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| Full name | Scuderia AlphaTauri |
|---|---|
| Base | Faenza, Italy Bicester,Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (Aerodynamics)[1] |
| Teamprincipal(s) | Franz Tost |
| Team Manager | Graham Watson |
| Technical director | Jody Egginton[2] |
| Founder(s) | Dietrich Mateschitz |
| Website | scuderiaalphatauri |
| Previous name | Scuderia Toro Rosso |
| Next name | RB[3] |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 2020 Austrian Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 83 |
| Engines | Honda,RBPT |
| Race victories | 1 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Points | 309 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Final entry | 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
Scuderia AlphaTauri S.p.A,[4] or simplyAlphaTauri, was an ItalianFormula One racing team andconstructor that competed from2020 to2023. It was one of two Formula One constructors owned by Austrian conglomerateRed Bull GmbH, the other beingRed Bull Racing. The constructor was rebranded for the2020 Formula One World Championship from "Toro Rosso" to "AlphaTauri" in order to promote Red Bull'sAlphaTauri fashion brand.[5] According toFranz Tost andHelmut Marko, the rebrand as Scuderia AlphaTauri also acknowledged that it had transitioned from Red Bull Racing's junior team to its sister team.[6]
The team scored one victory and one third place during its four seasons in the sport. Both were taken byPierre Gasly, who won the2020 Italian Grand Prix and placed third in the2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The team was rebranded asRB in2024.[7]
In September 2019, Toro Rosso announced their intention to change their naming rights for the 2020 championship.[8] 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 labelof the same name by purchasing Toro Rosso's naming rights. Thus, they becameScuderia AlphaTauri and retired theScuderia Toro Rosso moniker after fourteen years.[9] The team's involvement in Formula One started in the1985 season when they first competed asMinardi. The team has been owned byRed Bull GmbH since the2006 season.[10]
AlphaTauri hadDaniil Kvyat andPierre Gasly drive for them in their debut season.[11] The team remained with theHonda engine, being the team's engine partner since the2018 season.[12]Sérgio Sette Câmara,Sébastien Buemi, andJüri Vips were signed as the team's test drivers.[13][14][15] The team achieved its first podium finish and race victory under the AlphaTauri name at the2020 Italian Grand Prix, which also markedPierre Gasly's first race victory and the first win for aFrench Formula One driver sinceOlivier Panis won the1996 Monaco Grand Prix 24 years prior. AlphaTauri ended the year in 7th place on 107 points, 75 for Gasly and 32 for Kvyat.[16]
For the 2021 season, AlphaTauri retained Gasly and signedYuki Tsunoda to replace Kvyat.[17][18] Gasly scored the team's first podium of the year by finishing in third place at theAzerbaijan Grand Prix. Gasly also consolidated this by finishing 4th at theDutch andMexico City Grands Prix. Tsunoda's best finish was 4th place at theAbu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Both drivers were retained for the 2022 season.[19] AlphaTauri used Red Bull-branded Honda engines due to the former's subsequent takeover of the Honda engine programme following Honda exiting Formula One following the 2021 season.[20]
For the2023 season,Yuki Tsunoda was retained andNyck de Vries signed with the team with Gasly moving toAlpine after five years with the team.[21][22]
Team principal Tost left the team at the end of the season and was replaced by Ferrari sporting directorLaurent Mekies following the team's rebranding to RB Formula One Team.[23]
Ahead of theHungarian Grand Prix, De Vries was released from the team, withDaniel Ricciardo replacing him on loan from Red Bull Racing for the remainder of the season.[24][25][26] Ricciardo suffered a broken metacarpal on his left hand after crashing during the second practice session of theDutch Grand Prix. As a result,Liam Lawson was brought in as Ricciardo's replacement for the events between theDutch andQatar Grands Prix.[27][28] Ricciardo returned for the final five races of the season, and scored the team's highest points finish with seventh place in the2023 Mexico City Grand Prix.
| 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 insprint |
| 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 1.6V6t | P | AUT | STY | HUN | GBR | 70A | ESP | BEL | ITA | TUS | RUS | EIF | POR | EMI | TUR | BHR | SKH | ABU | 107 | 7th | ||||||
 Pierre Gasly | 7 | 15 | Ret | 7 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | Ret | 9 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 13 | 6 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||||
 Daniil Kvyat | 12† | 10 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 2021 | AT02 | Honda RA621H 1.6V6t | 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 | |
| Pierre Gasly | 17† | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 5F | 6‡ | 4 | Ret | 13 | 6 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
 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 1.6V6t | 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 | |
| Pierre Gasly | Ret | 8 | 9 | 12 | Ret | 13 | 11 | 5 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 14 | ||||||
| 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 1.6V6t | 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 | |
| Yuki Tsunoda | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 15 | DNS | Ret | 12 | 15 | 8F | 12 | 96 | 18† | 8 | ||||||
 Nyck de Vries | 14 | 14 | 15† | Ret | 18 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Daniel Ricciardo | 13 | 16 | WD | 15 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Liam Lawson | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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