Morphology magic: 10 years of Toro Rosso

Vitantonio Liuzzi of Italy drives his Toro Rosso STR1 during the second free practice session of the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit, 06 October 2006. The final will be held 08 October. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA

Vitantonio Liuzzi of Italy drives his Toro Rosso STR1 during the second free practice session of the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit, 06 October 2006. The final will be held 08 October. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / AFP / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA

Published Dec 24, 2015

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Bicester, Oxfordshire - Scuderia Toro Rosso was formed when Austrians Dietrich Mateschitz and Gerhard Berger took over the defunct Minardi set-up as a feeder programme for Mateschitz's Red Bull F1 squad.

Today, 10 years, 11 drivers, 185 Grands Prix, and more than 93 000 racing kilometres after its competitive debut at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix, Toro Rosso is a Formula One contender in its own right, thanks to drivers such as Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo, and two rising second-generation stars, Carlos Sainz Jr and Max Verstappen.

In fact, Toro Rosso took its first F1 race win - at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix - before the senior Red Bull squad posted a victory!

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Its first car, the STR1, was essentially a Red Bull RB1 revamped with a Ferrari engine - but since then the team has developed its own chassis at its Oxfordshire headquarters. This amazing piece of computer magic shows each of Toro Rosso's cars morphing into the next - a fascinating insight on how Formula One technology has progressed over the past decade.

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