Why Red Bull's junior team now has a new purpose
Scuderia AlphaTauri - a new name with some very familiar faces. Formerly an entry point for young drivers, Red Bull's junior Formula 1 team now offers career rehab, writes MATT YOUSON
These are unusual times in Faenza. Scuderia AlphaTauri, as we must now call the artist formerly known as Toro Rosso, is undergoing rather more than a cosmetic rebranding. Its role in the bigger geopolitical battles of F1 is shifting; sight of its core purpose has become obscured, and yet it remains the brave little team that can.
Whatever the machinations behind the scenes, last year it managed its highest-ever points tally and equalled its best-ever finish in the constructors' championship. It takes the notion that Formula 1 thrives on stability, and throws it into the proverbial cocked hat.
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