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Scuderia Toro Rosso, (Red Bull Stable in Italian) is a Formula One racing team (initially known as Squadra Toro Rosso - Team Red Bull, although this use of 'team' is restricted to 'squads' like football teams) owned by the drinks company Red Bull and former racer Gerhard Berger, which made its racing debut in 2006 Formula One season. The team principal is Franz Tost, formerly of BMW's motorsport division. The team is based around the now defunct Minardi team and will be based at Minardi's factory at Faenza, Italy for at least 2 years - a condition of Minardi boss Paul Stoddart's sale of the team to Red Bull in 2005. Scuderia Toro Rosso will compete in Formula One as a Red Bull 'B' team to develop the careers of upcoming drivers alongside their sister team Red Bull Racing. Sponsorship
Sports sponsorship is a major part of Red Bull's innovative marketing strategy, and Scuderia Toro Rosso is not the first sports team to be bought and completely re-branded: it has done the same for Red Bull Racing (formerly Jaguar Racing), the Austrian football club Red Bull Salzburg (formerly SV Austria Salzburg), and MLS' Red Bull New York (previously Metrostars). Whilst Red Bull have abandoned the Minardi name in line with their own sponsorship and marketing plans, the use of the Italian language in the name is intended to hint at the team's Italian heritage. Red Bull changed the name of the team immediately after taking control of the team on 1 November 2005. Many Minardi fans were upset by this move, and over 15,000 fans signed an online petition [1] to keep the Minardi name. 
Car
The 2006 chassis is based on the 2005 Red Bull Racing RB1. The team is using a rev limited and air restricted Cosworth 3.0l V10 engines. This is a concession that was granted to assist less well funded teams such as the team's predecessor Minardi, as it was considered that this would be far less costly for such teams than sourcing a V8 engine as required by the 2006 regulations[1]. This has caused friction with the other teams, in particular Super Aguri and Midland who feel that this engine confers too much of an advantage. They contend that their concession to allow the team use a V10 engine was based on Minardi's dismal financial situation, and therefore does not apply now that the team is on a completely different financial footing. There has been controversy surrounding the team, as the STR-1 chassis that they are using may be infringing the Concorde Agreement as each team is expected to design their own car and components for it. However, the STR-1 was bought from Red Bull Racing, who are still a F1-entity (this was the same rule that stopped Super Aguri using the 2005 BAR chassis). The team state that RB1 was designed by Jaguar Racing, which is not an existing entity of F1 and is therefore not in breach of the agreement.
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