Toro Rosso confirms unchanged driver line-up for 2020 F1 season
Pierre Gasl✱y and 🐓Daniil Kvyat will continue racing for the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team in 2020.
After Red Bull announced Alexander Albon would partne🐼r Max Verstappen for next season, confirmation of an unchanged driver line-up at🌜 its sister team Toro Rosso seemed a formality.
Toro Rosso officiaܫlly confirmed the news shortly after Red Bull's announcement, with Gasly and Kvyat being retained at the Faenza squad for next year.
Gasly rejoined Toro Rosso at♐ the Belgian Grand Prix in August after being replaced by Albon at Red Bull.

Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat will �൩�continue racing for the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team in 2020.
After Red Bull announced Alexander Albon would partner Max Ve💫rstappen for next s🍰eason, confirmation of an unchanged driver line-up at its sister team Toro Rosso seemed a formality.
Toro Rosso officially confirmed the n💫ews shortly after Red Bull's announc𒅌ement, with Gasly and Kvyat being retained at the Faenza squad for next year.
Gasly ওrejoined Toro Rosso at the Belgian Grand Prix in August after bein𒁃g replaced by Albon at Red Bull.
The Frenchman struggled to adapt to life at Red Bull and ultimately lost his seat due to his performances, however, though he has regained confidence and fo🔯rm since returning to Toro Rosso.
Gasly has finished in the points o🔜n four occassions since his s💃ummer switch, taking a best result of seventh place in Japan to sit eighth in the championship.
"ꦐI'm rea💧lly happy to continue with the team for 2020 and I’m sure we have exciting challenges ahead of us," he said.
"Toro Rosso has always given me the best chances to perform every season and I'm super motivated and deꦡdicated to repaying them with the best results possible next ye🍎ar.
"Toro Rosso has been improving year after ye🙈ar and it's great to be a part of the journey. I'm very excited to see what we can achieve together in 2020."
Teammate Kvyat has also impressed throu💫ghout 2019 and recorded Toro Rosso's second-ever podium finish with a remarkable drive to third at the German Grand Prix in Jul💜y.
The Russian has only managed two points finishes in the last seven races but occupies 13th spot in the drivers' standings having collected a totaꦏl of 34 points.
"It's great to be confirmed with the team for 2020," Kvyat added.&nbsꦛp;
"I'm really happy because I feel very comfortable with everyone here, I know the team and they know me very well, so it’s easy to un💃derstand everyone’s needs.
"We've achieved gr🃏eat things together, like our podium this year in Germany, so I hope to deliver a very strong season again for this team next y♚ear.
"I'm grateful for the opportunity to continue in Formula 1 and I will give it my all to show the best possible performances next year. I'm really looking forward to🍰 more✨ exciting times together."
Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost added: “🍨I’m delighted to retain Pierre and Daniil for next season.
"Both drivers have shown really good performances this season and they have proven in their years in F1 to be very competiti🎉ve, able to exploꩵit the car’s potential and give valuable feedback to make improvements.
"This young but experienced duo, combined with hopefully a competitive car, will be the best factors to achieve a very successful season in 2020 and I'꧃m looking forward to this extended cooperation."
The news leaves just Williams as the sole-remaining team yet to formalise its🌳 2020 line-up.
Formula 2 front🀅runner Nicholas Latifi is expected to be announced as Robert Kubica's replacement to partner George Russell, though Williams will wait until the end of the season to confirm its plans.

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