Scuderia AlphaTauri

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Flag of Italy.svg Scuderia AlphaTauri
Scuderia Alpha-Tauri.svg
Full nameScuderia AlphaTauri
Base Faenza, Italy
Team principal(s) Franz Tost
Team Manager Graham Watson
Technical director Jody Egginton [1]
Founder(s) Dietrich Mateschitz
Website scuderiaalphatauri.com
Previous name Scuderia Toro Rosso
Next name RB [2]
Formula One World Championship career
First entry 2020 Austrian Grand Prix
Races entered83
Engines Honda, RBPT
Race victories 1
Podiums2
Points309
Fastest laps 2
Final entry 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Scuderia AlphaTauri, or simply AlphaTauri, was an Italian Formula One racing team and constructor that competed from 2020 to 2023. It was one of two Formula One constructors owned by Austrian conglomerate Red Bull GmbH, the other being Red Bull Racing. The constructor was rebranded for the 2020 Formula One World Championship from "Toro Rosso" to "AlphaTauri" in order to promote Red Bull's AlphaTauri fashion brand. [3] According to Franz Tost and Helmut Marko, the rebrand as Scuderia AlphaTauri also acknowledged that it had transitioned from Red Bull Racing's junior team to its sister team. [4] Throughout its history, the team has only scored one victory and two podiums, all scored by Pierre Gasly, winning the 2020 Italian Grand Prix and placing third in the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The team was rebranded as RB in 2024. [5]

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Origins

In September 2019, Toro Rosso announced their intention to change their naming rights for the 2020 championship. [6] It was announced on 1 December 2019 that the team had selected "AlphaTauri" as their new moniker to promote parent company Red Bull's fashion label of the same name by purchasing Toro Rosso's naming rights. Thus, they became Scuderia AlphaTauri and retired the Scuderia Toro Rosso moniker after fourteen years. [7] The team's involvement in Formula One started in the 1985 season when they first competed as Minardi. The team has been owned by Red Bull GmbH since the 2006 season. [8]

Racing history

2020

An AT01 driven by Pierre Gasly during pre-season testing 2020 Formula One tests Barcelona, AlphaTauri AT01, Pierre Gasly.jpg
An AT01 driven by Pierre Gasly during pre-season testing

AlphaTauri had Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly drive for them in their debut season. [9] The team remained with the Honda engine, being the team's engine partner since the 2018 season. [10] Sérgio Sette Câmara, Sébastien Buemi, and Jüri Vips were signed as the team's test drivers. [11] [12] [13] The team achieved its first podium finish and race victory under the AlphaTauri name at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix, which also marked Pierre Gasly's first race victory and the first win for a French Formula One driver since Olivier Panis won the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix 24 years prior. AlphaTauri ended the year in 7th place on 107 points, 75 for Gasly and 32 for Kvyat. [14]

2021

For the 2021 season, AlphaTauri retained Gasly and signed Yuki Tsunoda to replace Kvyat. [15] [16] Gasly scored the team's first podium of the year by finishing in third place at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Gasly also consolidated this by finishing 4th at the Dutch and Mexico City Grands Prix. Tsunoda's best finish was 4th place at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

2022

Both drivers were retained for the 2022 season. [17] AlphaTauri used Red Bull-branded Honda engines due to the former's subsequent takeover of the Honda engine programme due to Honda exiting Formula One at following the 2021 season. [18]

2023

For the 2023 season, Yuki Tsunoda was retained at the team and Nyck de Vries signed with the team with Gasly moving to Alpine after five years with the team. [19] [20]

Team principal Tost left the team at the end of the season and was replaced by Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies following the team's rebranding to RB Formula One Team. [21]

Ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, De Vries was released from the team, with Daniel Ricciardo replacing him on loan from Red Bull Racing for the remainder of the season. [22] [23] [24] Ricciardo suffered a broken metacarpal on his left hand after crashing during the second practice session of the Dutch Grand Prix. As a result, Liam Lawson was brought in as Ricciardo's replacement for the events between the Dutch and Qatar Grands Prix. [25] [26] Ricciardo returned for the final five races of the season, and scored the team's highest points finish with seventh place in the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix.

Complete Formula One results

Key
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenOther points position
BlueOther classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
PurpleNot classified, retired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (empty cell)
AnnotationMeaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap
Superscript
number		Points-scoring position
in sprint
YearChassisEngineTyresDrivers12345678910111213141516171819202122 Points WCC
2020 AT01 Honda RA620H
1.6 V6 t 		P AUT STY HUN GBR 70A ESP BEL ITA TUS RUS EIF POR EMI TUR BHR SKH ABU 1077th
Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly 715Ret711981Ret965Ret136118
Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat 12†1012Ret101211978151941211711
2021 AT02 Honda RA621H
1.6 V6 t 		P BHR EMI POR ESP MON AZE FRA STY AUT GBR HUN BEL NED ITA RUS TUR USA MXC SAP QAT SAU ABU 1426th
Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly 17†71010637Ret9115F6‡4Ret136Ret471165
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda 91215Ret16713101210615RetDNS17149Ret1513144
2022 AT03 Red Bull RBPTH001
1.6 V6 t 		P BHR SAU AUS EMI MIA ESP MON AZE CAN GBR AUT FRA HUN BEL NED ITA SIN JPN USA MXC SAP ABU 359th
Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Ret8912Ret1311514Ret1512129118101814111414
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda 8DNS15712101713Ret1416Ret1913Ret14Ret1310Ret1711
2023 AT04 Honda RBPTH001
1.6 V6 t 		P BHR SAU AUS AZE MIA MON ESP CAN AUT GBR HUN BEL NED ITA SIN JPN QAT USA MXC SAP LVG ABU 258th
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda 11111010111512141916151015DNSRet12158F129618†8
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries 141415†Ret181214181717
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo 1316WD157131411
Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam Lawson 131191117
Source: [27]
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