Confirmed: Toro Rosso using Ferrari year old power units for 2016

Toro Rosso has agreed a deal to use 2015-specification Ferrari power units next season, as it was confirmed yesterday (4/12/15), restarting an engine partnership which previously ran from 2007-2013.





Toro Rosso has been supplied by Renault for the past two seasons, but the fallout between the senior Red Bull team and the French manufacturer left its future plans unclear.

Toro Rosso will take Ferrari's 2015-spec engine, while fellow supplied teams Sauber and new team Haas will use 2016-spec Ferrari power units.

In my opinion, this is no major surprise that the news has happen. As this has been rumoured for a few months now that Toro Rosso will return back to Ferrari power for the 2016 F1 season.



This is not the first time that the Faenza-based team used year old Ferrari engines. Back in 1991 as Minardi, Minardi used 1990 Ferrari 3.5 litre V12 engines in their 1991 F1 car the Minardi M191. Which took Minardi to seventh in the Constructors' Standings with six points from Pierluigi Martini taking all the points, with two fourth place finishes at Imola at Estroil in 1991, giving Minardi their best constructor finish in Formula 1.



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