F1 TEAM RENAMED FOR 2025

The Red Bull F1 racing family have courted controversy ever since they arose from the ashes of the Ford-Jaguar F1 project. Loud and brash the team entered the paddock, often with pumping beats drowning out the pit lane such as “Who let the dogs out?”A year later Red Bull billionaire Didi Mateschitz shocked the F1 world when he made his second acquisition of a team and it was fans favourite Minardi ahead of the 2006 season. The team was renamed Toro Rosso, reflecting its Italian heritage and the location of its base in Faenza.For some time the team was considered the Red Bull junior team and became a breeding ground for the Austrian companies young driver programme. Yet over time the team has become more than just training ground for potential candidates for the Red Bull Racing programme but it has produced top F1 drivers like Sebastian Vettel (4 times WDC), Daniel Ricciardo (8 GP wins) and Max Verstappen who is heading towards his fourth consecutive F1 drivers’ titles.