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Toro Bashing

  • Toro Rosso launch the STR4 with Video

    This morning in a damp Catalunya circuit Toro Rosso unveiled their 2009 contender the STR4. The car strikes a (unsurprisingly) strong resemblance to the Red Bull Racing RB5, however beneath the surface it is a completely different beast (a point technical director Giorgio Ascanelli was eager to point out). "Red Bull Technology does extremely significant work in defining the essential... read more

  • Bourdais: Money will buy seat

    In an interested turn of events Sebastien Bourdais has voiced what can only be an attack on his team, Toro Rosso. He told GPUdate.net, "If it was just a team principal decision we would have already signed for next season. It is purely a financial issue unfortunately. Obviously it doesn't really matter what they want if you don't have the money. It is now a pretty simple, but nasty game. If you... read more

  • Bourdais Is Good Enough To Get A Drive

    With only one race left in the 2008 season attention is now moving to next year’s championship. The 09 grid has been forming rapidly of late with 6 spaces remaining open, but in actual reality only 3 spaces are wide open for next year. The two Toro Rosso seats and the second Renault drive. Surely now Alonso will remain with Renault after winning 2 races this season. Honda’s hope of... read more

The Toro Rosso STR4 - © RedBullF1

Toro Rosso's 2009 car the STR4 © RedBullF1

Pos. Driver Team Points
1
Spanish F Alonso Ferrari  25
2
Brazilian F Massa Ferrari  18
3
British L Hamilton McLaren  15
4
German S Vettel Red Bull  12
5
German N Rosberg Mercedes  10
6
German M Schumacher Mercedes  8
7
British J Button McLaren  6
8
Australian M Webber Red Bull  4
9
Italian V Liuzzi Force India  2
10
Brazilian R Barrichello Williams  1