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Founders = [Giancarlo Minardi |
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Minardi is an automobile racing team and constructor founded in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. It competed in the
Formula One World Championship from
1985 until 2005 with little success, nevertheless acquiring a small but loyal following of fans. In 2001, to save the team from folding, Minardi sold it to Australian businessman
Paul Stoddart, who ran the team for five years before selling it on to Red Bull in 2005. The team was then renamed Scuderia Toro Rosso,
Italian language for
Team Red Bull.
During its time in F1, the team scored a total of 38 championship points (although under the modern points system this number would almost quadruple). Just under half of these were taken by the team's first driver, Pierluigi Martini. Martini also recorded the team's only front row start and actually led a lap during a heroic performance in 1989. In spite of this, the team never achieved a podium finish in its history, only managing a best place of 4th three times: Martini twice in 1991 and
Christian Fittipaldi in 1993.
Origins
The Minardi family has a longstanding involvement in motorsport. The family has run a Fiat dealership since 1927. Giovanni Minardi competed in his own cars in the late 1940s and after his death his son Giancarlo took over the racing part of the family business. He ran customer cars in Formula Two under various names from 1972 to 1979 — even briefly running a customer Formula One
Ferrari 312T as Scuderia Everest in 1976 — before gaining financial backing from well known Italian motor racing patron Piero Mancini in 1979 to set up the Minardi racing team as a constructor.Constructors: Minardi www.grandprix.com Retrieved 2 August 2006.
Racing History
Formula Two (1980–1984)
The Minardi team first competed under that name in the
1980 European Formula Two season championship. Rather than using a customer chassis, the team commissioned a BMW powered design from Giacomo Caliri's FLY studios — previously responsible for the Fittipaldi Automotive team's F5A Formula One car.A samba that never got into tune 8w.forix.com Retrieved 10 August 2006. Giancarlo led the Minardi team to four moderately successful Formula Two seasons with a variety of young Italian and South American drivers, including Alessandro Nannini and
Johnny Cecotto. The team's most notable result being a 1981 win at the
Misano Circuit round by Michele Alboreto. Minardi left the lower division at the end of 1984, although in 1986 a modified version of their final Formula Two car, the 283, was entered without success in two rounds of the
Formula 3000 championship which had replaced Formula Two in 1985.
Minardi Formula One (1985–1993)
event at
Brands Hatch in September 2005
During 1984, Minardi took the decision to enter Formula One the following year. Caliri designed the team's prototype Formula One car (intended as a dual purpose design for the new
Formula 3000) around
Alfa Romeo in motorsport 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 Formula One season, so the team converted their Minardi M85 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 1985 German Grand Prix despite stopping with engine problems.
Nonetheless, the team expanded to two cars for the
1986 Formula One season. There was little success initially competing with
Motori Moderni until 1987 and then
Cosworth engines. The team picked up in competitiveness and by 1989 had become top entrant for
Pirelli's return to Formula One. The team were moderately successful in the midfield through the early 1990s, giving a succession of Italian drivers their first chance at the top level, including
Alessandro Nannini, Pierluigi Martini and Gianni Morbidelli. Martini in particular was synonymous with the team, eventually having three spells with the team. He drove for them on their debut in 1985, scored their first point in the 1988 USA Grand Prix, took their only front-row start at 1990 USA Grand Prix (aided by special Pirelli tyres; several of their other drivers had surprise qualifying results that day), their only lap leading a race in the 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix, and scored their joint-best F1 result of 4th.
Minardi, Scuderia Italia and Fondmetal (1994–2000)
driving for Minardi at the
1994 British Grand Prix.
Through the mid-1990s the team was the nucleus around which the community of Italian Formula One constructors collapsed. It was the first team in modern times to make use of engines from
Scuderia Ferrari in 1991 and later used
Lamborghini V12s for a season. 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 joined his team with Scuderia Italia in an effort to survive. Giancarlo retained 14.5% with the remaining 15.5% distributed between the Scuderia Italia investors (Emilio Gnutti, Giuseppe Lucchini and Vittorio Palazzani) and Defendente Marniga. The Minardi team was then controlled by
Flavio Briatore. In 1996 Italian businessman Gabriele Rumi, former owner of the
Fondmetal team switched his sponsorship support from Tyrrell Racing to Minardi. He would gradually increased his interest in the
Faenza outfit, becoming co-owner and chairman. For the 2000 season the team were forced to use 1998-spec
Ford Motor Company Zetec-R V10 engines, which were rebadged as Fondmetal engines in deference to his financial input. However, Rumi had contracted cancer, and was forced to withdraw his backing in 2000.
European Minardi (2001–2005)
driving the Minardi PS02 at the
2002 French Grand Prix.
The team, near collapse, was purchased by
Australian businessman Paul Stoddart in early 2001, merging it with his European Racing Formula 3000 team. During its final years, the Minardi team was almost as famous for its politics as 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
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, such as the proposed ban on traction control.
Before the start of the 2004 season, he threatened to withdraw his support against the ban on traction control, but later withdrew this threat. Before the
2005 Australian Grand Prix Australian Grand Prix Stoddart initially threatened to withdraw his cars if they were made to comply with the revised regulations for 2005. Stoddart claimed that Minardi could not afford to adapt their cars. Once again Stoddart ended up withdrawing his threat. Stoddart has also repeatedly called for the resignation of the FIA's President, Max Mosley, particularly in the aftermath of the
2005 United States Grand Prix.
One of Minardi's most famous performances came at the
2002 Australian Grand Prix. It was Australian driver Mark Webber's first Formula One race. At his and Stoddart's home grand prix he brought the car home in fifth place to score two World Championship points — a rare occurrence for Minardi.
driving at the
2004 United States Grand Prix.
Minardi was represented in
2004 by two rookies,
Italy Gianmaria Bruni and
Hungary 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 (only 8 cars finished the 2004 USGP). Baumgartner was also the first Hungarian to score a point in a World Championship F1 race.
driving the Minardi PS05, the last Minardi chassis to be produced, at
Silverstone Circuit.
