200 is this weekend's magic number

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Toro Rosso and Nico Rosberg are linked by landmark celebrations featuring the number 200 this weekend.

The 2016 Singapore Grand Prix will be Toro Rosso's 200th race in Formula One. The team made its first appearance in the sport in the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix with drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and Scott Speed. Liuzzi claimed the team's first point during its maiden season in the US Grand Prix, while their first and only pole position, podium and victory were scored by Sebastian Vettel at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.

Also making his Grand Prix début at the same Grand Prix on March 12 2006 was Nico Rosberg, then driving for Williams. He finished that race in the points, seventh behind teammate Mark Webber, recorded the fastest lap in the process meaning that he became the youngest driver to do so in Formula One history to date.

Neither Toro Rosso nor Rosberg have missed a Grand Prix race weekend since then, which is why they both arrive at this weekend's race notching up the same milestone of 200 race starts. Let's hoep they enjoy many more to come.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.