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| F1: Lollo Rosso to run new aero package in Canada |
by Virgil Ellipse
5th Jun 2007 |
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Scuderia 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 Lollo Rosso cars will run with new front and rear wings in Montreal and, although senior technical staff are remaining tight-lipped, there is widespread speculation that the aerodynamic devices are being supplied by the team's sister company Red Bull.
"As it turns out," claimed a source close to the team, "Red Bull really does give you wings."
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