In 2005, Minardi's drivers were Christijan Albers and Patrick Friesacher. They amassed a comparatively astronomical total of 7 points following the debacle of the 2005 United States Grand Prix, in which they finished fifth and sixth (of six runners) respectively. After his sponsors stopped paying him before the 2005 German Grand Prix,
Patrick Friesacher was to be replaced by Dutch Jordan test driver Robert Doornbos to create the first ever all-Dutch driver line-up in Formula One history.
Before Minardi's demise, they were a particularly well-liked team on the Formula One circuit for many reasons. In the paddock, they were noted for their friendliness, accessibility, and lack of corporate culture (they were universally regarded as having the best
espresso in F1). On the track, their cars were regarded by many as well-designed for their tiny budget, their lowly position more a function of lack of funds (and engine power) rather than a necessarily poor car. They also resisted employing pay-drivers more so than most other financially strapped teams, producing an impressive alumni including Grand Prix winners
Alessandro Nannini,
Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli and current World Champion Fernando Alonso. It has also provided drives for Indy Racing League winners Christian Fittipaldi and
Alex Zanardi.
Heads of Minardi F1
at the
2005 Australian Grand Prix.
- Owners
- 1985–2000 Giancarlo Minardi
- 1996 Flavio Briatore — co-owned
- 1996–2000 Gabriele Rumi — co-owned
- 2001–2005 Paul Stoddart
- Technical Directors
Red Bull purchase
Paul Stoddart stated that he would sell Minardi if he could find the right buyer. Stoddart claimed that he had 41 approaches.Irvine in talks over Minardi sale news.bbc.co.uk Retrieved 2 August 2006 His criteria for a sale was the ability of a buyer to move the team forward and leave the team based in Faenza. The drinks manufacturer
Red Bull, which already owns another Formula One team, Red Bull Racing, decided to set up a second team to promote United States drivers that have risen through its young driver programme, Red Bull Driver Search.
Ending several weeks of speculation on September 10 2005 Red Bull announced it would take control of Minardi in November and run it as their "rookie team" from 2006.Red Bull swoop for Minardi deal news.bbc.co.uk Retrieved 2 August 2006 Crucially for the future of Formula One after the current
Concorde agreement expires, the purchase of Minardi by
Dietrich Mateschitz gives another supporter for maintenance of the current series.
Minardi fans worldwide immediately started an online petitionMinardi petition Retrieved 14 September 2005 to save the Minardi team name and the team's 20-year heritage in F1 after the news broke. The petition was not successful and it was announced that Minardi would be re-named as the Squadra Toro Rosso team for 2006, later changing that further to become Scuderia Toro Rosso. This simply means Red Bull Team in Italian.
Racing return for Minardi
Giancarlo Minardi and Paul Stoddart are both making use of the Minardi name in new motorsports ventures. On
January 30 2006, Giancarlo Minardi announced that he had bought back the rights to use the Minardi name in racing from Paul Stoddart. He also announced a partnership in the junior Euro Formula 3000 series with established team GP Racing — to be entitled 'Minardi Team by GP racing'.Minardi name back in racing www.itv-f1.com Retrieved 2 August 2006 The team have raced with moderate success to date, scoring a podium in each leg of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps round in June 2006."Double" podium for the Minardi team in Spa www.minarditeam.com Retrieved 2 August 2006 On
3 October, it was announced that Minardi would combine forces with the HiTech Racing team in the GP2 Series for 2007. "Minardi moving on up" Retrieved 4 October 2006 This is because
Nelson Angelo Piquet has graduated from the series, and the team bearing his name is no longer needed to advance his career.
On
March 28 2006, Paul Stoddart declared his intention to enter a Formula One team under the title 'European Minardi F1 team Ltd' for the
2008 Formula One season Formula One World Championship. His application was unsuccessful, as Minardi was beaten to the position by David Richards (racing) Prodrive outfit.Stoddart to re-enter F1 with Minardi in 2008 www.f2racing.net retrieved 2 August 2006 On
November 3, Stoddart announced that he expects to run a team in the U.S. based Champ Car series next season. Stoddart told Reuters that it was "almost a certainty that Minardi will be in Champ Car in 2007." On
December 18, it was confirmed that Paul Stoddart had purchased the controlling interest in the CTE Racing-HVM Champ Car team and that the team would be renamed Minardi Team USA. Stoddart retains the right to use the Minardi name as a British-registered company.
