AlphaTauri transformation: Can it follow Red Bull to success?

After a number of disappointing seasons without progression, changeis afoot at AlphaTauri. New management has come in to replace theretired Franz Tost, whilst a rebrand will instigate new vigour intothe team's identity. So with efforts being made off-track toimprove the team's fortunes, will the on-track formula yieldsatisfactory results? Management changes Tost had been at the helmsince Red Bull acquired the former Minardi team ahead of the 2006season, guiding what has been viewed as the junior - ordevelopmental - outfit for the energy drink giant's main F1 effort.That has been evident throughout its history, bringing throughdrivers as youngsters and providing experience in F1 machinery andallowing those that blossom to make the step into the Red Bull.Other than David Coulthard, Christian Klien, Mark Webber and SergioPerez, every other Red Bull driver has been drafted through thejunior programme and Toro Rosso or AlphaTauri. Even those whodidn't make it to Red Bull found success elsewhere, like Jean-EricVergne and Sebastian Buemi, who have both become World Championssince leaving F1. Yet with Tost now retired and a new managementstructure of CEO Peter Bayer and Team Principal Laurent Mekies, anew philosophy of mixing experience with youth seems to have beentaken on. Daniel Ricciardo has been selected for a return to afull-time seat alongside Yuki Tsunoda to create that perfect blend,with what the management hopes will take the team forward from itseighth-place in last season's Constructors' standings. Red Bullaffiliation But that's not the biggest change to be implemented bythe new hierarchy. Whilst Tost was in charge, the secondary outfitdid not fully exploit F1's technical regulations regarding theacquisition of components as a customer. Although some parts weretaken on and applied to its machinery from Red Bull, AlphaTauri hadopted to make its own components instead. The question is, whywould you turn down components, albeit a season old, from one ofthe most successful cars on the grid? It's a question which the newmanagement is moving to answer. As quoted by Autosport , Bayer hasexplained the team is moving its aerodynamics base from Bicester toa larger facility near Red Bull's factory in Milton Keynes. It isplanned that a larger number of components will be taken from theall-conquering RB19 and added to the new car this year to try andhelp advance the team up the grid. It seems like a no-lose strategyfor both parties, though the worry would be that the fortune of oneteam impacts the other. However, if everything marries in thecorrect way, there is no reason why the newly-branded 'second team'can't force its way into the top five of the Constructors'standings in the coming years.