Toro Rosso- Ferrari

Only 59 hours to go for the first Practice for the opening Grand Prix of this season.
Team No. 8 is Toro Rosso

Toro Rosso

Full Name: Scuderia Toro Rosso
Base: Faenza, Italy
Team Debut: 2006, Bahrain Grand Prix
Chassis for this season: Toro Rosso STR5
Engine for this season: Ferrari Type 056
Tyre: Bridgestone


Team Bosses:

Team Pricipal (s): Franz Tost
Technical Director: Giorgio Ascanelli


Team Drivers:

Driver No.1 – Sebastien Buemi

Full Name: Sebastien Olivier Buemi
Nationality : Swiss
Date of Birth : 31st October, 1988
Place of Birth : Aigle, Canton Vaud, Switzerland
Podiums : 0
Points : 6
Grand Prix entered : 17
World Championship : 0
Highest race finish : 7 (twice)
Pole Position : 0 (Highest Grid Position 6, once))
Fastest Laps : 0


Driver No.2 – Jaime Alguersuari

Full Name: Jaime Victor Alguersuari Escudero
Nationality : Spanish
Date of Birth : 23rd March, 1990
Place of Birth : Barcelona, Spain
Podiums : 0
Points : 0
Grand Prix entered : 8
World Championship : 0
Highest race finish : 14 (once)
Pole Position : 0 (Highest Grid Position 12, twice)
Fastest Laps : 0


Test/ Reserve Driver – Brendon Hartley

Nationality: New Zealander
Date of Birth: 10th November, 1989
Place of Birth: Palmerston North, New Zealand
He is currently driving in Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Current Team: Tech1 Racing
Starts: 13
Wins: 0
Poles: 1
Fastest Laps: 3
Championship Titles won: 2007 – Euro cup Formula Renault 2.0

He is the official Test and Reserve Driver for both Scuderia Toro Rosso and Red Bull Racing Team.


Test/ Reserve Driver – Daniel Ricciardo

Nationality: Australian
Date of Birth: 1st July, 1989
Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
He is currently driving in Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Current Team: Tech1 Racing
Starts: 2
Wins: 0
Poles: 0
Fastest Laps: 0
Championship Titles won: 2009 – British F3, 2008 – Formula Renault 2.0 WEC,

He is the official Test and Reserve Driver for both Scuderia Toro Rosso and Red Bull Racing Team.
He will share the reserve driver duties with his Formula Renault 3.5 team mate Brendon Hartley.

Very young team with drivers aged 21 years and 19 years. Two reserve drivers also 20 years old. Last season they ended at 10th position with 8 points only.
Look forward to see some increase in point table this year.

!!!All the best Toro Rosso!!