Complete Formula One results
(
:Template:F1 driver results legend 2){| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"! 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|-! rowspan="2"| 1985 Formula One season| rowspan="2"| Minardi M185| rowspan="2"| Ford Motor Company Cosworth DFV V8 engine,
Motori Moderni V6 engine-Turbo| rowspan="2"| ||| 1985 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1985 Portuguese Grand Prix|| 1985 San Marino Grand Prix||
1985 Monaco Grand Prix||
1985 Canadian Grand Prix||
1985 United States Grand Prix||
1985 French Grand Prix|| 1985 British Grand Prix|| 1985 German Grand Prix|| 1985 Austrian Grand Prix|| 1985 Dutch Grand Prix|| 1985 Italian Grand Prix||
1985 Belgian Grand Prix||
1985 European Grand Prix||
1985 South African Grand Prix||
1985 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="2"| 0! rowspan="2"| 12th|-| Pierluigi Martini| rowspan="3"| [Minardi M185Minardi M186| rowspan="3"| Motori Moderni
V6 engine-Turbo| rowspan="3"| ||| 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1986 Spanish Grand Prix||
1986 San Marino Grand Prix|| 1986 Monaco Grand Prix||
1986 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1986 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1986 United States Grand Prix||
1986 French Grand Prix|| 1986 British Grand Prix|| 1986 German Grand Prix|| 1986 Hungarian Grand Prix||
1986 Austrian Grand Prix|| 1986 Italian Grand Prix|| 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix||
1986 Mexican Grand Prix||
1986 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="3"| 0! rowspan="3"| 12th|-| Andrea de Cesaris|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| NC|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 14|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||-! rowspan="3"| [1987 Formula One season| rowspan="3"| Minardi M186Minardi M187| rowspan="3"|
Motori Moderni V6 engine-Turbo| rowspan="3"| ||| 1987 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1987 San Marino Grand Prix||
1987 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1987 Monaco Grand Prix||
1987 United States Grand Prix|| 1987 French Grand Prix|| 1987 British Grand Prix||
1987 German Grand Prix||
1987 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1987 Austrian Grand Prix|| 1987 Italian Grand Prix||
1987 Portuguese Grand Prix||
1987 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1987 Mexican Grand Prix||
1987 Japanese Grand Prix|| 1987 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="3"| 0! rowspan="3"| 14th|-|
Adrián Campos|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 16|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||-! rowspan="4"| [1988 Formula One season| rowspan="4"| Minardi M188| rowspan="4"| Ford Motor Company
Cosworth DFV V8 engine| rowspan="4"| ||| 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1988 San Marino Grand Prix||
1988 Monaco Grand Prix||
1988 Mexican Grand Prix||
1988 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1988 United States Grand Prix|| 1988 French Grand Prix||
1988 British Grand Prix||
1988 German Grand Prix||
1988 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1988 Belgian Grand Prix||
1988 Italian Grand Prix||
1988 Portuguese Grand Prix||
1988 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1988 Japanese Grand Prix||
1988 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="4"| 1! rowspan="4"| 10th|-| Adrián Campos|||||||||||bgcolor="#DFFFDF" align="center"| 6|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 15|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 15|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 13|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 7||||-| [Luis Perez-Sala| rowspan="4"| [Minardi M188Minardi M189| rowspan="4"| Ford Motor Company Cosworth DFV
V8 engine| rowspan="4"| ||| 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1989 San Marino Grand Prix|| 1989 Monaco Grand Prix|| 1989 Mexican Grand Prix|| 1989 United States Grand Prix|| 1989 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1989 French Grand Prix||
1989 British Grand Prix|| 1989 German Grand Prix||
1989 Hungarian Grand Prix||
1989 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1989 Italian Grand Prix|| 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix||
1989 Spanish Grand Prix||
1989 Japanese Grand Prix|| 1989 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="4"| 6! rowspan="4"| 11th|-|
Pierluigi Martini|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||||-| [Luis Perez-Sala| rowspan="4"| [Minardi M189Minardi M190| rowspan="4"|
Ford Motor Company Cosworth DFV V8 engine| rowspan="4"| ||| 1990 United States Grand Prix|| 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1990 San Marino Grand Prix||
1990 Monaco Grand Prix|| 1990 Canadian Grand Prix||
1990 Mexican Grand Prix|| 1990 French Grand Prix||
1990 British Grand Prix||
1990 German Grand Prix|| 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1990 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1990 Italian Grand Prix||
1990 Portuguese Grand Prix|| 1990 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1990 Japanese Grand Prix||
1990 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="4"| 0! rowspan="4"| 13th|-| Pierluigi Martini|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 14|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 12|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 15|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ||||||||-| [Gianni Morbidelli| rowspan="4"| [Minardi M191| rowspan="4"| Scuderia Ferrari 037 V12 engine| rowspan="4"| ||| 1991 United States Grand Prix||
1991 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1991 San Marino Grand Prix|| 1991 Monaco Grand Prix||
1991 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1991 Mexican Grand Prix||
1991 French Grand Prix|| 1991 British Grand Prix||
1991 German Grand Prix||
1991 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1991 Belgian Grand Prix||
1991 Italian Grand Prix|| 1991 Portuguese Grand Prix||
1991 Spanish Grand Prix||
1991 Japanese Grand Prix|| 1991 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="4"| 6! rowspan="4"| 7th|-|
Pierluigi Martini|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 8|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 7|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 13|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 9|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 9|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 14|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||||-| [Roberto Moreno| rowspan="4"| [Minardi M191Minardi M191
Minardi M192| rowspan="4"| Lamborghini 3512 V12 engine| rowspan="4"| |||
1992 South African Grand Prix||
1992 Mexican Grand Prix||
1992 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1992 Spanish Grand Prix||
1992 San Marino Grand Prix||
1992 Monaco Grand Prix|| 1992 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1992 French Grand Prix||
1992 British Grand Prix|| 1992 German Grand Prix|| 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix||
1992 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1992 Italian Grand Prix||
1992 Portuguese Grand Prix|| 1992 Japanese Grand Prix||
1992 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="4"| 1! rowspan="4"| 12th|-| Christian Fittipaldi|||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ||||||||||||||-| [Gianni Morbidelli| rowspan="5"| [Minardi M193| rowspan="5"|
