Minardi
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1991) | |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
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Race victories | 0 (best finish: 4th, 1991 San Marino Grand Prix, 1991 Portuguese Grand Prix and 1993 South African Grand Prix) |
Points | 38 |
Pole positions | 0 (best grid position: 2nd, 1990 United States Grand Prix) |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Final entry | 2005 Chinese Grand Prix |
Minardi was an Italian
During its time in F1, the team scored a total of 38 championship points; 16 of these were earned by the team's first driver, Pierluigi Martini. Martini also recorded the team's only front row start, qualifying 2nd at the 1990 United States Grand Prix, and he led a lap during the 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix, the only time a Minardi led a lap. The team never achieved a podium finish, only managing three 4th-place finishes: Martini twice in 1991 and Christian Fittipaldi in 1993.
In the 21 seasons, Minardi entered 37 drivers. Thirteen had Italian nationality (nine of whom raced during the time the team was owned by Giancarlo Minardi), the others came with 13 different nationalities (discounting Doornbos racing under a Monaco license in 2005). Martini holds the record for more starts with the team with 103 Grands Prix, followed by Gianni Morbidelli and Marc Gené with 33 starts.
Before Minardi's demise, the team was particularly well-liked within Formula One circles for its friendliness, accessibility, and lack of corporate culture.
History
The Minardi family has a longstanding involvement in motorsport. Giancarlo Minardi's grandfather had a Fiat dealership in Faenza since 1927, while his father, Giovanni Minardi, competed in his own cars in the late 1940s. The first Minardi car ever was the GM75 built by Giovanni Minardi: it had a 6 cylinder engine designed by Oberdan Golfieri and built by Antonio Lotti. Rino Ferniani drove it at the Circuito del Garda, retiring when he was leading the race.
After his father’s death, Giancarlo took over the racing part of the family business. He took the reins of the
In 1976, the team briefly ran a customer Formula One Ferrari 312T with Giancarlo Martini, uncle of Pierluigi Martini. Martini Sr. qualified 15th for the Race of Champions at Brands Hatch but failed to start the race after an accident during the warm-up lap. The team then competed at the BRDC International Trophy in Silverstone where Martini finished 10th. In 1979, Minardi received financial backing from well known Italian motor racing patron Piero Mancini and set up the Minardi racing team as a Formula Two constructor.[5]
Racing history
Formula Two (1980–1984)
The team first competed under the Minardi name in the
Minardi Formula One (1985–1993)
During 1984, Minardi took the decision to enter Formula One the following year.[8] Caliri designed the M184, the team's prototype Formula One car (intended as a dual purpose design for the new Formula 3000) around Alfa Romeo's V8 turbocharged engine but when engineer Carlo Chiti left Alfa Romeo to found Motori Moderni, Minardi became the only customer for his new V6 engine design. The engine was not ready for the start of the 1985 season, so the team converted their M185 chassis to accept a Cosworth DFV engine for the first two races. The single car team was unsuccessful in its first year, scoring no points. The new engine was underpowered and driver Pierluigi Martini finished only two races, although he was also classified 11th at the German Grand Prix despite stopping with engine problems.[9] Martini's best position was 8th in the 1985 Australian Grand Prix, behind Huub Rothengatter in an Osella.
Nonetheless, the team expanded to two cars for the
Minardi, Scuderia Italia and Fondmetal (1994–2000)
As the number of small teams shrank, Minardi slipped from the mid-field towards the back of the grid. Money woes hit and in 1994 Minardi merged with BMS Scuderia Italia in an effort to survive. Giancarlo Minardi retained 14.5% with the remaining 85.5% distributed between the Scuderia Italia investors (Emilio Gnutti, Giuseppe Lucchini and Vittorio Palazzani) and Defendente Marniga. In 1994, Martini finished 5th at both the 1994 Spanish Grand Prix and 1994 French Grand Prix, while Michele Alboreto scored his last point in Formula 1 with a 6th place in the 1994 Monaco Grand Prix. Acknowledging that the team was struggling, Bernie Ecclestone spoke to Flavio Briatore, who agreed to buy a share in the team in 1995. In 1996, Italian businessman Gabriele Rumi, former owner of the Fondmetal team switched his sponsorship support from Tyrrell to Minardi. He gradually increased his interest in the Faenza outfit, becoming co-owner and chairman. In 1997, Minardi teamed up with engine manufacturer Brian Hart. For the 2000 season the team were forced to use 1998-spec Ford Zetec-R V10 engines, which were rebadged as Fondmetal engines in deference to his financial input. However, Rumi's poor health forced him to withdraw his backing at the end of the season.
