TORO ROSSO STR9

Red Bull's junior team have designed a conventional-looking car, with the exception of a narrow protuberance at the front of the nose.

That is a response to a new requirement for lower nose tips for safety, but teams' desire for the best airflow under the car for aerodynamic reasons.

Toro Rosso's drivers are France's Jean-Eric Vergne and Russian Daniil Kvyat. 

Team boss Franz Tost wants an improvement on their eighth place in the constructors' championship last year.


While F1 cars had grown to look increasingly similar to each other in recent years, the new rules have led to a number of different solutions to governing body the FIA's attempt to increase safety in 2014.
A complicated set of requirements define the chassis height at certain points, and the height and minimum dimensions of the nose tip.

Completing the biggest set of rule changes for a generation, F1 is moving to 1.6-litre V6 turbo engines with the most extensive use of energy recovery systems - or hybrid technology - ever.

Toro Rosso have switched from Ferrari power to Renault for 2014, bringing them into line with senior team Red Bull.

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