All Posts Tagged With: "Dietrich Mateschitz"
Dietrich Mateschitz Becomes Latest To Voice Non-Entry To Two-Tier F1
Following Toyota Motorsport president John Howett’s comments from the Spanish Grand Prix last weekend about not wanting to participate in a two-tier Formula One, Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz has also added his concerns to the growing number of outfits. The tension between the teams and the governing body, the FIA, is becoming increasingly desperate [...]
F12009: Scuderia Toro Rosso Preview
The little team from Italy certainly did well in 2008, beating the parent squad and taking a pole position and win along the way. Sebastian Vettel showed he had talent and Sebastien Bourdais had some strong runs in the second car, at times keeping pace with his whipper-snapper team mate. 2008 will almost certainly be [...]
F12009: Red Bull Racing Preview
The 2008 campaign was disappointing for Red Bull Racing to say the least. The car looked reasonably quick at many of the circuits on the calendar but either through accidents or mechanical problems, the team from Milton Keynes could only score 29 points. This was only made worse by the junior team, Scuderia Toro Rosso, [...]
Bourdais, Buemi & Sato To Test Again For Indecisive STR
Scuderia Toro Rosso have announced that all three main hopefuls for the two race seats in their team will take part in next week’s test at the Spanish circuit, Jerez. This will be the third time Takuma Sato will have spent some time in the car, the unemployed Japanese driver having previously tested for the [...]
Dietrich Mateschitz Is Reconsidering Selling STR
Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz is apparently reconsidering putting his second team on the market following Sebastian Vettel’s win in Italy last month. The Scuderia Toro Rosso team have improved greatly in the past two years and while much of that is because of the hand-me-down chassis from Adrian Newey and the powerful Ferrari engine [...]
RBR vs. STR: Which Would You Sell?
Today’s post-race polling question centres around Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso, and the fact that Dietrich Mateschitz has – or intends to – put the team up for sale next year. The reason for Mateschitz wanting to shed some financial weight is because of the supposed rule changes coming into play in 2010 [...]
Berger Wants A Manufacturer For Post-’09 STR
Scuderia Toro Rosso co-owner, Gerhard Berger, has gone on the offensive today by stating that his team is only interested in speaking to a manufacturer as a new partner after Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz sells his share of the Austro-Italia squad. The team had apparently been in talk with current Formula Three outfit Ultimate [...]
Are STR On The Verge Of Being Sold Already?
It was only a few months ago that Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz announced that he will be selling his Scuderia Toro Rosso team before the rules change out of his favour in 2010. At the time, Mateschitz said that he wouldn’t be looking for a buyer this season, but would be taking offers in [...]