Points were rare during this time; Pedro Lamy scored his one and only point in Formula 1 with a 6th place in the 1995 Australian Grand Prix; this result was followed by a long barren spell until Marc Gené finished 6th in the 1999 European Grand Prix. That same race, Luca Badoer had been running fourth until his gearbox failed with 13 laps to go, at which point the Italian burst into tears next to his stricken car. Other Minardi drivers also came close to scoring points, including Shinji Nakano who finished 7th at the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix and Esteban Tuero, who finished 8th at the 1998 San Marino Grand Prix.
Minardi was known for not using pay drivers, but for the 2000 season, the team signed Argentinian Gastón Mazzacane, who only acquired the seat thanks to backing from the short-lived pay television channel Pan-American Sports Network.
European Minardi (2001–2005)
The team, now near collapse, was purchased by Australian businessman Paul Stoddart in early 2001, merging it with his European Racing Formula 3000 team. That season saw Fernando Alonso make his F1 debut for the team at the age of 19; though he (and the team) failed to score any points that year, his performance was impressive enough that the reborn Renault F1 team signed him for 2002. He was replaced by Mark Webber, another future race winner, and heavy attrition at his debut race in Melbourne saw him finish in the points in 5th, with teammate Alex Yoong just outside the points in 7th. During the season the team used Asiatech branded engines (formerly Peugeot), the rest of the season did not yield any further points for the team. The team finished above the newly debuted Toyota factory team who arguably had a much more sizable budget for the debut campaign than Minardi's budgets over several seasons combined. Minardi also finished ahead of the Arrows team who went bankrupt halfway through the season due to mounting debts and several mounting court cases against them.
From 2003 until their final season in 2005, Minardi used Ford Cosworth/Cosworth branded engines due to Asiatech folding at the end of the previous season. The Cosworth engines though not very reliable did help Minardi to some decent points scoring positions now and again.
Another memorable episode happened during the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix. The race was stopped just after 75% distance, after treacherous weather and a sequence of accidents, including a spin into the grass for lead Minardi driver Jos Verstappen. Stoddart later claimed that Verstappen had enough fuel on board to last until just after the time the red flag was eventually waved, due to the large number of safety car laps. Assuming Stoddart was being truthful, Verstappen may well have won this race had he not spun.
During its final years, the Minardi team was almost as famous for its politics as for its racing. Stoddart was described as the Formula One teams' unofficial shop steward. During his time as team principal, Stoddart campaigned for reduced costs in the sport. He appealed to the competing car manufacturers for an agreement where the independent (and, on the whole, financially weaker) teams in Formula One would get cheaper engine deals than at present. In return, the team principals who would benefit from this would support the works teams when it came to opposing new rule changes enforced by the FIA, such as the proposed ban on traction control. Before the start of the 2004 season, however, Stoddart threatened to withdraw his support against the ban on traction control, but later changed his mind. Midway through the 2004 season, the other teams voted to change the unpopular single lap qualifying system back to the old 1 hour format, but Stoddart voted against because it would also mean the 107% rule being reintroduced; this meant the change never occurred, as a unanimous vote was required to change something so significant in the middle of a season. Before the 2005 Australian Grand Prix, Stoddart initially threatened to withdraw his cars if they were made to comply with the revised regulations for 2005, claiming Minardi could not afford to do so. Once again Stoddart ended up withdrawing his threat. Stoddart also repeatedly called for the resignation of the FIA's President, Max Mosley, particularly in the aftermath of the 2005 United States Grand Prix where the majority of teams withdrew from the race due to safety concerns about their Michelin tyres. While Minardi had run Bridgestone tyres, Stoddart had offered to compromise with the Michelin teams but Mosley had rejected it.
In 2004, Minardi was represented by two rookies, Italian Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni and Hungarian Zsolt Baumgartner. During the year, they celebrated their 20th season in F1. Baumgartner scored Minardi's first point in more than 2 years at the United States Grand Prix, finishing 8th (albeit last). Baumgartner was also the first Hungarian to score a point in a World Championship F1 race.