Ford Motor Company HBC6 V8 engine| rowspan="5"| ||| 1993 South African Grand Prix||
1993 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1993 European Grand Prix|| 1993 San Marino Grand Prix|| 1993 Spanish Grand Prix||
1993 Monaco Grand Prix|| 1993 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1993 French Grand Prix|| 1993 British Grand Prix||
1993 German Grand Prix||
1993 Hungarian Grand Prix||
1993 Belgian Grand Prix||
1993 Italian Grand Prix|| 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix|| 1993 Japanese Grand Prix|| 1993 Australian Grand Prix|||!rowspan="5"| 7!rowspan="5"| 8th|-| Christian Fittipaldi|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||-| [Fabrizio Barbazza|||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 14|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 7|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 8|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 10|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||-! rowspan="3"| [1994 Formula One season| rowspan="3"|
Minardi M193Minardi M194| rowspan="3"| Ford Motor Company HBC7/8
V8 engine| rowspan="3"| ||| 1994 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1994 Pacific Grand Prix||
1994 San Marino Grand Prix||
1994 Monaco Grand Prix||
1994 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1994 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1994 French Grand Prix|| 1994 British Grand Prix||
1994 German Grand Prix||
1994 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1994 Belgian Grand Prix||
1994 Italian Grand Prix|| 1994 Portuguese Grand Prix|| 1994 European Grand Prix|| 1994 Japanese Grand Prix|| 1994 Australian Grand Prix|||!rowspan="3"| 5!rowspan="3"| 10th|-|
Pierluigi Martini|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#DFFFDF" align="center"| 6|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 7|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 9|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 13|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 14|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||-! rowspan="4"| [1995 Formula One season| rowspan="4"| Minardi M195| rowspan="4"| Ford Motor Company EDM
V8 engine| rowspan="4"| ||| 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1995 Argentine Grand Prix|| 1995 San Marino Grand Prix|| 1995 Spanish Grand Prix||
1995 Monaco Grand Prix|| 1995 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1995 French Grand Prix||
1995 British Grand Prix||
1995 German Grand Prix|| 1995 Hungarian Grand Prix||
1995 Belgian Grand Prix||
1995 Italian Grand Prix||
1995 Portuguese Grand Prix||
1995 European Grand Prix||
1995 Pacific Grand Prix||
1995 Japanese Grand Prix||
1995 Australian Grand Prix||!rowspan="4"| 1!rowspan="4"| 10th|-| Pierluigi Martini|||||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 9|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 10|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 9|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 13|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11|bgcolor="#DFFFDF" align="center"| 6|||-| [Luca Badoer| rowspan="5"| [Minardi M195| rowspan="5"|
Ford Motor Company EDM2
V8 engine,
Ford Motor Company EDM3 V8 engine| rowspan="5"| ||| 1996 Australian Grand Prix|| 1996 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1996 Argentine Grand Prix||
1996 European Grand Prix|| 1996 San Marino Grand Prix|| 1996 Monaco Grand Prix||
1996 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1996 Canadian Grand Prix||
1996 French Grand Prix||
1996 British Grand Prix|| 1996 German Grand Prix|| 1996 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1996 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1996 Italian Grand Prix||
1996 Portuguese Grand Prix||
1996 Japanese Grand Prix|||!rowspan="5"| 0!rowspan="5"| 10th|-|
Pedro Lamy|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|||||bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 13|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 8|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11||||||||||||||||-| [Tarso Marques|||||||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 10|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 15|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ||||-! rowspan="4"| [1997 Formula One season| rowspan="4"| Minardi M197| rowspan="4"|
Brian Hart Ltd. 830 AV7
V8 engine| rowspan="4"| ||| 1997 Australian Grand Prix||
1997 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1997 Argentine Grand Prix||
1997 San Marino Grand Prix|| 1997 Monaco Grand Prix||
1997 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1997 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1997 French Grand Prix|| 1997 British Grand Prix|| 1997 German Grand Prix|| 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix||
1997 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1997 Italian Grand Prix||
1997 Austrian Grand Prix|| 1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix|| 1997 Japanese Grand Prix||
1997 European Grand Prix||!rowspan="4"| 0!rowspan="4"| 11th|-| Jarno Trulli|||||||||||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 10|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 12|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 14| align="center"| EX|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 15|||-| [Ukyo Katayama| rowspan="3"| [Minardi M198| rowspan="3"|
Ford Motor Company JD Zetec-R
V10 engine| rowspan="3"| ||| 1998 Australian Grand Prix|| 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1998 Argentine Grand Prix||
1998 San Marino Grand Prix|| 1998 Spanish Grand Prix||
1998 Monaco Grand Prix|| 1998 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1998 French Grand Prix||
1998 British Grand Prix|| 1998 Austrian Grand Prix||
1998 German Grand Prix||
1998 Hungarian Grand Prix||
1998 Belgian Grand Prix||
1998 Italian Grand Prix||
1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix|| 1998 Japanese Grand Prix|||!rowspan="3"| 0!rowspan="3"| 10th|-| [Shinji Nakano|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"
{{Former F1 team |Short_name = Minardi |
Long_name = Minardi F1 Team |
Logo = ] |
Base = [Faenza, {{ITA--> |
Founders = [Giancarlo Minardi |
Staff = [Paul Stoddart |
Drivers = [Pierluigi Martini
[Fernando Alonso
[Mark Webber
[Giancarlo Fisichella
[Jarno Trulli |
Engines = [Motori Moderni, [Ford Motor Company, [Scuderia Ferrari, [Lamborghini, [Hart (racing), [Fondmetal, [European Aviation Air Charter, [Asiatech, [Cosworth |
Debut = [1985 Brazilian Grand Prix [Brazilian Grand Prix |
Races = 345 |
Cons_champ = 0 |
Drivers_champ = 0 |
Wins = 0 |
Poles = 0 |
Fastest_laps = 0 |
Last race = [2005 Chinese Grand Prix [Chinese Grand Prix |
-->
Minardi is an
automobile racing team and constructor founded in
1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. It competed in the
Formula One World Championship from 1985 until 2005 with little success, nevertheless acquiring a small but loyal following of fans. In 2001, to save the team from folding, Minardi sold it to Australian businessman
Paul Stoddart, who ran the team for five years before selling it on to
Red Bull in 2005. The team was then renamed Scuderia Toro Rosso,
Italian language for
Team Red Bull.
