Scuderia Toro Rosso has appointed Alex Hitzinger as its new Technical Director.The 35 year old German will also fill the role of Head of Advanced Technologiesfor Red Bull F1, looking into research and development of new technologies suchas energy recovery for future use in Formula 1.

Hitzinger takes up his new position on 1st November 2006 and will work out of theScuderia Toro Rosso facility in Faenza (Italy.) Since 2000, Hitzinger has worked atCosworth,   firstly   as   Head   of   the   Ford   Cosworth   World   Rally   Championship programme  and  then  as  Head  of  F1  Development.  Prior  to  that,  he  worked  at Toyota, on their Rally and F1 projects.