In 2005, Minardi's drivers were
Red Bull purchase
In 2005, Paul Stoddart stated that he would sell Minardi if he could find the right buyer. Stoddart claimed that he had 41 approaches.
Ending several weeks of speculation on 10 September 2005 Red Bull announced it would take control of Minardi in November and run it as their "rookie team" from 2006.[12]
Minardi fans worldwide immediately started an online petition
Racing return for Minardi
Giancarlo Minardi and Paul Stoddart have both made use of the Minardi name in new motorsport ventures.
On 1 January 2006, Giancarlo Minardi re-acquired certain rights to use the Minardi name in racing. He also announced that he was licensing the Minardi name to established team GP Racing in the junior Euro Formula 3000 series, to be entitled 'Minardi Team by GP Racing'.
In 2006, Paul Stoddart declared his intention to enter a new team called 'European Minardi F1 Team Ltd' into Formula One beginning in
Stoddart retains the right to use the Minardi name for a British-registered company.
Heads of Minardi F1
- Owners
- 1985–1995 Giancarlo Minardi
- 1996–1997 Giancarlo Minardi and Flavio Briatore
- 1997–2000 Giancarlo Minardi and Gabriele Rumi
- 2001–2005 Paul Stoddart
- Technical Directors
- 1985–1988 Giacomo Caliri
- 1989–1995 Aldo Costa
- 1996–1998 Gabriele Tredozi
- 1999–2000 Gustav Brunner
- 2001–2005 Gabriele Tredozi
- Sporting Director
- 1998–2000 Cesare Fiorio
- 2001–2004 John Walton
- Commercial / Marketing Directors
- 1998–2000 Massimo Rivola
- 2001–2002 Rupert Manwaring
- 2003–2005 Paul Jordan
Complete Formula One results
(key)
Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Points | WCC |
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1985 | M185 | Ford DFY 3.0 V8 | P | BRA | POR | SMR | MON | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | BEL | EUR | RSA | AUS | 0 | NC | ||||
Pierluigi Martini | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Motori Moderni 615-90 1.5 V6 t | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11† | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 8 | |||||||||||
1986 | M185B M186 |
Motori Moderni 615-90 1.5 V6 t | P | BRA | ESP | SMR | MON | BEL | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | AUT | ITA | POR | MEX | AUS | 0 | NC | ||||
Andrea de Cesaris | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | |||||||||
Alessandro Nannini | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | |||||||||
1987 | M187 | Motori Moderni 615-90 1.5 V6 t | G | BRA | SMR | BEL | MON | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | AUT | ITA | POR | ESP | MEX | JPN | AUS | 0 | NC | ||||
Adrián Campos | DSQ | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||||||
Alessandro Nannini | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 16 | 11† | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | |||||||||
1988 | M188 | Ford DFZ 3.5 V8 | G | BRA | SMR | MON | MEX | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 1 | 10th | ||||
Adrián Campos | Ret | 16 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pierluigi Martini | 6 | 15 | 15 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 13 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Luis Pérez-Sala | Ret | 11 | Ret | 11 | 13 | Ret | NC | Ret | DNQ | 10 | DNQ | Ret | 8 | 12 | 15 | Ret | |||||||||
1989 | M188B M189 |
Ford DFR 3.5 V8 | P | BRA | SMR | MON | MEX | USA | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 6 | 11th | ||||
Pierluigi Martini | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 6 | ||||||||||
Paolo Barilla | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luis Pérez-Sala | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNQ | 6 | DNQ | Ret | 15 | 8 | 12 | Ret | Ret | DNQ | |||||||||
1990 | M189B M190 |
Ford DFR 3.5 V8 | P | USA | BRA | SMR | MON | CAN | MEX | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 0 | NC | ||||
Pierluigi Martini | 7 | 9 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 8 | 9 | |||||||||
Paolo Barilla | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | DNQ | 14 | DNQ | 12 | Ret | 15 | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||
Gianni Morbidelli | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1991 | M191 | Ferrari 037 3.5 V12 | G | USA | BRA | SMR | MON | CAN | MEX | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 6 | 7th | ||||
Pierluigi Martini | 9 | Ret | 4 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 12† | Ret | 4 | 13 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||
Gianni Morbidelli | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 13 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 14† | Ret | ||||||||||
Roberto Moreno | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992 | M191B M191L M192 |
Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12 | G | RSA | MEX | BRA | ESP | SMR | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | JPN | AUS | 1 | 12th | ||||
Christian Fittipaldi | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 8 | 13 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Alessandro Zanardi
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DNQ | Ret | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Gianni Morbidelli | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 8 | 17† | 12 | DNQ | 16 | Ret | 14 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||
1993 | M193 | Ford HBC6 3.5 V8 | G | RSA | BRA | EUR | SMR | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | JPN | AUS | 7 | 8th | ||||
Christian Fittipaldi | 4 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 12† | 11 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||
Jean-Marc Gounon | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fabrizio Barbazza | Ret | Ret | 6 | 6 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||
Pierluigi Martini | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 8 | 10 | Ret | |||||||||||||||||
1994 | M193B M194 |
Ford HBC7/8 3.5 V8 | G | BRA | PAC | SMR | MON | ESP | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | EUR | JPN | AUS | 5 | 10th | ||||
Pierluigi Martini | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 9 | 5 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 12 | 15 | Ret | 9 | |||||||||
Michele Alboreto | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | 9 | Ret | 13 | 14 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||
1995 | M195 | Ford EDM 3.0 V8 | G | BRA | ARG | SMR | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | EUR | PAC | JPN | AUS | 1 | 10th | |||
Pierluigi Martini | DNS | Ret | 12 | 14 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||
Pedro Lamy | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 13 | 11 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Luca Badoer | Ret | DNS | 14 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 11 | 15 | 9 | Ret | ||||||||
1996 | M195B | Ford ED2 3.0 V8 Ford ED3 3.0 V8 |
G | AUS | BRA | ARG | EUR | SMR | MON | ESP | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | JPN | 0 | NC | ||||
Pedro Lamy | Ret | 10 | Ret | 12 | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 16 | 12 | |||||||||
Giancarlo Fisichella | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
Tarso Marques | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Giovanni Lavaggi | DNQ | 10† | DNQ | Ret | 15 | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||
1997 | M197 | Hart 830 AV7 3.0 V8
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B | AUS | BRA | ARG | SMR | MON | ESP | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | AUT | LUX | JPN | EUR | 0 | NC | |||
Ukyo Katayama | Ret | 18 | Ret | 11 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 14 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 17 | ||||||||
Jarno Trulli | 9 | 12 | 9 | DNS | Ret | 15 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||
Tarso Marques | Ret | 10 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 14 | EX | Ret | Ret | 15 | |||||||||||||||
1998 | M198 | Ford JD Zetec-R 3.0 V10 | B | AUS | BRA | ARG | SMR | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR | AUT | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | LUX | JPN | 0 | NC | ||||
Shinji Nakano | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 7 | 17† | 8 | 11 | Ret | 15 | 8 | Ret | 15 | Ret | |||||||||
Esteban Tuero | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 15 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||
1999 | M01 | Ford VJM1 Zetec-R 3.0 V10 Ford VJM2 Zetec-R 3.0 V10 |
B | AUS | BRA | SMR | MON | ESP | CAN | FRA | GBR | AUT | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | EUR | MAL | JPN | 1 | 10th | ||||
Luca Badoer | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||
Stéphane Sarrazin | Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marc Gené | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 16 | Ret | 6 | 9 | Ret | |||||||||
2000 | M02 | Ford Cosworth Zetec-R (badged as Fondmetal) 3.0 V10 | B | AUS | BRA | SMR | GBR | ESP | EUR | MON | CAN | FRA | AUT | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | USA | JPN | MAL | 0 | NC | |||
Marc Gené | 8 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 16† | 15 | 8 | Ret | 15 | 14 | 9 | 12 | Ret | Ret | ||||||||
Gastón Mazzacane | Ret | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 8 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 12 | 11 | Ret | 17 | 10 | Ret | 15 | 13† | ||||||||
2001 | PS01 PS01B |
Ford Zetec-R (badged as European) 3.0 V10 | M | AUS | MAL | BRA | SMR | ESP | AUT | MON | CAN | EUR | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | USA | JPN | 0 | NC | |||
