Thread: Team Scuderia Toro Rosso: Now with HONDA
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Old 19 Sep 2017, 23:52 (Ref:3768662)   #59
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JABWOA should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Will this be the first time Minardi/Toro Rosso have had a works engine deal?
Appears Minardi's first F1 adventure was with a works deal - the Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6t.

Also the only team to run Brian Harts' 830 3.0 V8 in 1994 but may have just been cheaper supply.

Fun Fact - also the first team in modern F1 times to use customer Ferrari engines, in 1991.
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