BMS Scuderia Italia did it all different for 1993. They waved goodbye to Dallara as their chassis supplier and welcomed Lola. They also hired two new drivers, both Italian, ace Michele Alboreto and Luca Badoer who won in 1992 the International Formula 3000 championship. Minardi did also some changes for the season. They ditched the […]
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Perhaps was 2000 the season that brought the biggest chance within the Minardi team. Where 1999 was a pretty good season, it seemed that the M02 would bring even more competitive results. The first signs came during the test in February at Silverstone where Marc Gené had the second fastest time. Acknowledging this was on […]
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Emerson Fittipaldi retired from the Formula One in 1980. That year he raced for his own team Fittipaldi Automotive. In his last season he managed to score a last podium with the Fittipaldi F7. He took a four year period to take his team before he would made his debut in 1984 in the CART […]
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A few weeks before i wrote about the Bono project. It was BAT (British American Tobacco)’s project to enter the Formula One. It was all about appearing on the grid in 1999 with their own team. As well, how to reach that goal. We all know that they eventually purchased Tyrrell Racing from Ken Tyrrell. […]
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Laurent Delahaye born in Perpignan the 6th of January 1977 had a promising career in karting. Together with Patrice Gay and Christophe Ravier it seemed they had a great future in the autosport. However, after some seasons of autosport Delahaye disappeared from the scene. What has been long forgotten is the fact that Delahaye was […]
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We write the 28th of October 1996 when Minardi arrives at Misano for a youngster test. Andrea Boldrini (1996 Italian F3 champion), João Barbosa (1996 runner-up champion Italian F3) and Esteban Tuero are the drivers that will take place behind the wheel of the Minardi M195B. Two years later Esteban Tuero would debut for Minardi […]
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There are drivers and stories linked with the Formula One most of us have forgotten while time passes by. This is one of these stories. About the Argentinian, rally driver Carlos Menem Jr, the son of former president of Argentina Carlos Menem. Who was to test with the Minardi M193 in October 1993. However, the […]
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As there are over 650 Unraced F1 projects from the period 1885 – 2020 I decided before to publish articles of Unraced projects per year. This is easier for you to see which attempts happened a specific year. Of course, it is easier for me as well as researching and writing an article takes a […]
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