completely different financial footing. 

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 and balance the playing field Toro Rosso asked for an extra 500 revs for qualifying, however the FIA permitted them 300 revs only.

===2007 season===

[[Image:Vitantonio Liuzzi 2007 (crop).jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Vitantonio Liuzzi]] driving for the team at the [[2007 Malaysian Grand Prix]].]]

For the [[2007 Formula One season|2007]] season, Toro Rosso began using the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 056 V8 engine, taking over the contract that their senior team broke from by switching to Renault power.

At the launch of the STR2 on [[13 February]], Gerhard Berger confirmed Liuzzi as a 2007 driver.In testing in Bahrain on [[24 February]], Scott Speed was confirmed as the team's second driver. Three-time Champ Car champion Sébastien Bourdais was unofficial 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 the [[2007 European Grand Prix|European Grand Prix]], Speed was dropped under controversial circumstances and was replaced by [[BMW Sauber]] development driver [[Sebastian Vettel]] who was later confirmed for {{F1|2008}}.

At the [[2007 Chinese Grand Prix|Chinese Grand Prix]] the 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. It was a marked improvement over the preceding [[2007 Japanese Grand Prix|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_F1|Spyker]] for eighth under waved yellow flags dropped him to ninth.

===2008 season=== 

Scuderia Toro Rosso's drivers for 2008 are [[Sebastian Vettel]] and [[Sébastien Bourdais]]. Bourdais earned his first points in [[Formula 1]] with a 7th place finish at the [[Australian Grand Prix]]

===Long-term future===
With the 2008 [[Concorde Agreement]] outlawing customer cars from {{F1|2010}} onwards, [[Dietrich Mateschitz]] has put the Toro Rosso team up for sale.  He is aiming to secure a buyer by the end of {{F1|2009}}, with the team continuing in its present guise until then. He has said that this won't happen in 2008.

== Sponsorship ==

Sports [[sponsorship]] is a major part of Red Bull's innovative 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]] (formerly [[Jaguar Racing]]), the [[Austria]]n [[football (soccer)|football]] club [[Red Bull Salzburg]] (formerly ''SV Austria Salzburg''), Austrian Ice Hockey Team [[Red Bull Salzburg EC]] and [[Major League Soccer|MLS]]' [[Red Bull New York]] (previously ''Metrostars'').

==Complete Formula One results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (results in '''bold''' indicate pole position)
{| border=3 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=3 style="font-size: 95%"
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! Year
! Chassis
! Engine
! Tyres
! Drivers
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! 17
! 18
! Points
! WCC
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!rowspan="3"| [[2006 Formula One season|2006]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Scuderia Toro Rosso STR1|STR1]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Cosworth]] [[V10 engine|V10]]
|rowspan="3"| {{Michelin}}
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| [[2006 Bahrain Grand Prix|BHR]]
| [[2006 Malaysian Grand Prix|MAL]]
| [[2006 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
| [[2006 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]
| [[2006 European Grand Prix|EUR]]
| [[2006 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[2006 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[2006 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[2006 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[2006 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[2006 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[2006 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[2006 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
| [[2006 Turkish Grand Prix|TUR]]
| [[2006 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[2006 Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]
| [[2006 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
| [[2006 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
!rowspan="3"| 1
!rowspan="3"| 9th
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| [[Vitantonio Liuzzi]]
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>11</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>11</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>14</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>15</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>10</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>13</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>13</small>
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| <small>8</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>13</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>10</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>14</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>10</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>14</small> 
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>13</small> 
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| [[Scott Speed]]
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>13</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>9</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>15</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>11</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>13</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>10</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>10</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>12</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>11</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>13</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>13</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>14</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>18</small> 
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>11</small> 
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!rowspan="4"| [[2007 Formula One season|2007]]
|rowspan="4"| [[Toro Rosso STR2|STR2]]
|rowspan="4"| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 056 2.4 [[V8 engine|V8]]
|rowspan="4"| {{Bridgestone}}
|  
| [[2007 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
| [[2007 Malaysian Grand Prix|MAL]]
| [[2007 Bahrain Grand Prix|BHR]]
| [[2007 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[2007 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[2007 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[2007 United States Grand Prix|USA]]
| [[2007 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[2007 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[2007 European Grand Prix|EUR]]
| [[2007 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
| [[2007 Turkish Grand Prix|TUR]]
| [[2007 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] 
| [[2007 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[2007 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]] 
| [[2007 Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]] 
| [[2007 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]] 
| 
!rowspan="4"| 8
!rowspan="4"| 7th
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| [[Vitantonio Liuzzi]]
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>14</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>17</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>17</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>16</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>15</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>17</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>12</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>9</small>
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| <small>6</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>13</small>
| 
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| [[Scott Speed]]
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>14</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>9</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>13</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
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| [[Sebastian Vettel]]
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>16</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>19</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>18</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| <small>4</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
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|-
!rowspan="3"| [[2008 Formula One season|2008]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Toro Rosso STR2|STR2B]]<br />[[Toro Rosso STR3|STR3]]
|rowspan="3"| [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
|rowspan="3"| {{Bridgestone}}
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| [[2008 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]
| [[2008 Malaysian Grand Prix|MAL]]
| [[2008 Bahrain Grand Prix|BHR]]
| [[2008 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]
| [[2008 Turkish Grand Prix|TUR]]
| [[2008 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[2008 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]
| [[2008 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[2008 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[2008 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[2008 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]
| [[2008 European Grand Prix|EUR]]
| [[2008 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
| [[2008 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
| [[2008 Singapore Grand Prix|SIN]]
| [[2008 Chinese Grand Prix|CHN]]
| [[2008 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]
| [[2008 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]
!rowspan="3"| 2*
!rowspan="3"| 8th*
|- 
| [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| <small>7</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| <small>15</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
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| [[Sebastian Vettel]]
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| <small>Ret</small>
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Season in progress


==External links==

*[http://www.scuderiatororosso.com/ Red Bull F1 Portal]
*[http://www.redbullf1.com/scuderia-toro-rosso/content.action Official Site]
* [http://pics.redbullf1.com Official Picture Website]

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