During its time in F1, the team scored a total of 38 championship points (although under the modern points system this number would almost quadruple). Just under half of these were taken by the team's first driver, Pierluigi Martini. Martini also recorded the team's only front row start and actually led a lap during a heroic performance in 1989. In spite of this, the team never achieved a podium finish in its history, only managing a best place of 4th three times: Martini twice in 1991 and
Christian Fittipaldi in 1993.
Origins
The Minardi family has a longstanding involvement in motorsport. The family has run a
Fiat dealership since 1927. Giovanni Minardi competed in his own cars in the late 1940s and after his death his son Giancarlo took over the racing part of the family business. He ran customer cars in Formula Two under various names from 1972 to 1979 — even briefly running a customer Formula One Ferrari 312T as Scuderia Everest in 1976 — before gaining financial backing from well known Italian motor racing patron Piero Mancini in 1979 to set up the Minardi racing team as a constructor.Constructors: Minardi www.grandprix.com Retrieved 2 August 2006.
Racing History
Formula Two (1980–1984)
The Minardi team first competed under that name in the 1980 European Formula Two season championship. Rather than using a customer chassis, the team commissioned a BMW powered design from Giacomo Caliri's FLY studios — previously responsible for the Fittipaldi Automotive team's F5A Formula One car.A samba that never got into tune 8w.forix.com Retrieved 10 August 2006. Giancarlo led the Minardi team to four moderately successful
Formula Two seasons with a variety of young Italian and South American drivers, including
Alessandro Nannini and
Johnny Cecotto. The team's most notable result being a 1981 win at the Misano Circuit round by Michele Alboreto. Minardi left the lower division at the end of 1984, although in 1986 a modified version of their final Formula Two car, the 283, was entered without success in two rounds of the Formula 3000 championship which had replaced Formula Two in 1985.
Minardi Formula One (1985–1993)
event at Brands Hatch in September 2005
During 1984, Minardi took the decision to enter Formula One the following year. Caliri designed the team's prototype Formula One car (intended as a dual purpose design for the new
Formula 3000) around Alfa Romeo in motorsport 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 Formula One season, so the team converted their Minardi M85 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 1985 German Grand Prix despite stopping with engine problems.
Nonetheless, the team expanded to two cars for the
1986 Formula One season. There was little success initially competing with Motori Moderni until 1987 and then
Cosworth engines. The team picked up in competitiveness and by 1989 had become top entrant for
Pirelli's return to Formula One. The team were moderately successful in the midfield through the early
1990s, giving a succession of Italian drivers their first chance at the top level, including
Alessandro Nannini,
Pierluigi Martini and Gianni Morbidelli. Martini in particular was synonymous with the team, eventually having three spells with the team. He drove for them on their debut in 1985, scored their first point in the 1988 USA Grand Prix, took their only front-row start at 1990 USA Grand Prix (aided by special Pirelli tyres; several of their other drivers had surprise qualifying results that day), their only lap leading a race in the 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix, and scored their joint-best F1 result of 4th.
Minardi, Scuderia Italia and Fondmetal (1994–2000)
driving for Minardi at the 1994 British Grand Prix.
Through the mid-1990s the team was the nucleus around which the community of Italian Formula One constructors collapsed. It was the first team in modern times to make use of engines from
Scuderia Ferrari in 1991 and later used Lamborghini
V12s for a season. 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 joined his team with
Scuderia Italia in an effort to survive. Giancarlo retained 14.5% with the remaining 15.5% distributed between the Scuderia Italia investors (Emilio Gnutti, Giuseppe Lucchini and Vittorio Palazzani) and Defendente Marniga. The Minardi team was then controlled by
Flavio Briatore. In 1996 Italian businessman Gabriele Rumi, former owner of the Fondmetal team switched his sponsorship support from Tyrrell Racing to Minardi. He would gradually increased his interest in the
Faenza outfit, becoming co-owner and chairman. For the 2000 season the team were forced to use 1998-spec
Ford Motor Company Zetec-R V10 engines, which were rebadged as Fondmetal engines in deference to his financial input. However, Rumi had contracted cancer, and was forced to withdraw his backing in 2000.
European Minardi (2001–2005)
driving the Minardi PS02 at the
2002 French Grand Prix.
The team, near collapse, was purchased by
Australian businessman
Paul Stoddart in early
2001, merging it with his European Racing Formula 3000 team. During its final years, the Minardi team was almost as famous for its politics as 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
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, such as the proposed ban on traction control.
Before the start of the 2004 season, he threatened to withdraw his support against the ban on traction control, but later withdrew this threat. Before the 2005 Australian Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix Stoddart initially threatened to withdraw his cars if they were made to comply with the revised regulations for 2005. Stoddart claimed that Minardi could not afford to adapt their cars. Once again Stoddart ended up withdrawing his threat. Stoddart has also repeatedly called for the resignation of the FIA's President, Max Mosley, particularly in the aftermath of the 2005 United States Grand Prix.
