Toro Rosso

Full Team Name:	Scuderia Toro Rosso
Base:	Faenza, Italy
Team Principal:	Franz Tost
Technical Chief:	James Key
Drivers:	J Vergne
	D Ricciardo
Chassis:	STR8
Engine:	Ferrari
Tyres:	Pirelli
First Season:	2006
World Championships:	0

2012

All-new driver line-up of Ricciardo and Vergne unable to compensate for STR7's inadequacies as team score just six points in first half of season. Second half of the season is better as the team scores points in six of the final ten races, with both cars scoring in Belgium and Korea.

2011

Promising, if somewhat erratic, first half to the season, scoring more points than in the whole of 2010. Celebrate 100th Grand Prix with two top-ten finishes in Hungary. Good results continue with seventh places in Italy and Korea, but miss out on seventh overall by three points.

2010

First season as a 'true constructor', independent of sister Red Bull team. Reach Q2 in qualifying at most rounds, but point-scoring race results remain few and far between. Best finish an eighth place, courtesy of Buemi, in Canada. Finish ninth overall, ahead only of the new teams.

2009

Slow start, with both Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastien Buemi struggling to qualify well. Bourdais replaced by 19 year-old Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari after nine rounds. Introduce a major car upgrade in Hungary, but it's not enough to prevent them finishing last in the standings.

2008

After faltering start, go from strength to strength with Vettel taking team's maiden pole and victory at the Italian Grand Prix. Score consistently in latter third of season to beat parent Red Bull Racing team to sixth in the standings. Berger sells stake in team back to Red Bull.

2007

Poor start sees 13 retirements in first 10 Grands Prix. American Scott Speed dropped in July and replaced by former BMW Sauber reserve Sebastian Vettel. Improvements lead to best result to date in China, Vettel and Liuzzi taking an eight-point haul.

2006

Positive first season for Red Bull's 'junior' team, formerly Minardi. As only team to retain (restricted) V10 power, increasingly challenge sister RBR cars, with Liuzzi scoring maiden point at Indianapolis. Former racer Gerhard Berger becomes team principal after buying stake.