Tarso Marques | Ret | 14 | 9 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 15 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 13 | |||||||||||
Alex Yoong | Ret | Ret | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fernando Alonso | 12 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | 17† | 16 | 10 | Ret | DNS | 13 | Ret | 11 | ||||||||
2002 | PS02 | Asiatech AT02 3.0 V10 | M | AUS | MAL | BRA | SMR | ESP | AUT | MON | CAN | EUR | GBR | FRA | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | USA | JPN | 2 | 9th | |||
Alex Yoong | 7 | Ret | 13 | DNQ | DNS | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | DNQ | 10 | DNQ | 13 | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||
Anthony Davidson | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mark Webber | 5 | Ret | 11 | 11 | DNS | 12 | 11 | 11 | 15 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 16 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | ||||||||
2003 | PS03 | Cosworth CR-3 3.0 V10 | B | AUS | MAL | BRA | SMR | ESP | AUT | MON | CAN | EUR | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | ITA | USA | JPN | 0 | 10th | ||||
Justin Wilson | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 14 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
Nicolas Kiesa | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jos Verstappen | 11 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 14 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 10 | 15 | |||||||||
2004 | PS04B | Cosworth CR-3L 3.0 V10 | B | AUS | MAL | BHR | SMR | ESP | MON | EUR | CAN | USA | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | CHN | JPN | BRA | 1 | 10th | ||
Gianmaria Bruni | NC | 14 | 17 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 18† | 16 | 17 | 14 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | 17 | |||||||
Zsolt Baumgartner | Ret | 16 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 9 | 15 | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 15 | Ret | 15 | 16 | Ret | 16 | |||||||
2005 | PS04B PS05 |
Cosworth CR-3L 3.0 V10 Cosworth TJ2005 3.0 V10 |
B | AUS | MAL | BHR | SMR | ESP | MON | EUR | CAN | USA | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | TUR | ITA | BEL | BRA | JPN | CHN | 7 | 10th | |
Patrick Friesacher | 17 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 18 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 19 | ||||||||||||||
Robert Doornbos | 18 | Ret | 13 | 18 | 13 | Ret | 14 | 14† | |||||||||||||||||
Christijan Albers | Ret | 13 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 17 | 11 | 5 | Ret | 18 | 13 | NC | Ret | 19 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16† |
See also
References
- ^ "Red Bull Finalizes Minardi Deal". Motorsport. 11 September 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "F1 reveals human side after Walton death". Independent. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "LEGEND OF MINARDI F1 – THE LITTLE TEAM THAT TOOK ON THE GIANTS OF F1". Columnm. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "Review of the Year: 10th - Minardi". Grand Prix. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ a b Constructors: Minardi GrandPrix.com; Retrieved 2 August 2006
- ^ A samba that never got into tune 8W, October 2000; Retrieved 10 August 2006.
- ISBN 1-901432-17-3.
- ^ "Minardi History". Italia Speed. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ISBN 0-905138-37-6.
- ^ Irvine in talks over Minardi sale BBC Sport, 2 September 2005
- ^ "Red Bull to buy Minardi". RTE. 10 September 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Red Bull swoop for Minardi deal BBC Sport, 10 September 2005
- ^ ForzaMinardi.com 2005 Forza Minardi; Retrieved 28 May 2015
- ^ Minardi name back in racing ITV Sport; Retrieved 2 August 2006 Archived 22 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Double" podium for the Minardi team in Spa Minardi; Retrieved 2 August 2006 Archived 26 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Minardi moving on up" GrandPrix.com, 3 October 2006
- ^ Stoddart to re-enter F1 with Minardi in 2008 F1Racing.net, retrieved 2 August 2006 Archived 19 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Champ Car News: Stoddart confirms Champ Car move". Autosport. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 18 December 2006.
Further reading
- Vigar, Simon (2008). Forza Minardi!. Veloce Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84584-160-7.
- Pasini, Stefano (2010). Gian Carlo Minardi racconta 35 anni di gare: dalla Formula Italia alla Formula 1. C&C. ISBN 978-88-86622-91-2.
External links
- Minardi Sito Ufficale
- Minardi Team International Site Minardi Team International Site
- Minardi's F1 history Chequered Flag Motorsport
- ForzaMinardi.com - English fan site
- Formula Two championship results
- Minardi F1 Chassis Design Case History NEI Software