Scuderia Toro Rosso is the junior/sister team of Red Bull Racing, with the aim of developing the skills of promising drivers for the senior team. Since 2010, the team has competed as a 'true constructor', independent of their sister team.
Vitantonio Liuzzi scored the team's first point in its first season at the 2006 United States Grand Prix. The team's first pole position, podium and victory were scored by Sebastian Vettel at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.
For the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons, Toro Rosso used Ferrari V8 engines, taking over the contract that their senior team broke from at the end of 2006. The team principal is Franz Tost, formerly of BMW's motor sport division.
The team's set 2008 driver lineup was Sebastian Vettel, third driver for BMW Sauber in 2006 before switching to a race seat at Toro Rosso midway through the 2007 season, and Sébastien Bourdais, the four-time winner of the Champ Car World Series. Sébastien Buemi took Vettel's seat for the 2009 season when he moved to the Red Bull team, while Bourdais was dropped after the German Grand Prix, following a series of poor performances that had only scored him two points. Jaime Alguersuari took over Bourdais' seat at the Hungarian Grand Prix, and kept the seat for the remaining part of the year. Both Alguersuari and Buemi raced for the team for all of the 2010 and 2011 seasons. It was announced on 14 December 2011, that Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Éric Vergne would be the team's drivers for the 2012 season.
source article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuderia_Toro_Rosso
Some Statistics on force Toro Rosso
First race in Formula 1
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Bahrain Grand Prix 12-03-2006
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last race in Formula 1
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Malaysia Grand Prix 24/03/2013
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drivers
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World Championships
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0
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Grand Prix entered
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130
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Podiums
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1
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The first point of departure
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1
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Winning the Grand Prize
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1
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Total points in both races
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137
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Fastest lap
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0
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Number of laps
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12679
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Drivers who drove Toro Rosso in Formula 1
driver
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races
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Podiums
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place1
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place2
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place3
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laps
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points
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Sébastien Buemi
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55
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2643
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38
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Jaime Alguersuari
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46
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2380
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31
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Vitantonio Liuzzi
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35
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0
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0
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0
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0
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2671
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4
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Scott Speed
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28
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1285
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0
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Sébastien Bourdais
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27
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1279
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6
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Sebastian Vettel
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25
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1
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1
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0
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0
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1132
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40
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22
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1196
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10
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22
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1093
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17
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Ranked team during the seasons in which they participated:
2013
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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8th
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9th
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8th
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9th
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10th
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6th
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7th
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9th
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