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[Nanni Dietrich]

Team Minardi, twenty years in F. 1 !!!
Can we try to list ALL the Minardi drivers? (test-drivers included ;) )

Boys, only memory, not google...

I begin:

1 - Pier Luigi Martini - I
2 - Gianni Morbidelli - I
3 - Gimmi Bruni - I
4 - Jarno Trulli - I
5 - Jos Verstappen - NL
6 - Justin Wilson - GB
7 - Luca Badoer - I
8 - Michele Alboreto - I
9 - Paolo Barilla - I
10 - Pedro Lamy - P
11 - Shinji Nakano - J
12 - Tarso Marques - BR
13 - Ukyo Katayama - J
14 - Mark Webber - AUS
15 - Marc Gené - E
16 - Luis Perez Sala - E
17 - Giancarlo Fisichella - I
18 - Gaston Mazzacane - RA
19 - Fernando Alonso - E
20 - Fabrizio Barbazza - I
21 - Esteban Tuero - RA
22 - Christian Fittipaldi - BR
23 - Andrea De Cesaris - I
24 - Alex Yoong - MAL
25 - Alessandro Zanardi - I
26 - Zsolt Baumgartner - H
27 - Alessandro Nannini - I
28 - Adrian Campos - E
29 - Pastor Maldonado - YV
30 - Nicolas Kiesa - DK
31 - Christjian Albers - NL
32 - Will Power - NZ
33 - Chanok Nissany - ISR
34 - Will Davison - AUS
35 - Paul Stoddard - AUS ;)
36 - ....

This list is too long...

[Rainer Nyberg]

Some who tested :

Michele Alboreto (1985)
Marco Apicella (1987) (1990)
Josele Garza (1988)
Thomas Biagi (1995)
Danilo Rossi (1995)
Andrea Boldrini (1996)
Joao Barbosa (1996)
Tom Kristensen (1997) (1998)
Laurent Redon (1997)
Oliver Martini (1997)
Donny Crevels (1998)
Peter Sundberg (1999)

[Mischa Bijenhof]

Giovanni Lavaggi
Jirko Malcharek (straighline testing only)
Sergei Zlobin
Tiago Monteiro
Stephane Sarrazin
Roberto Moreno
Jean-Marc Gounon
Bas Leinders
Heikki Kovalainen
Narain Karthikayan (just a few laps in january 2003 )
Norbert Siedler
Fabrizio del Monte
José Maria Lopez
Max Wilson
Norberto Fontana
Giorgio Vinella
Patrick Friesacher
Robert Doornbos

[Mischa Bijenhof]

And of course, yours truly...

[Huw Jadvantich]

Which country did Peter Sundberg come from? What was his history?

[Rainer Nyberg]

Peter Sundberg is Swedish.
He was Italian Formula 3 Champion in 1999.

[Nanni Dietrich]

GIORGIO Vinella (he won the Italian F. 3000 Championship in 1999)

[King Nigel]

Add Nigel Mansell for the two-seater cars races

[dancin stu]

Originally posted by King Nigel
Add Nigel Mansell for the two-seater cars races

but technically they were Tyrrells.......

[seruga]

Pastor Maldonado
Jeffrey van hooydonk
Tiago Monteiro
Patrick Huisman
Will Davison
Christijan Albers
Alan van der Merwe

[jorism]

And Damon Hill.......in the two-seater!

[Alexey Rogachev]

Matteo Bobbi

[Barry Boor]

Blimey! I wonder how far back you would have to go to get that many names for drivers who have driven works F.1 Ferraris?

[Barry Lake]

"Unless I am very much mistaken", Will Power is from Australia, not New Zealand.

[eldougo]

Originally posted by Nanni Dietrich
Team Minardi, twenty years in F. 1 !!!
Can we try to list ALL the Minardi drivers? (test-drivers included ;) )

Nanni .Hope you dont mind i add all names posted to keep it together for the time being..... I dont think i have doubled up???

I begin:

