Toro Rosso has just officially announced that it will launch its new car on the Barcelona circuit in Catalonia on March 9.<\/p>\n
The STR4, which was designed based on the Red Bull RB5, conducted a shakedown this week during a private session at the Adria circuit in Italy. It will be officially unveiled next Monday, just minutes before the start of testing.<\/p>\n
Traditionally, the Scuderia Toro Rosso launches its cars later than most teams because it has to wait to receive the chassis from the parent company, Red Bull Technologies.<\/p>\n
Last year, the Faenza team started the 2008 season with a 2007 version car. But once the STR3 hit the track, it quickly caught up with Red Bull Racing in terms of performance and even surpassed it by securing a victory at Monza with Sebastian Vettel.<\/p>\n
S\u00e9bastien Bourdais has been recently confirmed for a second season with Toro Rosso. S\u00e9bastien Buemi will be his teammate as he arrives freshly from the GP2 category. He replaces Vettel who left for Red Bull.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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