Top 5 Worst Performing Scuderia Toro Rosso Drivers


-The Top 5 Worst Performing Scuderia Toro Rosso Drivers

By Brian Cotnoir

The Red Bull Corporation is so rich they bought not one, but TWO Formula 1 teams.  There’s the Red Bull F1 team based in UK and a Red Bull Junior team based in Faenza, Italy called Scuderia Toro Rosso.   STR started its life as Minardi F1 in the 1980’s, but since joining the Red Bull program it has gone on to develop talent for some of the greatest drivers including Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo, and Max Verstappen, however they have also had a number of drivers who just weren’t cut out for Formula 1.

5.) Sebastien Buemi, 3 Seasons,  29 Total Points, Average Point Finish of 
16th.

Sebastien Buemi had some pretty lackluster results in 3 Seasons at STR.  His most memorable moment was having his front tires break off his car at the 2010 Chinese Grand Prix

At least things for Buemi worked out in Formula E


4.)  Brendon Hartley 1 Season, 4 Total Points, Career best finish of 9th place at 2018 US Grand Prix

I personally feel like Brendon Hartley deserved at least one more season in Formula 1, but in his only full-time Formula 1 season in 2018 he only managed to finish in the points 3 times.

No real luck in F1 for the Kiwi driver

3.)  Sebastien Bourdais, 1.5 Seasons, 6 Total Points Scored, Career Best Finish of 7th (Twice)

This is the 3rd driver named Sebastien to drive for the Scuderia Toro Rosso.  Bourdais may not have had much success in Formula 1, but he is still one of the most successful drivers in the history of Indy Car/Champ Car/CART

Sebastian Bourdais

2.)  Vitantonio Liuzzi, 2 Seasons, 4 Total Points Scored,  Average Points finish of 19th.

Liuzzi was one of the original STR drivers; and Italian Driver for an Italian team, just seemed to make sense.  He drove for the team for 2 seasons, but only managed to score 4 points.


1.)  Scott Speed, 1.5 Seasons,  0 Total Points Scored, Career Best finish 9th (twice).

This one is hard for me to admit, because Scott Speed is one of my favorite race car drivers, and to date he was the last full-time Formula 1 driver from America, but his results in Formula 1 were very lackluster.   However, when Speed raced, only the Top 8 finishers received points, but he would have had scored a few points if they were using the modern points system.  He was also teammates with Vitantonio Liuzzi as well for the entirety of his career.

Don't worry, Scott, you still had success in other forms of racing


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