Toro Rosso has built an unusual formula 1 car for the season. In our exclusive technology animation, we present to you the STR6 in detail and show how the car has changed since the start of the season.
As the Toro Rosso STR6 for the first time was presented to the public prior to the season at the Valencia test, many experts feel reminiscent of 1992 immediately on the Ferrari F92. Between side case and underbody, the designers had a handbreite gap left by the air can flow freely in the direction of rear wing and it generated downforce.
Less than 20 years ago, the concept had yet grandiose failed. The focus is on the level, what we know that negatively affects the performance went by the unusual layout of the page boxes. The torsional rigidity which also suffered from the large gap between the double underbody.
This year, the result is not quite so humbling. In the winter tests as Geheimfavorit traded the big nailed failed the small troop from the Italian Faenza however still. Compared to the previous season, a significant increase is however to recognize.
In Montreal, they brought for the first time both cars in the points. Jaime Alguersuari was his chase of rank 18 to position one of the stars of the race in Valencia. Whether the point trend will continue also depends, how consistently Toro Rosso can continue to develop the concept. In the previous year lost significantly on ground due to lack of updates to the end of the season.
In our exclusive video from Formula 1 technology guru Giorgio piola, we present to you the features of unusual Toro Rosso STR6 in detail and show the most important updates of the previous season. As always, there are the detailed descriptions of the individual scenes in Photo Gallery.