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| F1: Alguersuari joins BBC 5 Live team |
by Virgil Ellipse
7th Mar 2012 |
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Former Lollo RossoTORO ROSSO
 Sebastian Vettel takes a frankly astonishing first win for both himself and his team at Monza in 2008. Forged from the remnants of Minardi, Toro Rosso is Red Bull's junior F1 team. The arrangement lets Red Bull (a) try out unproven young drivers and (2) take cocky french multiple Champ Car champions down a peg or two. The team benefits from an unspecified amount of help from its senior team but is still free to plough its own furrow. In 2007, for instance, it used Ferrari engines rather than the Renault power units favoured by Red Bull, which proved, if nothing else, that the Ferrari team must have had one hell of a chassis. Toro Rosso has yet to inspire the same level of support enjoyed by Minardi, although it was on the right lines when a senior manager occasioned a physical assault upon the wholly objectionable Scott Speed. Keep it up, lads, and we'll put our not inconsiderable weight behind you.
The Spaniard will work as an expert summariser alongside lead commentator James Allen on the station's live coverage of the 2012 Formula One season. He is expected to be present at every race of the championship in his 5 Live role and will therefore be forced to watch every session of the year in the sport he was sacked from at the end of last season.
"We're delighted to have Jaime on board," said BBC Radio 5 Live controller Adrian van Klaveren. "His engaging personality makes him a great addition to 5 Live for the 2012 F1 season. And coincidentally 'Jaime Alguersuari' is Spanish for 'James Allen's bitch', which gives the appointment a pleasing symmetry."
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