AlphaTauri

Gasly made it home in 13th, a place behind Kvyat, after both drivers struggled all day to find pace in the tricky conditions.<br>AlphaTauri’s hopes of challenging Ferrari for sixth place in the world championship also took a hit as the Maranello-based outfit logged 27 points with third and fourth places.<br>Gasly’s day started badly when the FIA launched an investigation after the team ...

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Red Bull junior and Formula 2 racer Tsunoda took another step towards a potential F1 drive in 2021 by completing his first F1 test for AlphaTauri at Imola, driving a 2018-spec Toro Rosso STR13 car.<br>The running only adds to the growing momentum building for Tsunoda to partner Italian GP winner Pierre Gasly at AlphaTauri next season as a replacement for Daniil Kvyat. Tsunoda completed more than ...

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The Russian was running in eighth place when Max Verstappen’s puncture and spin triggered a late safety car.<br>The top three runners, Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez, all pitted for soft tyres.<br>The next three in line, Daniel Ricciardo, Charles Leclerc and Alex Albon, opted to stay out on hards.<br>AlphaTauri decided that soft tyres would give Kvyat a boost, and he ...

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The Japanese F2 driver will run a 2018 Toro Rosso STR13, the same car that was used by Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat for a pre-season outing at the same venue.<br>The test is part of AlphaTauri's plan to prepare Tsunoda for 2021, and also nudge him towards official qualification for a superlicence.<br>He has already been promised an outing in the Abu Dhabi rookie test that follows the last round ...

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Horner says it has been “made clear” to the Frenchman why he wasn’t in contention for a seat, should Red Bull decide to replace Alex Albon.<br>Gasly was recently confirmed at AlphaTauri for 2021, having won the Italian GP and comfortably outperformed teammate Daniil Kvyat this season.<br>Until recently many observers thought that should Red Bull decide to drop Albon for 2021, Gasly had ...

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On Wednesday, Pierre Gasly was confirmed at the Faenza-based team for 2021, while F2 star Yuki Tsunoda is being lined up for the other drive, and is due to test a two-year-old Toro Rosso car at Imola after this weekend’s Emilia Romagna GP.<br>Alex Albon is also potentially in the mix, should he be dropped by Red Bull Racing.<br>Kvyat has scored only 14 points in 2020 compared to the 63 logged by ...

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Gasly has been one of the stand-out drivers in F1 this year, scoring a shock maiden victory at the Italian Grand Prix in September, marking just the second win in AlphaTauri’s history.<br>Gasly’s performances led to suggestions that he could return to the senior Red Bull squad for next year - having been demoted after 12 races in 2019 - but the team made clear it was not planning to make a ...

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It was previously announced that the FIA F2 racer will conduct a 300km test at Imola after the Emilia Romagna GP, at the wheel of a 2018 Toro Rosso.<br>Team boss Franz Tost has indicated that the Japanese driver may do an FP1 session in addition to the post-season young driver test at Abu Dhabi.<br>Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko said recently that it was "planned" to promote Tsunoda, who is ...

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In the past the two teams have on occasion had different engine partners – most recently in 2018, when Red Bull was still with Renault and the then-Toro Rosso team had already moved to Honda.<br>However the current business model is built around the two teams sharing technology, such as gearboxes and associated rear suspension, and that can only happen if they share the same engine ...

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The Frenchman has driven strongly this year, and took his maiden Formula 1 victory at the Italian Grand Prix earlier this month.<br>That success prompted fresh talk that Red Bull should consider moving him back to its Milton Keynes squad in the future, after he was demoted 12 months ago.<br>But while Red Bull boss Christian Horner has appeared to cut off any hope of Gasly getting the Red ...

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AlphaTauri currently uses its own tunnel in Bicester, and is the last F1 team still operating with a 50% scale model rather than the 60% specification used by all of its rivals.<br>Over 100 AlphaTauri UK-based staff currently work on the team's aero programme.<br>Restrictions on wind tunnel usage that come into force next year – when teams will be switching their aero R&D programmes to the ...

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Tost also suggested that the Japanese driver is in the frame for a race seat next year, should he qualify for a superlicence and Red Bull decide to promote him.<br>Tsunoda, who currently lies fourth in the F2 championship standings in his rookie season, will start Saturday’s feature race at Spa from pole position, having previously taken pole at the second Austrian event.<br>As a protege of both ...

