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Posted on Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Alguersuari admits Toro Rosso looking strong for 2011

Mar.2 (GMM) Jaime Alguersuari has admitted he is feeling confident ahead of the 2011 season.

Leading rivals including world champions Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button have said Toro Rosso's 2011 car, the STR6 featuring an innovative ...

Posted on Monday, February 21, 2011

Toro Rosso set for 'strong' season surprise

Feb.21 (GMM) Toro Rosso has been earmarked as a potential surprise package of the 2011 season.

The Swiss newspaper Blick has christened the Ferrari-powered STR6 the "Wunder Auto" (wonder car) after a strong showing so far in testing.

Faenza based "T...

Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011

Alguersuari predicts 'war' with Buemi in 2011

Feb.17 (GMM) Jaime Alguersuari has predicted "war" with his Toro Rosso teammate Sebastien Buemi this year.

"This year will be war between Buemi and me," the Spanish driver said during an interview with Marca.

Team owner Red Bull's driver manager Hel...

Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011

Marko: STR drivers are not safe

Helmut Marko has warned Toro Rosso duo Sebastien Buemi & Jaime Alguersuari that their seats are not secure for the duration of the 2011 season.
Toro Rosso has Australian Daniel Ricciardo as a third driver this season, and he has already tested the car in Jerez. Ricciardo will also test on some Friday practice sessions in place of Buemi or Alguersuari.

Posted on Friday, February 11, 2011

Toro Rosso ready to promote next rookies - Marko

Feb.11 (GMM) Helmut Marko is refusing to rule out a change of driver lineup for Red Bull's second team Toro Rosso this season.

Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari are starting the year at the wheel of the Ferrari-powered STR5, but two highly rated ...

Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011

F1Zone interviews: Sebastien Buemi & Jaime Alguersuari

F1Zone.net brings you an exclusive interview with Toro Rosso's young drivers: Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari.

Posted on Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Jerez test information: 10th - 13th February

The second of the four pre-season test sessions begins tomorrow at the Jerez Circuit in Southern Spain.
Here is the driver line-up for the four days of running. Note: HRT are undertaking filming with Pirelli at Monza, so will not be present

Posted on Saturday, February 5, 2011

STR confirm Ricciardo for Fridays

Toro Rosso has confirmed that Australian Daniel Ricciardo will be driving for the team in Free Practices in 2011. The team also added that they hope to run Ricciardo at next week's test in Jerez. It is further evidence that he is being groomed by Red Bull for a seat in the near future.

Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2011

2010 F1 Season Review: Driver Rankings

Better late than never, but here is our driver review of the 2010 season, with all of the 27 participants rated and reviewed.

Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2011

World Champion fastest on first day of testing

Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel was fastest on the first day of winter testing at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault* 1m13.769s 93 2. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m13.938s + 0.169s 71 3. Gary Paffett McLaren-Mercedes 1m14.292s + 0.523s 91 4. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m14.461s + 0.692s 28 5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari* 1m14.553s + 0.784s 97 6. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari* 1m15.621s + 1.852s 68 7. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m16.003s + 2.234s 71 […]

Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2011

19 Jan: Hulkenberg turned down Virgin & more

All the latest from the F1 world. - Nico Hulkenberg's manager Willi Weber has revealed that they turned down the offer of a seat alongside Timo Glock at Virgin, admitting it'd be risky slotting Hulkenberg alongside another German - Williams will launch their FW33 on February 1st at Valencia, with the car running an interim livery at first - Force India look set to name their line up next week as Vijay Mallya has said there are just a few legal loose ends to tie […]

Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Q&A: Toro Rosso's Buemi & Alguersuari

We ask Toro Rosso’s young guns about their challenging season. F1Zone: How have you enjoyed your season? Sebastien Buemi: It has not been the best. At the start of the season, when the car was relatively more competitive, I had a lot of bad luck and was involved in accidents that were not of my own making. Then, as the season progressed, the other teams brought in technical developments quicker than us, so we struggled against them. For example, while in 2009 I was regularly […]