One of Minardi's most famous performances came at the 2002 Australian Grand Prix. It was Australian driver Mark Webber's first Formula One race. At his and Stoddart's home grand prix he brought the car home in fifth place to score two World Championship points — a rare occurrence for Minardi.
driving at the 2004 United States Grand Prix.
Minardi was represented in
2004 by two rookies,
Italy Gianmaria Bruni and Hungary
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 (only 8 cars finished the 2004 USGP). Baumgartner was also the first Hungarian to score a point in a World Championship F1 race.
driving the
Minardi PS05, the last Minardi chassis to be produced, at Silverstone Circuit.
In 2005, Minardi's drivers were Christijan Albers and
Patrick Friesacher. They amassed a comparatively astronomical total of 7 points following the debacle of the
2005 United States Grand Prix, in which they finished fifth and sixth (of six runners) respectively. After his sponsors stopped paying him before the 2005 German Grand Prix,
Patrick Friesacher was to be replaced by Dutch Jordan test driver Robert Doornbos to create the first ever all-Dutch driver line-up in Formula One history.
Before Minardi's demise, they were a particularly well-liked team on the Formula One circuit for many reasons. In the paddock, they were noted for their friendliness, accessibility, and lack of corporate culture (they were universally regarded as having the best espresso in F1). On the track, their cars were regarded by many as well-designed for their tiny budget, their lowly position more a function of lack of funds (and engine power) rather than a necessarily poor car. They also resisted employing pay-drivers more so than most other financially strapped teams, producing an impressive alumni including Grand Prix winners Alessandro Nannini,
Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli and current World Champion Fernando Alonso. It has also provided drives for
Indy Racing League winners Christian Fittipaldi and Alex Zanardi.
Heads of Minardi F1
at the 2005 Australian Grand Prix.
- Owners
- Technical Directors
Red Bull purchase
Paul Stoddart stated that he would sell Minardi if he could find the right buyer. Stoddart claimed that he had 41 approaches.Irvine in talks over Minardi sale news.bbc.co.uk Retrieved 2 August 2006 His criteria for a sale was the ability of a buyer to move the team forward and leave the team based in Faenza. The drinks manufacturer
Red Bull, which already owns another Formula One team,
Red Bull Racing, decided to set up a second team to promote
United States drivers that have risen through its young driver programme, Red Bull Driver Search.
Ending several weeks of speculation on September 10
2005 Red Bull announced it would take control of Minardi in November and run it as their "rookie team" from 2006.Red Bull swoop for Minardi deal news.bbc.co.uk Retrieved 2 August 2006 Crucially for the future of
Formula One after the current
Concorde agreement expires, the purchase of Minardi by Dietrich Mateschitz gives another supporter for maintenance of the current series.
Minardi fans worldwide immediately started an online petitionMinardi petition Retrieved 14 September 2005 to save the Minardi team name and the team's 20-year heritage in F1 after the news broke. The petition was not successful and it was announced that Minardi would be re-named as the Squadra Toro Rosso team for 2006, later changing that further to become Scuderia Toro Rosso. This simply means Red Bull Team in Italian.
Racing return for Minardi
Giancarlo Minardi and Paul Stoddart are both making use of the Minardi name in new motorsports ventures. On
January 30 2006, Giancarlo Minardi announced that he had bought back the rights to use the Minardi name in racing from Paul Stoddart. He also announced a partnership in the junior Euro Formula 3000 series with established team GP Racing — to be entitled 'Minardi Team by GP racing'.Minardi name back in racing www.itv-f1.com Retrieved 2 August 2006 The team have raced with moderate success to date, scoring a podium in each leg of the
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps round in June 2006."Double" podium for the Minardi team in Spa www.minarditeam.com Retrieved 2 August 2006 On
3 October, it was announced that Minardi would combine forces with the
HiTech Racing team in the
GP2 Series for 2007. "Minardi moving on up" Retrieved 4 October 2006 This is because Nelson Angelo Piquet has graduated from the series, and the team bearing his name is no longer needed to advance his career.
On
March 28 2006, Paul Stoddart declared his intention to enter a Formula One team under the title 'European Minardi F1 team Ltd' for the 2008 Formula One season Formula One World Championship. His application was unsuccessful, as Minardi was beaten to the position by David Richards (racing) Prodrive outfit.Stoddart to re-enter F1 with Minardi in 2008 www.f2racing.net retrieved 2 August 2006 On November 3, Stoddart announced that he expects to run a team in the U.S. based
Champ Car series next season. Stoddart told
Reuters that it was "almost a certainty that Minardi will be in Champ Car in 2007." On December 18, it was confirmed that Paul Stoddart had purchased the controlling interest in the CTE Racing-HVM Champ Car team and that the team would be renamed Minardi Team USA. Stoddart retains the right to use the Minardi name as a British-registered company.
