Scuderia AlphaTauri

Italy Scuderia AlphaTauri
Full nameScuderia AlphaTauri
BaseFaenza, Italy
Team principal(s)Franz Tost
Team ManagerGraham Watson
Technical directorJody Egginton[1]
Founder(s)Dietrich Mateschitz
Websitescuderiaalphatauri.com
Previous nameScuderia Toro Rosso
Next nameRB[2]
Formula One World Championship career
First entry2020 Austrian Grand Prix
Races entered83
EnginesHonda, RBPT
Race victories1
Podiums2
Points309
Fastest laps2
Final entry2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Scuderia AlphaTauri S.p.A,[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Origins

See also: Minardi and Scuderia Toro Rosso

In September 2019, Toro Rosso announced their intention to change their naming rights for the 2020 championship.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

Racing history

2020

Further information: 2020 Formula One World Championship and AlphaTauri AT01
An AT01 driven by Pierre Gasly during pre-season testing

AlphaTauri had Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly drive for them in their debut season.[10] The team remained with the Honda engine, being the team's engine partner since the 2018 season.[11] Sérgio Sette Câmara, Sébastien Buemi, and Jüri Vips were signed as the team's test drivers.[12][13][14] 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.[15]

2021

Further information: 2021 Formula One World Championship and AlphaTauri AT02

For the 2021 season, AlphaTauri retained Gasly and signed Yuki Tsunoda to replace Kvyat.[16][17] 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

Further information: 2022 Formula One World Championship and AlphaTauri AT03

Both drivers were retained for the 2022 season.[18] 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.[19]

2023

Further information: 2023 Formula One World Championship and AlphaTauri AT04

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.[20][21]

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.[22]

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.[23][24][25] 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.[26][27] 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
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (empty cell)
Annotation Meaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap
Superscript
number 		Points-scoring position
in sprint
Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 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 107 7th
France Pierre Gasly 7 15 Ret 7 11 9 8 1 Ret 9 6 5 Ret 13 6 11 8
Russia Daniil Kvyat 12† 10 12 Ret 10 12 11 9 7 8 15 19 4 12 11 7 11
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 142 6th
France Pierre Gasly 17† 7 10 10 6 3 7 Ret 9 11 5F 6‡ 4 Ret 13 6 Ret 4 7 11 6 5
Japan Yuki Tsunoda 9 12 15 Ret 16 7 13 10 12 10 6 15 Ret DNS 17 14 9 Ret 15 13 14 4
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 35 9th
France Pierre Gasly Ret 8 9 12 Ret 13 11 5 14 Ret 15 12 12 9 11 8 10 18 14 11 14 14
Japan Yuki Tsunoda 8 DNS 15 7 12 10 17 13 Ret 14 16 Ret 19 13 Ret 14 Ret 13 10 Ret 17 11
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 25 8th
Japan Yuki Tsunoda 11 11 10 10 11 15 12 14 19 16 15 10 15 DNS Ret 12 15 8F 12 96 18† 8
Netherlands Nyck de Vries 14 14 15† Ret 18 12 14 18 17 17
Australia Daniel Ricciardo 13 16 WD 15 7 13 14 11
New Zealand Liam Lawson 13 11 9 11 17
Source:[28]
Notes
  • † – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
  • ‡ – Half points awarded as less than 75% of the race distance was completed.

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