Without a doubt this season for the team based in Faenza, Italy, will be the beginning of a new road. If we extrapolate from the competition and performed a little parallel with the TV, I would come to the cone head thing slogan “welcome to the independent republic of your home.” And it is something to what he expects this year to Toro Rosso. They are the newly independent twenties facing the outside world.

The whole philosophy of improvised given that from this year’s men Franz Tost be completely alien to their older brothers of Red Bull. During the last test in Valencia could see the first car that made Ferrari, the STR5, after being forbidden to leave the cars to customers and Toro Rosso at the expense of their own development.

However the car developed and designed by Giorgio Ascanelli and company has been very rapid during the entire preseason, after many days among the best times of the qualifying sessions. Certainly a good sign, and even more if we add that both drivers have shown very good feeling with the car’s performance. It’s unbelievable that this saying this when just a few years ago, particularly before 2006, the pilots of this same structure struggled to keep his Minardi into the track.

Without But throughout the history of Formula 1 have been given this kind of teams that have gradually become virtually mobile schools for beginners. A place to make hands and develop future world champions. For now at Toro Rosso has formed a promising young is already a reality. As you will understand I am talking about Sebastian Vettel was the first to get a win and a pole for the team. Although also sincerely hope that both as Sébastien Buemi Alguersuari reach the German level of Red Bull.

Catalan has now passed its first test with a season not complete, in Formula 1 that can be described as acceptable. Alguersuari faces a new year, which at first was not confirmed until a week before starting the test, with enthusiasm and keen to do well after the experience gained during 2009. At least try to overcome his best grid position, twelfth, and his best result, fourteenth.

The case of teammate, Sebastien Buemi, is similar. The Swiss if it has completed its first season at the wheel of a car in the premier class and therefore has more experience and miles behind the Spanish. Proof of this is their best result, fourth on the grid in the Brazilian Grand Prix and two sevenths and two eighth places that allowed late harvest their first six points in Formula 1. A good deal of points for a driver who has just started his career as though it were mid-year with a far more mediocre.

I would stress also the proponent of that kids enjoy the Toro Rosso. Neither more nor less than the 056 that will Ferrar Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso. A further support to begin the emancipation that I have said before. Although we must also point out that the STR5 has an aerodynamic design that follows the philosophy of continuity and the lines of the Red Bull RB5.

On the interior, more of the same. At Toro Rosso continued with its red bull “pissed” on his rear wing and nose with a duck wrapped in the colors of the team. A team also has been very fast in short runs and with the help of the Austrian energy drink giant promises to give a lot of trouble in mid-table and last positions of points, which this year come to the tenth position.

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