Throughout its time in F1 as Toro Rosso and AlphaTauri, RB was considered a little more than a junior operation. While it still aims to prepare drivers for a life at Red Bull, it has undergone its own progress to become a true 'little brother' team
When the Toro Rosso team renamed itself to AlphaTauri, it pledged to become a 'sister team' to Formula 1's championship-winning Red Bull team - and this path has progressed with its RB rebrand. RB has always used transferrable components developed by the lead Red Bull team, but took on the rear suspension package part-way through 2023 in an effort to transform a dismal start to the season.
When the ex-Minardi team was taken over at the end of 2005, it operated as a fully minted junior operation and effectively used the previous year's RB1 chassis in 2006 - only modified to fit the rev-limited Cosworth V10 it had been given special dispensation to use as the V8 era was introduced. From 2007 to 2009, the team then used the same Red Bull chassis as the 'parent' team, modified to fit the Ferrari engine, until it was tasked with building its own from 2010 onwards.
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