Toro Rosso sets launch date for 2017 car

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Scuderia Toro Rosso will introduce its 2017 STR12 charging bull in Barcelona on February 26, just a day before pre-season testing gets underway.

The team, including drivers Carlos Sainz and Daniil Kvyat, as well as team boss Franz Tost and tech cheifs James Key and BenX-Waterhouse, will be present in the pitlane of the Circuit de Catalunya just outside Toro Rosso's garage for the grand premiere.

Toro Rosso also announced that Carlos Sainz would have the privilege of giving the new STR12 its track baptism.

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