Posts Tagged ‘Toro Rosso’

Alguersuari, Toro Rosso Together For Five Years

Jaime Alguersuari’s contract at Toro Rosso is for a five-year period. Following confirmation of the Spaniard’s renewed tenure with the Italian team for 2010, his management said Toro Rosso is the “owner” of Alguersuari’s Red Bull contract for five years. “They (Red Bull) ask me to dispute the world championship in 2010 and it is [...]

Nuts And Bolts

Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1, courtesy of SPEED TV: Buemi To Give New Toro Rosso Track Debut On Launch Day: Sebastien Buemi will give Toro Rosso’s new car its track debut at Valencia next Monday. The Faenza based team, which is producing its own car for the first time this year [...]

Senna Denies Switch To Toro Rosso

Bruno Senna’s management has denied reports the Brazilian rookie could switch to the Toro Rosso team for 2010. Italian and Brazilian sources this week claimed that because Campos is struggling to compile a full budget for its F1 debut, Toro Rosso could take up an option on the 26-year-old rookie and pit him against Sebastien Buemi. [...]

Senna To Move To Toro Rosso?

Based on reports by a pair of Italian publications, it appears that a Campos driver may possibly switch over to Toro Rosso for the 2010 Formula 1 season. According to some Brazilian sources, Campos might let go Bruno Senna, the nephew of Ayrton Senna, so he can sign with Toro Rosso; the tentative transaction could [...]

Nuts And Bolts – Formula 1

Some news bits from the world of Formula 1, courtesy of Speed TV: * In snow and rain, Rubens Barrichello finished the Disney half-marathon in Florida this past the weekend in 1668th position. The 2010 Williams driver and Formula One veteran, who finished the 2009 season in third place, is currently holidaying in the United [...]

Toro Rossi To Add Bortolotti?

Speculation that Toro Rosso will not give its second race seat for 2010 to Jamie Alguersuari is intensifying. It is now rumoured that the most likely to replace the teenaged Spaniard is yet another teenager, the Italian Mirko Bortolotti, who turns 20 in a few days. He tested with the Faenza based team at the recent [...]

Berger: Toro Rosso Needs “Second Good Driver”

Former co-owner and boss Gerhard Berger has advised Toro Rosso to look for a new teammate for Sebastien Buemi. The Faenza-based team has confirmed the Swiss youngster for 2010, but although the Spanish rookie is expected to secure the second seat, Jamie Alguersuari is yet to have his own extended contract officially announced. Berger, formerly also [...]

Formula 1 Teams And Drivers (As of December 31, 2009)

Below are the Formula 1 teams and drivers as of December 31, 2009: Toyota 9 Jarno Trulli Toro Rosso 11 Sebastien Buemi Red Bull 14 Mark Webber | 15 Sebastian Vettel Williams 17 Kazuki Nakajima | 19 Rubens Barrichello Force India 20 Adrian Sutil McLaren 1 Lewis Hamilton | 2 Heikki Kovalainen | 18 Jenson [...]