1 - Pier Luigi Martini - I
2 - Gianni Morbidelli - I
3 - Gimmi Bruni - I
4 - Jarno Trulli - I
5 - Jos Verstappen - NL
6 - Justin Wilson - GB
7 - Luca Badoer - I
8 - Michele Alboreto - I
9 - Paolo Barilla - I
10 - Pedro Lamy - P
11 - Shinji Nakano - J
12 - Tarso Marques - BR
13 - Ukyo Katayama - J
14 - Mark Webber - AUS
15 - Marc Gené - E
16 - Luis Perez Sala - E
17 - Giancarlo Fisichella - I
18 - Gaston Mazzacane - RA
19 - Fernando Alonso - E
20 - Fabrizio Barbazza - I
21 - Esteban Tuero - RA
22 - Christian Fittipaldi - BR
23 - Andrea De Cesaris - I
24 - Alex Yoong - MAL
25 - Alessandro Zanardi - I
26 - Zsolt Baumgartner - H
27 - Alessandro Nannini - I
28 - Adrian Campos - E
29 - Pastor Maldonado - YV
30 - Nicolas Kiesa - DK
31 - Christjian Albers - NL
32 - Will Power - AUS.
33 - Chanok Nissany - ISR
34 - Will Davison - AUS
35 - Paul Stoddard - AUS ;) ***new additions from her down
36 - Marco Apicella .
37- Josele Garza . Mex
38- Thomas Biagi.
39- Danilo Rossi .
40- Andrea Boldrini.
41- Joao Barbosa .
42- Tom Kristensen.
43- Laurent Redon.
44- Oliver Martini.
45- Donny Crevels.
46- Peter Sundberg .
47-Giovanni Lavaggi.
48-Jirko Malcharek .
49-Sergei Zlobin.
50-Tiago Monteiro.
51-Stephane Sarrazin.
52-Roberto Moreno.- BR
53-Jean-Marc Gounon.- F
54-Bas Leinders .
55-Heikki Kovalainen.
56-Narain Karthikayan .
57-Norbert Siedler.
58-Fabrizio del Monte.
59-José Maria Lopez.
60-Max Wilson.- BR
61-Norberto Fontana.
62-Giorgio Vinella
63-Patrick Friesacher.
64-Pastor Maldonado.
65-Jeffrey van hooydonk.
66-Tiago Monteiro.
67-Patrick Huisman.
68-Alan van der Merwe.- SA
69- Matteo Bobbi.
70- Damon Hill.- GB
71-Nigel Mansell. -GB
This list is too long...

[AJF Racing]

Don't forget Anthony Davidson for two races (I think) in 2002.

Did Bryan Herta ever actually test a Minardi?

AJF

Edit: Changed 2001 to 2002. Also, Herta apparently drove the PS01 in August 2002.

[Alexey Rogachev]

Minardi two-seaters were also driven by David Saelens and Giorgio Pantano (Donington, 2002).

[jarama]

eldougo,

in your list Pastor Maldonado is doubled (see #29 & #64)


Carles.

[Chubby_Deuce]

Freisacher drove the PS04B as well as the F1X2.

Great thread.

[eldougo]

quote:
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Originally posted by Nanni Dietrich
Team Minardi, twenty years in F. 1 !!!
Can we try to list ALL the Minardi drivers? (test-drivers included )

Nanni .Hope you dont mind i add all names posted to keep it together for the time being..... I dont think i have doubled up??? ----2nd update .

I begin:

1 - Pier Luigi Martini - I
2 - Gianni Morbidelli - I
3 - Gimmi Bruni - I
4 - Jarno Trulli - I
5 - Jos Verstappen - NL
6 - Justin Wilson - GB
7 - Luca Badoer - I
8 - Michele Alboreto - I
9 - Paolo Barilla - I
10 - Pedro Lamy - P
11 - Shinji Nakano - J
12 - Tarso Marques - BR
13 - Ukyo Katayama - J
14 - Mark Webber - AUS
15 - Marc Gené - E
16 - Luis Perez Sala - E
17 - Giancarlo Fisichella - I
18 - Gaston Mazzacane - RA
19 - Fernando Alonso - E
20 - Fabrizio Barbazza - I
21 - Esteban Tuero - RA
22 - Christian Fittipaldi - BR
23 - Andrea De Cesaris - I
24 - Alex Yoong - MAL
25 - Alessandro Zanardi - I
26 - Zsolt Baumgartner - H
27 - Alessandro Nannini - I
28 - Adrian Campos - E
29 - Pastor Maldonado - YV
30 - Nicolas Kiesa - DK
31 - Christjian Albers - NL
32 - Will Power - AUS.
33 - Chanok Nissany - ISR
34 - Will Davison - AUS
35 - Paul Stoddard - AUS ***new additions from her down
36 - Marco Apicella .
37- Josele Garza . Mex
38- Thomas Biagi.
39- Danilo Rossi .
40- Andrea Boldrini.
41- Joao Barbosa .
42- Tom Kristensen.
43- Laurent Redon.
44- Oliver Martini.
45- Donny Crevels.
46- Peter Sundberg .
47-Giovanni Lavaggi.
48-Jirko Malcharek .
49-Sergei Zlobin.
50-Tiago Monteiro.
51-Stephane Sarrazin.
52-Roberto Moreno.- BR
53-Jean-Marc Gounon.- F
54-Bas Leinders .
55-Heikki Kovalainen.
56-Narain Karthikayan .
57-Norbert Siedler.
58-Fabrizio del Monte.
59-José Maria Lopez.
60-Max Wilson.- BR
61-Norberto Fontana.
62-Giorgio Vinella
63-Patrick Friesacher.
64-Jeffrey van hooydonk.
65-Tiago Monteiro.
66-Patrick Huisman.
67-Alan van der Merwe.- SA
68- Matteo Bobbi.
69- Damon Hill.- GB
70-Nigel Mansell. -GB
71Anthony Davidson.- GB
72-Bryan Herta.-USA
73-David Saelens.
74-Giorgio Pantano.
This list is too long... (And getting longer)

[Chubby_Deuce]

I don't think it's really proper to include the 2-seaters here...

