The Stats
FIRST GP: 2024 | GPS: 21 | CHAMP. BEST: n/a | Race Best: 7th | Grid BEST: 3rd
Full Team Name | Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team |
Base | Faenza, Italy |
Team Principal | Laurent Mekies |
Technical Director | Jody Egginton |
Chassis | VCARB 01 |
Engine | Honda RBPTH002 |
First Podium | n/a |
First Win | n/a |
Last Win | n/a |
Last Podium | n/a |
Most Successful Track | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Brazil | 1 x 7th, 1 x 9th |
The Drivers
Yuki Tsunoda
AGE: 24 | GPS: 84 | CHAMP. BEST: 14th | RACE BEST: 4th | Grid BEST: 3rd
Liam Lawson
AGE: 22 | GPS: 8 | CHAMP. BEST: 20th | Race Best: 9th | Grid Best: 5th
The Bio
Established in 2006 as a squad in which young drivers from Red Bull‘s prodigious talent pool could cut their F1 teeth, Toro Rosso were formed from the ashes of the plucky Minardi team. Sebastian Vettel gave validity to the approach almost immediately, delivering a fairy-tale win in 2008, before going on to enjoy world championship success with parent team Red Bull Racing.
Today the ethos of nurturing talent still holds true, though the Italian squad are no longer simply a ‘B team’ but a constructor in their own right…