All Posts Tagged With: "Scuderia Toro Rosso"
Meet The Cars: Scuderia Toro Rosso STR5
Like Mercedes, Sauber and Renault before them, the first test of the year at Valencia saw Scuderia Toro Rosso take the wraps off their 2010 challenger, the STR5. The car represents a first for the former Minardi team, as the STR5 is the first chassis to be designed and built by the team. Scuderia Toro [...]
Force India Confirm Vitantonio Liuzzi As Fisichella’s Replacement
Following the news that Giancarlo Fisichella had been given the opportunity to drive for Ferrari as substitute for the recuperating Felipe Massa, Force India have promoted their test driver and once Scuderia Toro Rosso pilot Vitantonio Liuzzi. Liuzzi, who has 39 race starts under his belt, has scored points in every season he has competed [...]
Caption Contest: #95
The ninety-fifth photograph to feature in BlogF1’s caption contest. You know the drill, think of something funny and witty to say and leave it as a comment below. With the news that Sebastien Bourdais has been dumped by Scuderia Toro Rosso in favour of upcoming driver Jaime Alguersuari, I thought I would return the Caption [...]
Jaime Alguersuari Confirmed At Scuderia Toro Rosso
Spanish driver Jaime Alguersuari has been confirmed as a Scuderia Toro Rosso pilot for this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Should Jaime compete in the race on Sunday as planned, he will become Formula One’s youngest ever competitor, breaking the current record set by Mike Thackwell back in 1980. Obviously Alguersuari is delighted to be offered [...]
Scuderia Toro Rosso Officially Drop Sebastien Bourdais
Scuderia Toro Rosso have announced today what many had expected; multiple Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais has been dropped by the team with immediate effect. It had been rumoured in Germany last weekend that unless Bourdais produced a decent result, he would be released from his contract, and while team boss Franz Tost cited an [...]
Was The 2009 German Grand Prix Sebastien Bourdais’s Last?
When Sebastien Bourdais tested for Scuderia Toro Rosso in July 2007, anticipation was high about the possibility of the French Champ Car champion making a leap of faith over the pond and racing in Formula One. Sebastien had enjoyed great success in America, and although his critics will say he didn’t have a lot of [...]
Who Deserves A Better Shot At The Big Time?
As in life, Formula One is often unfair. A talent may be overlooked, or a silly incident not of his creation can lead to a driver retiring from a great position in a race. Occasionally, these moments define a career and a driver fails to make it into a top team, or fails to win [...]
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 [...]