Complete Formula One results
(
:Template:F1 driver results legend 2){| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"! 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|-! rowspan="2"| 1985 Formula One season| rowspan="2"| Minardi M185| rowspan="2"| Ford Motor Company Cosworth DFV V8 engine,Motori Moderni
V6 engine-Turbo| rowspan="2"| ||| 1985 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix|| 1985 San Marino Grand Prix||
1985 Monaco Grand Prix||
1985 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1985 United States Grand Prix||
1985 French Grand Prix||
1985 British Grand Prix|| 1985 German Grand Prix|| 1985 Austrian Grand Prix|| 1985 Dutch Grand Prix||
1985 Italian Grand Prix||
1985 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1985 European Grand Prix||
1985 South African Grand Prix|| 1985 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="2"| 0! rowspan="2"| 12th|-| Pierluigi Martini| rowspan="3"| [Minardi M185Minardi M186| rowspan="3"| Motori Moderni
V6 engine-Turbo| rowspan="3"| ||| 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1986 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1986 San Marino Grand Prix||
1986 Monaco Grand Prix||
1986 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1986 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1986 United States Grand Prix||
1986 French Grand Prix|| 1986 British Grand Prix||
1986 German Grand Prix||
1986 Hungarian Grand Prix||
1986 Austrian Grand Prix||
1986 Italian Grand Prix||
1986 Portuguese Grand Prix|| 1986 Mexican Grand Prix|| 1986 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="3"| 0! rowspan="3"| 12th|-| Andrea de Cesaris|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| NC|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 14|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||-! rowspan="3"| [1987 Formula One season| rowspan="3"|
Minardi M186Minardi M187| rowspan="3"| Motori Moderni V6 engine-Turbo| rowspan="3"| ||| 1987 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1987 San Marino Grand Prix|| 1987 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1987 Monaco Grand Prix||
1987 United States Grand Prix|| 1987 French Grand Prix|| 1987 British Grand Prix||
1987 German Grand Prix||
1987 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1987 Austrian Grand Prix||
1987 Italian Grand Prix|| 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix|| 1987 Spanish Grand Prix||
1987 Mexican Grand Prix|| 1987 Japanese Grand Prix|| 1987 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="3"| 0! rowspan="3"| 14th|-| Adrián Campos|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 16|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||-! rowspan="4"| [1988 Formula One season| rowspan="4"| Minardi M188| rowspan="4"| Ford Motor Company Cosworth DFV
V8 engine| rowspan="4"| |||
1988 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1988 San Marino Grand Prix||
1988 Monaco Grand Prix|| 1988 Mexican Grand Prix|| 1988 Canadian Grand Prix||
1988 United States Grand Prix|| 1988 French Grand Prix|| 1988 British Grand Prix||
1988 German Grand Prix||
1988 Hungarian Grand Prix||
1988 Belgian Grand Prix||
1988 Italian Grand Prix||
1988 Portuguese Grand Prix||
1988 Spanish Grand Prix||
1988 Japanese Grand Prix|| 1988 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="4"| 1! rowspan="4"| 10th|-| Adrián Campos|||||||||||bgcolor="#DFFFDF" align="center"| 6|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 15|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 15|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 13|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 7||||-| [Luis Perez-Sala| rowspan="4"| [Minardi M188
Minardi M189| rowspan="4"| Ford Motor Company Cosworth DFV
V8 engine| rowspan="4"| |||
1989 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1989 San Marino Grand Prix|| 1989 Monaco Grand Prix||
1989 Mexican Grand Prix||
1989 United States Grand Prix||
1989 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1989 French Grand Prix|| 1989 British Grand Prix||
1989 German Grand Prix||
1989 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1989 Belgian Grand Prix||
1989 Italian Grand Prix|| 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix||
1989 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1989 Japanese Grand Prix|| 1989 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="4"| 6! rowspan="4"| 11th|-|
Pierluigi Martini|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||||-| [Luis Perez-Sala| rowspan="4"| [Minardi M189Minardi M190| rowspan="4"| Ford Motor Company
Cosworth DFV V8 engine| rowspan="4"| |||
1990 United States Grand Prix||
1990 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1990 San Marino Grand Prix||
1990 Monaco Grand Prix||
1990 Canadian Grand Prix||
1990 Mexican Grand Prix|| 1990 French Grand Prix||
1990 British Grand Prix|| 1990 German Grand Prix||
1990 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1990 Belgian Grand Prix||
1990 Italian Grand Prix|| 1990 Portuguese Grand Prix|| 1990 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1990 Japanese Grand Prix|| 1990 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="4"| 0! rowspan="4"| 13th|-| Pierluigi Martini|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 14|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 12|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 15|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ||||||||-| [Gianni Morbidelli| rowspan="4"| [Minardi M191| rowspan="4"|
Scuderia Ferrari 037
V12 engine| rowspan="4"| ||| 1991 United States Grand Prix||
1991 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1991 San Marino Grand Prix||
1991 Monaco Grand Prix|| 1991 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1991 Mexican Grand Prix||
1991 French Grand Prix|| 1991 British Grand Prix||
1991 German Grand Prix|| 1991 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1991 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1991 Italian Grand Prix||
1991 Portuguese Grand Prix||
1991 Spanish Grand Prix||
1991 Japanese Grand Prix||
1991 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="4"| 6! rowspan="4"| 7th|-| Pierluigi Martini|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 8|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 7|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 13|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 9|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 9|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 14|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||||-| [Roberto Moreno| rowspan="4"| [Minardi M191Minardi M191
Minardi M192| rowspan="4"| Lamborghini 3512
V12 engine| rowspan="4"| ||| 1992 South African Grand Prix||
