The team's involvement in Formula One began in 1985 when it competed as Minardi. Red Bull GmbH acquired the team in 2006. In September 2019, Toro Rosso announced plans to change its name for the 2020 championship. On December 1, 2019, the team selected AlphaTauri as its new moniker, retiring the Scuderia Toro Rosso name after fourteen years. According to team principal Franz Tost and Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko, the rebrand also signified a transition from being Red Bull Racing's junior team to becoming its sister team.
AlphaTauri's debut season featured drivers Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly, using Honda engines. The team's first car, the AT01, was an improved version of the previous year's STR14, incorporating components like the gearbox, rear suspension, and front suspension from the 2019 Red Bull RB15. The AT01 was powered by the RA620H power unit, which inherited the Spec 4 high-efficiency combustion system and featured changes to the piston crowns to increase the compression ratio, along with a new surface treatment on the cylinders. The team achieved its first podium and race victory under the AlphaTauri name at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix, marking Gasly's first race victory. This win was also the first for a French Formula One driver since Olivier Panis in 1996. AlphaTauri finished seventh in the Constructors' Championship with 107 points, with Gasly scoring 75 points and Kvyat 32.
AlphaTauri retained Gasly and signed Yuki Tsunoda to replace Kvyat. Gasly scored a podium by placing third at the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with additional fourth-place finishes at the Dutch and Mexico City Grands Prix. The team scored 142 points and finished sixth in the World Constructors' Championship.
Both Gasly and Tsunoda were retained for the 2022 season. AlphaTauri used Red Bull-branded Honda engines following Honda's exit from Formula One after 2021, with Red Bull taking over the engine program. Gasly recorded a Top-5 finish, placing fifth at the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The team finished ninth in the World Constructors' Championship.
Yuki Tsunoda was retained, and Nyck de Vries joined the team, with Gasly moving to Alpine after five years. Team principal Franz Tost departed at the end of the season, replaced by Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies. De Vries was released before the Hungarian Grand Prix, with Daniel Ricciardo joining on loan from Red Bull Racing for the remainder of the season. Ricciardo suffered a broken metacarpal during the Dutch Grand Prix, leading to Liam Lawson temporarily replacing him for events between the Dutch and Qatar Grands Prix. Ricciardo returned for the final five races of the season and scored the team's highest points finish with seventh place in the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix. The team scored 28 points and finished eighth in the World Constructors' Championship.
Franz Tost served as team principal since Red Bull purchased the team until the end of 2023. Jody Egginton led the technical department as technical director, with Marco Perrone as head of sporting direction. Other key personnel included chief race engineer Jonathan Eddolls, aerodynamics team leader Ben Speed, deputy head of aerodynamics team Alejandro Perez Cabrera, and head of vehicle performance Guillaume Dezoteux. Mattia Spini was the race engineer for Yuki Tsunoda, and Pierre Hamelin was the race engineer for Nyck de Vries.
Scuderia AlphaTauri S.p.A. operated from its headquarters in Faenza, Italy, located at Via Boaria 229, Faenza, RA 48018. The team also had an aerodynamics base in Bicester, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. The clause that the team must keep its headquarters in Faenza, Italy, was included when Red Bull acquired Minardi.
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