Didi Mateschitz agrees: "I'm very grateful to Gerhard for his enormous input. Together we have made Toro Rosso a team which, from 2008 onwards, will regularly qualify for the Top Ten and collect Championship Points."

From the beginning, Red Bull was responsible for the financial and technical development of the Team, whereas Gerhard Berger focused on steering the athletic side.

"A 100% financing of a joint project by one partner can only make sense, to my mind, at an initial stage," Gerhard Berger emphasised. "This stage is over now. That's why Red Bull will take over the shares again."

"Red Bull will now run Toro Rosso alone on this basis, as well as remaining a partner of Berger Logistik," added Didi Mateschitz.

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