Are Toro Rosso the Team to Watch for the 2016 Formula 1 Season?

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Published: December 24, 2015

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Toro Rosso memorably scored their first Formula One victory at the Italian Grand Prix in September 2008 and then finished the season 10 points ahead of their parent team, Red Bull (the first and only time that has happened).

At the end of the year, Sebastian Vettel—the victorious driver on that rainy autumn day—was promoted to Red Bull and promptly repeated his feat, taking the Bulls' first-ever win at the Chinese Grand Prix in April 2009.

Of course, Vettel went on to win four straight championships with the big team, while Red Bull's junior outfit has continued developing drivers with the team firmly entrenched in the midfield.



But after a chaotic season for Red Bull, is the little Italian team that could (remember, they started life as the lovable losers, Minardi) ready to once again beat the Bulls from Milton Keynes? One notable person thinks it's possible: Red Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey.

"I think it is going to be an extremely difficult season for us frankly," said Newey recently, according to Motorsport.com's Jonathan Noble. "If we start the engine with the same power as we have had throughout 2014 and 2015, which I think may well be the case, then we are going to be even further behind."

Red Bull infamously slunk back to their previous engine partner, Renault, after spending much of the year criticising the French company and then openly courting Ferrari, Mercedes and even Volkswagen. Toro Rosso, meanwhile, will use year-old Ferrari engines in 2016, rekindling the partnership that won the 2008 race at Monza.

Newey told Motorsport.com that Honda should improve significantly over the winter, but also that, "Toro Rosso, our sister team by having a 2015 Ferrari, will be considerably ahead of this year's Renault power unit."

After their four titles, Red Bull fell to second in the constructors' championship in 2014 and then ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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