All Posts Tagged With: "Sebastien Buemi"
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Launches 2009: STR Unveil Car Number Four
While at the Circuit de Catalunya yesterday the Faenza-based Scuderia Toro Rosso team unveiled the fourth car to be built by the team. The STR4 was shown the press ahead of it’s public debut with Sebastien Bourdais. The car had taken part in a private shakedown at the Adria circuit last week, and after 96 [...]
Who Will Be Faster In 2009: STR vs. Force India
Scuderia Toro Rosso are yet to receive the blueprints for their 2009 car, but both Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastien Buemi have been putting in some serious mileage in the 2008 post-season tests and also in the pre-2009 sessions. Driving a modified STR3 with less downforce and slick tyres, both drivers have been acclimatising themselves to [...]
Jerez & Bahrain Tests Day Two: Webber Returns & Sand Stops Play
Day two of testing wrapped up earlier and for some the day was very productive, while for others it was little short of a disaster. While the sun continued to shine in Spain, the Bahrain circuit was closed early due to a dust storm preventing the safety helicopter from taking off in the event of [...]