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Tsunoda is a protege of both Red Bull and Honda, and is widely regarded as one of the best current prospects from Japan.<br>He finished ninth in his rookie season in the FIA F3 series last year, having scored one race victory in the Monza sprint event for the unfancied Jenzer Motorsport squad.<br>The 20-year-old moved up to F2 with Carlin this year, winning the Sunday sprint race at the 70th ...

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The rule specifies that teams currently using 2019 unlisted customer parts can upgrade them to 2020 spec for next year, without deploying the tokens that have been introduced to rein in development.<br>Racing Point and AlphaTauri are the two teams that will benefit from the rule, as they are now using 2019 parts, such as suspension elements, provided by their respective partner teams, Mercedes and ...

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Mercedes<br>The reliability gremlins that Mercedes faced in the first race of the season in Austria, caused by the vibrations from the kerbs, now seem like a distant memory after a flawless performance in Hungary.<br>The team was able to react positively and make changes for the Styrian GP that reduced the possibility of any failures going forward. The issues that plagued the first race weekend ...

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The loophole slipped through when the teams voted on a large package of measures to deal with the post COVID-19 world, including the lower cost cap.<br>It has only recently become a source of concern, especially after the potential of the Racing Point RP20 has become clear.<br>As part of the new freeze on homologated components that runs to the end of the 2021 season, each team has been handed two ...

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The Italian venue has emerged as a candidate for a European race later in the campaign, as F1 owners Liberty Media try to put together a schedule of at least 15 grands prix.<br>To host F1, Imola needs an FIA Grade 1 Licence, and its previous certification was due to expire on June 17.<br>But in a statement issued on Friday, Imola confirmed it has renewed the licence and that it is now setting it ...

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With the Formula 1 season having been put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, teams are facing a massive loss of income because of a drop in commercial rights money.<br>Tost has already commissioned his accounting department to try to get on top of how much the missed races are impacting the Faenza-based team, and thinks there is a serious shortfall for each missed event.<br>Speaking to ...

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As part of a closer relationship between the two Red Bull-owned teams, the rebranded Toro Rosso squad will continue taking a host of parts including suspension, gearbox, and hydraulics.<br>But with Formula 1’s major rule changes for next year meaning there is no option to take year-old designs, as has happened up to now, the two teams have agreed on a timetable for when certain components need ...

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A striking new white-and-blue livery was showcased at Red Bull's Hanger 7 facility in Salzburg after the presentation of AlphaTauri's clothing line and teamwear.<br>AlphaTauri, which was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Salzburg, is Red Bull's in-house fashion brand.<br>The name change is the team's first since Red Bull took over the Minardi F1 entry and Faenza base ahead of the 2006 ...

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AlphaTauri, which was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Salzburg, is Red Bull's in-house fashion brand.<br>The name change from Scuderia Toro Rosso is the team's first since Red Bull took over the Minardi F1 entry and Faenza base ahead of the 2006 season.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>AlphaTauri: 2019 success largely down to Red Bull synergy<br>AlphaTauri reveals audio of 2020 F1 car ...

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The former Scuderia Toro Rosso squad will reveal its new Honda-powered machine, to be raced by Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat, on the evening of Friday, February 14. The event will take place at Red Bull's Hangar 7 base in Salzburg.<br>STR is being renamed next year after the Salzburg-based fashion brand that was created by Red Bull in 2016, and which the drink company plans to expand.<br><br>Read ...

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The former Scuderia Toro Rosso matched its best ever constructors' championship finish with sixth place, while both Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly secured podium finishes in high attrition races.<br>With both Red Bull and Toro Rosso using the same Honda power unit – after diverging in 2018 when the Italian team first went to Honda – last season the two organisations shared more components than ...

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The former Scuderia Toro Rosso squad is to show its new machine, which will be raced by Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat, on the evening of Friday, February 14th.<br>The only other team to give a date thus far is Ferrari, with its new car due to be revealed three days earlier, on February 11th.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Ferrari reveals "very early" 2020 F1 car launch<br>Why Ferrari will test two F1 ...

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