Why is Toro Rosso an ejector seat?

A few readers have commented this week about the fact that Toro Rosso has one of the worst records in the field for dropping drivers. So far in their short history they have dropped Scott Speed, Tonio Liuzzi and now Sebastien Bourdais.
I’ve never quite got my head around Toro Rosso. It was once  Minardi and [...]

Bourdais – right bloke for the job

Sebastien Bourdais has been given the nod by Toro Rosso for next season, alongside Sebastien Buemi. That’s three Sebastien’s in two seasons for that team, they seem to have a production line.
I liked the look of Bourdais at the start and end of last season, but he fell away in the middle when Toro Rosso [...]

Vettel's win – good for business?

Sebastien Vettel’s win in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza was a fairytale for Toro Rosso, but something of a headache for their competitors. Toro Rosso is a customer team, probably the purest example of the breed. They get a car from Red Bull Technologies, which is essentially the same as the Red Bull, except [...]

The Ultimate Feel-Good Grand Prix

Sebastien Vettel wins the Italian Grand Prix at historic Monza, in an Italian car, which isn’t a Ferrari and he does so from pole position, driving away from a McLaren. He’s the youngest ever winner by a year and everyone in F1 is happy for him.
The story will go down in history as something [...]



2010 F1 World Championship Standings
after Belgian Grand Prix
1L Hamilton1:29:04.260
2M Webber+00:01.571
3R Kubica+00:03.493
4F Massa+00:08.264
5A Sutil+00:09.094
6N Rosberg+00:12.359
7M Schumacher+00:15.548
8+00:16.678K Kobayashi
9V Petrov+00:23.951
10J Alguersuari+00:29.457

Driver Standings
1L Hamilton182
2M Webber179
3S Vettel151
4J Button147
5F Alonso141
6F Massa109
7R Kubica104
8N Rosberg102
9A Sutil45
10M Schumacher44

Team Standings
1Red Bull Renault330
2McLaren-Mercedes329
3Ferrari250
4Mercedes GP146
5Renault123
6Force India Mercedes57
7Williams Cosworth40
8BMW Sauber27
9Toro Rosso-Ferrari11
10=Lotus F10
10=Hispania Racing F10
10=Virgin Racing0



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