AlphaTauri

Following the rebranding of Toro Rosso as AlphaTauri, Red Bull has identified the Faenza-based squad as more of a sister team rather than as a B-team as it had been previously.<br>As part of a growing synergy between the two Red Bull-owned teams, AlphaTauri will no longer use its own wind tunnel from this year, switching to Red Bull’s facility at Bedford to complete all ...

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Gasly made his F1 debut with Toro Rosso in 2017 before moving up to the senior Red Bull squad for the 2019 season, only to be demoted back to the B-team after a difficult 12-race spell.<br>Since returning to Faenza, Gasly has scored two podium finishes for the team since rebranded as AlphaTauri, including its first victory for 12 years at last year's Italian Grand Prix.<br>Gasly's performances ...

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Following the rebranding of the Toro Rosso team, AlphaTauri scored just its second win in its 15-year history when Pierre Gasly claimed a shock victory at the Italian Grand Prix.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Gasly remembers 'every second' of shock Italian GP win<br><br><br>It was the highlight of a season that featured a number of impressive displays from Gasly in particular, while teammate Daniil ...

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The news has been expected for some weeks, with the Japanese driver having begun his preparations with an outing in a 2018 Toro Rosso at Imola last month.<br>He enjoyed his first run in the current car and on proper race tyres in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, setting the seventh best time of the day.<br>The 20-year-old, who is a protege of both Red Bull and Honda, will be the first Japanese driver to ...

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Kvyat is expected to be replaced at AlphaTauri by Red Bull and Honda junior driver Yuki Tsunoda in 2021 after the Japanese driver finished third in this year’s F2 championship.<br>AlphaTauri has not made any official announcement about Kvyat’s future, but the Russian driver has openly said he is already targeting a return to F1 in 2022.<br>Asked by Motorsport.com in the Abu Dhabi paddock if he ...

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Sato, 21, moved up to F2 full-time in 2020 with Trident after six appearances for Campos the previous year, having also won the Euroformula Open title the previous year.<br>The Japanese driver picked up one point across the 12-round season, finishing eighth in the Mugello sprint race.<br>Sato will link up with AlphaTauri for next Tuesday’s young driver test in Abu Dhabi, partnering Yuki Tsunoda ...

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The Japanese driver is expected to be announced soon as a race driver for 2021, alongside current incumbent Pierre Gasly.<br>Tsunoda finished his rookie F2 season with a feature race win and second place in the Sakhir GP support events.<br>He officially qualified for his FIA superlicence by finishing in third place in the 2020 championship.<br>He enjoyed his first taste of F1 power when he tested ...

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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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