Scuderia Torro Rosso STR5 launched at Valencia

Scuderia Torro Rosso unveiled their 2010 F1 contender today at the Valencia circuit. Codenamed STR5, the new car uses Ferrari’s engine. The STR5 also marks another milestone as it is the first car designed and produced by Torro Rosso themselves. Following the ban on customer cars in F1, Torro Rosso, who were previously under Red Bull Racing, made the STR out of their own expertise. Now that makes them one of the new comers to design and develop an F1 car ground up.

Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari will drive for Scuderia Torro Rosso. Stay tuned to Wheelosphere for updates on the testing session underway at Valencia. We will provide you with the top timings once the test session is over.

“2010 is a landmark year for Scuderia Toro Rosso as the new regulations demand that we go it alone in terms of designing and building our car in-house,” said team boss Franz Tost. “After four years of working in collaboration with Red Bull Technology, the TR5 is the first car that is one hundred percent down to our own endeavours.

“Creating the necessary infrastructure to tackle this task has been our biggest challenge, possibly more difficult than actually producing the car itself. “In addition, we have commissioned a wind tunnel in Bicester, England, which we bought from Red Bull. It will take time for the highly skilled team we have assembled to learn to work together as efficiently as possible.

“Making predictions for the coming season is a dangerous trap, but if pushed, I would say we must aim to finish in the top eight in the constructors’ championship, while giving our young drivers everything they need to improve, as well as optimising our infrastructure in order to be as competitive as possible in 2010 and beyond.”

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