Sebastien Bourdais confirmed at Toro Rosso

Scuderia Toro Rosso confirmed on Friday that Sebastien Bourdais will continue as a driver for the team in 2009. After many months of speculation about his future at the team, he narrowly avoided being replaced by Japan’s Takuma Sato. Bourdais had a difficult, and some might say, unlucky season with Toro Rosso in 2008. He [...]

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Buemi signed for Toro Rosso seat

Scuderia Toro Rosso officially confirmed on Friday that Sebastien Buemi has been signed for a race seat at the team for the 2009 season. He replaces Sebastian Vettel who moved to the Red Bull parent team alongside Mark Webber, in response to the retirement of David Coulthard. Since then, the Swiss driver, who took up [...]

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Winter testing kicks off at Barcelona

The first test since the conclusion of the 2008 season got underway on Monday, with all but one team present. It was Toyota that sat out whilst the rest of the pack started their preparations for the 2009 season, by testing new regulations and evaluating new drivers at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona Toro [...]

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Shootout at Barcelona for Toro Rosso seats

Three drivers will be joining Scuderia Toro Rosso for their first testing duties of the off-season. Sebastien Bourdais, Sebastien Buemi and Takuma Sato will be under evaluation for the two race seats available at the Italian team, who waved goodbye to their star driver, Sebastian Vettel, at the end of the season. Four time champ [...]

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Sato to test for Toro Rosso

Former F1 driver, Takuma Sato, will test for Toro Rosso later this month in the hope to get back in a F1 car for 2009. Sato is Japan’s most successful racing driver, having accompanied Jenson Button at BAR for three years, before moving to Super Aguri, who folded this year at Turkey. However, with Vettel [...]

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