Red Bull Acquire Toro Rosso.... Again

In a somewhat unexpected move, Red Bull has re-acquired the 50% stake in the Toro Rosso team owned by Gerhard Berger.

A surprising move to say the least, given that Red Bull supremo, Dietrich Mateschitz, stated earlier in the season of his intention to sell his half. At the time of that announcement, the situation regarding customer car usage was against their usage.

Of course, that was back in March. A lot has happened in the sport and the world since then. With the economic downturn and the desire of everyone to tighten their belts, there have been rumours in the media about revisiting the topic. A situation like that would definitely entice Red Bull to continue their investment in the team that they use to groom their future talent.

With that in mind though, why upset the status quo? There is nothing wrong with how the Toro Rosso team ran this year. As the old adage goes, if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.

In fact, one wonders if they ran too well. In the second half of the season, the junior Red Bull squad easily out-raced their sister team. Perhaps, and this is simply just my own personal thought on it, that they plan to merge the two teams in the future to get to improve the overall Red Bull package.

Honestly, that is the only thing that comes to mind with the deal. Unless of course that a decision on customer cars is further up the road than we are led to believe. Naturally, I could be completely off the ball on this. But I wouldn’t be surprised if more on this deal comes to light in the future.