1992 Mexican Grand Prix|| 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1992 Spanish Grand Prix||
1992 San Marino Grand Prix||
1992 Monaco Grand Prix||
1992 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1992 French Grand Prix|| 1992 British Grand Prix||
1992 German Grand Prix||
1992 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1992 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1992 Italian Grand Prix|| 1992 Portuguese Grand Prix|| 1992 Japanese Grand Prix|| 1992 Australian Grand Prix|||! rowspan="4"| 1! rowspan="4"| 12th|-| Christian Fittipaldi|||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ||||||||||||||-| [Gianni Morbidelli| rowspan="5"| [Minardi M193| rowspan="5"|
Ford Motor Company HBC6 V8 engine| rowspan="5"| ||| 1993 South African Grand Prix||
1993 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1993 European Grand Prix|| 1993 San Marino Grand Prix|| 1993 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1993 Monaco Grand Prix||
1993 Canadian Grand Prix||
1993 French Grand Prix||
1993 British Grand Prix|| 1993 German Grand Prix|| 1993 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1993 Belgian Grand Prix||
1993 Italian Grand Prix||
1993 Portuguese Grand Prix|| 1993 Japanese Grand Prix|| 1993 Australian Grand Prix|||!rowspan="5"| 7!rowspan="5"| 8th|-|
Christian Fittipaldi|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||-| [Fabrizio Barbazza|||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 14|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 7|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 8|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 10|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||-! rowspan="3"| [1994 Formula One season| rowspan="3"| Minardi M193Minardi M194| rowspan="3"|
Ford Motor Company HBC7/8 V8 engine| rowspan="3"| |||
1994 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1994 Pacific Grand Prix|| 1994 San Marino Grand Prix||
1994 Monaco Grand Prix||
1994 Spanish Grand Prix||
1994 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1994 French Grand Prix|| 1994 British Grand Prix||
1994 German Grand Prix||
1994 Hungarian Grand Prix||
1994 Belgian Grand Prix||
1994 Italian Grand Prix|| 1994 Portuguese Grand Prix||
1994 European Grand Prix|| 1994 Japanese Grand Prix||
1994 Australian Grand Prix|||!rowspan="3"| 5!rowspan="3"| 10th|-|
Pierluigi Martini|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#DFFFDF" align="center"| 6|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 7|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 9|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 13|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 14|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret||||-! rowspan="4"| [1995 Formula One season| rowspan="4"|
Minardi M195| rowspan="4"| Ford Motor Company EDM V8 engine| rowspan="4"| ||| 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1995 Argentine Grand Prix|| 1995 San Marino Grand Prix||
1995 Spanish Grand Prix||
1995 Monaco Grand Prix|| 1995 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1995 French Grand Prix||
1995 British Grand Prix||
1995 German Grand Prix|| 1995 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1995 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1995 Italian Grand Prix||
1995 Portuguese Grand Prix||
1995 European Grand Prix|| 1995 Pacific Grand Prix|| 1995 Japanese Grand Prix|| 1995 Australian Grand Prix||!rowspan="4"| 1!rowspan="4"| 10th|-|
Pierluigi Martini|||||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 9|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 10|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 9|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 13|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11|bgcolor="#DFFFDF" align="center"| 6|||-| [Luca Badoer| rowspan="5"| [Minardi M195| rowspan="5"|
Ford Motor Company EDM2 V8 engine,Ford Motor Company EDM3 V8 engine| rowspan="5"| |||
1996 Australian Grand Prix||
1996 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1996 Argentine Grand Prix||
1996 European Grand Prix|| 1996 San Marino Grand Prix||
1996 Monaco Grand Prix||
1996 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1996 Canadian Grand Prix||
1996 French Grand Prix||
1996 British Grand Prix||
1996 German Grand Prix||
1996 Hungarian Grand Prix||
1996 Belgian Grand Prix||
1996 Italian Grand Prix|| 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix|| 1996 Japanese Grand Prix|||!rowspan="5"| 0!rowspan="5"| 10th|-|
Pedro Lamy|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|||||bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 13|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 8|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 11||||||||||||||||-| [Tarso Marques|||||||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 10|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 15|bgcolor="#FFCFCF" align="center"| DNQ||||-! rowspan="4"| [1997 Formula One season| rowspan="4"|
Minardi M197| rowspan="4"| Brian Hart Ltd. 830 AV7
V8 engine| rowspan="4"| |||
1997 Australian Grand Prix|| 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix|| 1997 Argentine Grand Prix||
1997 San Marino Grand Prix|| 1997 Monaco Grand Prix||
1997 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1997 Canadian Grand Prix||
1997 French Grand Prix|| 1997 British Grand Prix||
1997 German Grand Prix|| 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix|| 1997 Belgian Grand Prix|| 1997 Italian Grand Prix||
1997 Austrian Grand Prix||
1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix|| 1997 Japanese Grand Prix||
1997 European Grand Prix||!rowspan="4"| 0!rowspan="4"| 11th|-|
Jarno Trulli|||||||||||||||bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 10|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 12|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 14| align="center"| EX|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"| 15|||-| [Ukyo Katayama| rowspan="3"| [Minardi M198| rowspan="3"|
Ford Motor Company JD Zetec-R V10 engine| rowspan="3"| |||
1998 Australian Grand Prix|| 1998 Brazilian Grand Prix||
1998 Argentine Grand Prix|| 1998 San Marino Grand Prix||
1998 Spanish Grand Prix|| 1998 Monaco Grand Prix||
1998 Canadian Grand Prix|| 1998 French Grand Prix||
1998 British Grand Prix||
1998 Austrian Grand Prix|| 1998 German Grand Prix||
1998 Hungarian Grand Prix||
1998 Belgian Grand Prix||
1998 Italian Grand Prix||
1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix|| 1998 Japanese Grand Prix|||!rowspan="3"| 0!rowspan="3"| 10th|-| [Shinji Nakano|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#EFCFFF" align="center"| Ret|bgcolor="#CFCFFF" align="center"
