Toro Rosso STR5
The Toro Rosso STR5 was a Formula One motor racing car designed and built by Scuderia Toro Rosso for the 2010 season. The car was a significant change for the team as it represented the first chassis they had indigenously-designed and built on their own; prior to 2010, the car was identical to that of parent team Red Bull Racing, circumventing a ban on customer chassis by having both cars designed by a third party. The car, driven by an unchanged lineup from 2009 of Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari, was unveiled at the first official test of 2010 on February 1, at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.[3]
Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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Constructor | Toro Rosso | ||||||||||
Designer(s) | Giorgio Ascanelli (Technical Director) Ben Butler (Chief Designer)[1] Nicolo Petrucci (Head of Aerodynamics)[1] | ||||||||||
Predecessor | Toro Rosso STR4 | ||||||||||
Successor | Toro Rosso STR6 | ||||||||||
Technical specifications[2] | |||||||||||
Chassis | carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite monocoque | ||||||||||
Suspension (front) | Upper and lower carbon wishbones, torsion bar springs and anti-roll bars, Sachs dampers | ||||||||||
Suspension (rear) | as front | ||||||||||
Engine | Ferrari Type 056 (2009-spec) 2,400 cc (146.5 cu in) 90° V8, limited to 18,000 RPM naturally aspirated mid-mounted | ||||||||||
Transmission | Seven-speed semi-automatic gearbox with reverse gear | ||||||||||
Weight | 620 kg (1,367 lb) (including driver) | ||||||||||
Fuel | Shell V-Power | ||||||||||
Tyres | Bridgestone Potenza Advanti Wheels (front and rear): 13" | ||||||||||
Competition history | |||||||||||
Notable entrants | Scuderia Toro Rosso | ||||||||||
Notable drivers | 16. 17. | ||||||||||
Debut | 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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The Toro Rosso STR5 utilized the 2009-spec Ferrari 056 V8 engines instead of 2010-spec.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Points | WCC |
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2010 | Scuderia Toro Rosso | Ferrari 056 V8 | B | BHR | AUS | MAL | CHN | ESP | MON | TUR | CAN | EUR | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SIN | JPN | KOR | BRA | ABU | 13 | 9th | |
Buemi | 16† | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 15 | ||||||
Alguersuari | 13 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
† The driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
References
- Straw, Edd (2010-02-04). "Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR5". Autosport. Vol. 199 no. 5. pp. 68–71.
- "STR5". tororosso.com. Scuderia Toro Rosso. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- Noble, Jonathan (2010-02-01). "New Toro Rosso unveiled at Valencia". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-02-01.