Motori Moderni

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Motori Moderni (Modern Engines) was a Formula One engine manufacturer from 1985 through 1987. It was established in Novara by Italian engine designer Carlo Chiti.

Chiti, a former

In 1986, as the Minardi team expanded to running two cars, Martini was replaced with Andrea de Cesaris, and paired with F1 rookie Alessandro Nannini, who showed his class by often out pacing his more experienced countryman. Again, no points were scored with the Motori Moderni engines rated at approximately 780 bhp (582 kW; 791 PS) next to the leading Honda, BMW, Ferrari, Renault and TAG-Porsche units which were producing well over 950 bhp (708 kW; 963 PS) in race trim (the BMW was said to be the most powerful qualifying engine at around 1,400 bhp (1,044 kW; 1,419 PS)).

The AGS team was Motori Moderni's second customer. The team only participated in two races during the 1986 season, with Ivan Capelli retiring from both the Italian and Portuguese Grands Prix.

1987

1987 would be the last season the Motori Moderni engine would be used in Formula One. Minardi, who had retained Nannini after an impressive debut season, replaced de Cesaris (who had moved to

At the 1987 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, Nannini qualified an impressive 13th on the grid only 3.434 behind Gerhard Berger's pole winning Ferrari. Unfortunately his race only lasted a few hundred metres as he was pushed into the fence just out of the chicane after the start. Campos qualified 26th and last (3.42 seconds slower than Nannini), with his race ending with transmission failure after 46 of the scheduled 82 laps.

With 1988 being the final year for the turbos in Formula One (until 2014), Motori Moderni pulled out of the sport at the end of 1987 rather than try to adapt the engine for an even lower pop-off valve limit of 2.5 bar and a lower fuel limit of just 150 litres. As a result Minardi switched to the Cosworth DFZ engine in 1988.

Subaru

In late 1988 Chiti was commissioned by

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WCC	Points
1985	Minardi Team SpA	Minardi M185	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6t	P		BRA	POR	SMR	MON	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	BEL	EUR	RSA	AUS	—	0
					Pierluigi Martini			Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11†	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	8
1986	Minardi Team SpA	M185B M186	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6t	P		BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	MEX	AUS	—	0
					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	NC	14	Ret
	Jolly Club SpA	AGS JH21C	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6t	G	Ivan Capelli													Ret	Ret			—	0
1987	Minardi Team SpA	Minardi M187	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6t	G		BRA	SMR	BEL	MON	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	ESP	MEX	JPN	AUS	—	0
					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

^† — Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

• Profile at GrandPrix.com
• Statistics at StatsF1.com