As some of you may have heard of the new STR car ‘STR5′ which launched in Valencia earlier this month. The car represents a first for the former Minardi team, as the STR5 is the first chassis to be designed and built by the team. Scuderia Toro Rosso previously used a similar chassis to that of parent team Red Bull Racing, the rules allowing this to happen. However, with a change in the regulations comes a change in the car .

The New STR5

The livery has seen a minor make-over.It has a little more red on the front of the car,with flowing gold lines stretching over the moncoque and around the cockpit. In my personal opinion, the car looks more interesting and more fierce . As if it says ‘We are ready for the new race!’

The car, to be driven by an unchanged lineup from 2009 of Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari

STR has been testing their new STR5 in Barcelona this week. Here we have a special day-by-day report on the test drive live from Circuit de Catalunya. See the next Blog article .