Giancarlo Minardi
Founder of Minardi
Created the original Faenza team and gave many young drivers their first F1 opportunity.
Midfield
Racing Bulls
Where the next generation earns its seat.
Italy · Based in Faenza, Italy, with technical facilities in the United Kingdom.
The Story
The Faenza-based team began life as Minardi in 1985, an independent Italian entry that spent two decades racing on modest budgets.
Red Bull bought it in 2005 and renamed it Scuderia Toro Rosso. Sebastian Vettel gave the team a famous first win at Monza in 2008, and Pierre Gasly won again at the same circuit in 2020.
Renamed several times, most recently as Racing Bulls, it continues as the proving ground for Red Bull's junior drivers.
Legendary Figures
Sebastian Vettel
Driver, 2007–2008
Took the team's first win at Monza in 2008, becoming F1's youngest race winner at the time.
Pierre Gasly
Driver, 2017–2020
Won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix, the team's second victory.
Franz Tost
Team Principal, 2006–2023
Led the team for its entire Toro Rosso era and oversaw the development of numerous junior drivers.
Key Moments
1985
Minardi enters F1
The Faenza operation started as an independent Italian team.
2005
Red Bull acquisition
Reborn as Scuderia Toro Rosso and given a junior-team role.
2008
Monza victory
Vettel won from pole in the wet for the team's first win.
2020
Monza again
Gasly's win showed the team could still deliver on the biggest days.
2024
Racing Bulls identity
The team took its current name and branding.
2026 Line-up
Liam Lawson
New Zealander
A Red Bull junior with previous stand-in appearances before securing a full-time seat.
Arvid Lindblad
British
A Red Bull junior graduate stepping up to Formula 1 with the team.
Team Facts
- Founded
- 1985 (as Minardi)
- Headquarters
- Faenza, Italy
- Grand Prix wins
- 2 (Italy 2008, Italy 2020)
- Role
- Red Bull junior team