.jpg) Sébastien Buemi driving the STR5 at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix | |||||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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| Constructor | Toro Rosso | ||||||||||
| Designer(s) | Giorgio Ascanelli (Technical Director) Ben Butler (Chief Designer)[1] Laurent Mekies (Chief Engineer) Nicolò Petrucci (Head of Aerodynamics)[1] | ||||||||||
| Predecessor | Toro Rosso STR4 | ||||||||||
| Successor | Toro Rosso STR6 | ||||||||||
| Technical specifications[2] | |||||||||||
| Chassis | carbon-fibre and honeycomb composite monocoque | ||||||||||
| Suspension (front) | Upper and lower carbon wishbones, torsion bar springs and anti-roll bars, Sachs dampers | ||||||||||
| Suspension (rear) | as front | ||||||||||
| Engine | Ferrari Type 056 (2009-spec) 2,400 cc (146.5 cu in) 90° V8, limited to 18,000 RPM naturally aspirated mid-mounted | ||||||||||
| Transmission | Seven-speed semi-automatic gearbox with reverse gear | ||||||||||
| Weight | 620 kg (1,367 lb) (including driver) | ||||||||||
| Fuel | Shell V-Power | ||||||||||
| Tyres | Bridgestone Potenza Advanti Wheels (front and rear): 13" | ||||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||||
| Notable entrants | Scuderia Toro Rosso | ||||||||||
| Notable drivers | 16.  Sébastien Buemi 17.  Jaime Alguersuari | ||||||||||
| Debut | 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last event | 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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The Toro Rosso STR5 was a Formula One motor racing car designed and built by Scuderia Toro Rosso for the 2010 season. The car was a significant change for the team as it represented the first chassis they had indigenously-designed and built on their own in Faenza, Italy; prior to 2010, the car was identical to that of parent team Red Bull Racing, circumventing a ban on customer chassis by having both cars designed by a third party. The car, driven by an unchanged lineup from 2009 of Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari, was unveiled at the first official test of 2010 on February 1, at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.[3]
The Toro Rosso STR5 utilized the 2009-spec Ferrari 056 V8 engines instead of 2010-spec.
- ^ a b Straw, Edd (2010-02-04). "Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR5". Autosport. Vol. 199, no. 5. pp. 68–71.
- ^ "STR5". tororosso.com. Scuderia Toro Rosso. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (2010-02-01). "New Toro Rosso unveiled at Valencia". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2010-02-01.