As reported at a number of outlets, Scuderia Toro Rosso are to stick with their old car for at least one more race, with a lack of spare parts forcing them to abandon plans to introduce their new STR3 at this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix.
The Faenza-based outfit had been scheduled to run their definitive 2008 [...]

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Autosport.com is reporting that Scuderia Toro Rosso have been put up for sale, with joint owner Dietrich Mateschitz wanting a new buyer to be in place by the end of next season.
The Italian outfit have been surrounded by speculation for months that Mateschitz and fellow shareholder Gerhard Berger were looking at selling the team - [...]

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Grandprix.com is reporting that Scuderia Toro Rosso will have its new cars this year in Turkey. The team will use an updated version of the STR2 for the first few races of the year and hopes that the team’s knowledge of the car will bring good results before the team switches to newer machinery.

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ManipeF1.com is reporting that Gascoyne has threatened to quit if Force India signs Ralf Schumacher (who is a close friend of the new owner). Apparently, Mike Gascoyne believes it was Ralf who instigated his having to leave Toyota.

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As reported in Autosport, the Prodrive entry for the 2008 F1 season is now in question. There are two problems with the entry:

The Concorde agreement is meant to expire at the end of this season. The Concorde agreement does not allow for customer cars. There is meant to be a new agreement for 2008 and [...]

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