[tonicco]

Originally posted by Chubby_Deuce
I don't think it's really proper to include the 2-seaters here...

But if we do, then we must add Michael Schumacher to the list...

[ProfProst]

Didn't MS try out a Minardi at Fiorano once a couple of years ago?

[bigears]

Did Tom Coronel did a test with them recently or did some demo runs with the 2-seater car?

[Chubby_Deuce]

Coronel never tested. He was supposed to but politics got in the way and now that Wilux is gone, he can forget it completely.

[David Hyland]

Originally posted by Chubby_Deuce
I don't think it's really proper to include the 2-seaters here...

Perhaps divide the list into two lists - (a) those who drove the single-seaters and (b) those who drove 2-seaters only?

[eldougo]

Originally posted by David Hyland
Perhaps divide the list into two lists - (a) those who drove the single-seaters and (b) those who drove 2-seaters only?

Good idea David. Please someone help because i sure don't know the 2 seaters.

Thanks any body and Cheers Merry Christmas.
......Doug.

[Gary C]

why on earth would we think the two-seaters are Tyrrells?? I thought they were all 'bespoke' Minardis & that Stoddart just BOUGHT the entire Tyrrell stuff?? He certainly didn't 'convert' the Tyrrells into two-seaters!!

[Chubby_Deuce]

They're 1998 (?) Tyrells that are a few feet longer and use a Cossie...

[William Dale Jr]

Tyrrells? I thought they were ex-Arrows units?

[Mischa Bijenhof]

I can confirm they are (were) Tyrrells. When I was taken for a ride in the twoseater last month I noticed the Tyrrell-esque shape of the nose, caused by the typical suspension that was also present on the last Tyrrells. Minardi's Graham Jones confirmed that it is indeed a transformed Tyrrell. It's official name is the Minardi 026 T.

[subh]

Minardi’s F2 drivers could easily be added to this list...

[gdecarli]

Christian Pescatori tested Minardi at Fiorano in December 1994 (maybe on Thursday 15th). It was his first F.1 test; he made some 30 laps, the best one was 1'09"6. In the same test, also Luca Badoer (1'05"6 - 50 laps) and Giancarlo Fisichella were present.

Ciao,
Guido

(From Autosprint 51-52/1994 page 29)

[gdecarli]

At the end of november (or beginning of december) 1994 Minardi tested some young drivers at Fiorano. Surely they were at least Luca Badoer and Giancarlo Fisichella, but also the Norvegian Tommy Rustad was announced.
I don't know if he really drove, I found his name on an article issued one week before the test and no evidence in later Autosprint.

Ciao,
Guido

(From Autosprint 47/1994 page 21)

[Mischa Bijenhof]

Small correction: it's Tommy Rustad, of former ETCC Nissan fame.

[gdecarli]

Originally posted by Mischa Bijenhof
Small correction: it's Tommy Rustad, of former ETCC Nissan fame.

Thanks! That's why I couldn't find him (as Rustand, as I previously wrote) with search utilities!
For future better searches, I also edited my post.

BY the way, now I could find this:

Originally posted by race addicted in Racing Comments > 2003 / 2004 Testing thread . (post 665)
Hehe, Tommy Rustad got a test with Minardi some 7-8 years ago, through Beta, and could only travel 700 metres before he flew off! I mean, how about these F1 novices being a little humble and careful first time? :

Ciao,
Guido

[Dudley]

Originally posted by William Dale Jr
Tyrrells? I thought they were ex-Arrows units?

Actually the supposed Arrows 2 seater was in fact the same ex-Tyrrell car. They never owned it, it was loaned by EFR.

[ghinzani]

Originally posted by Dudley


Actually the supposed Arrows 2 seater was in fact the same ex-Tyrrell car. They never owned it, it was loaned by EFR.

EFR? Elliot Forbes-Robinson?

[gdecarli]

Originally posted by ProfProst
Didn't MS try out a Minardi at Fiorano once a couple of years ago?

October 25th, 2002, Friday: Minardi is at Fiorano shake down cars to be used next weekend at Imola for Minardi Day. Michael Schumacher asked to drive the red Minardi F1x2 and he did approx. 100 laps with his wife Corinna, Jean Todt (1 lap only!), Paul Stoddart, friends and sponsors. Best time 1'05" (record at that time was 57"546).
At that time there were 6 Minardi F1x2 (derived from 1998 Tyrrell 026) : 5 had the standard Minardi colours and one was completely red (but rear wing, black) without any sponsor. Some years before Stoddard was going to sign an agreement with Coca Cola for some exhibition with this car and he painted it in red. Then the agreement wasn't signd, but the car was never repainted. When Schumacher saw it, he wanted it, of course!

(from Autosprint 44/2002, page 4-5)

Ciao,
Guido

[Leo]

In the summer of '04 Minardi did some charity event in Kyalami. The following drivers took the wheel of the two-seater:
Johnny Herbert
Ralph Firman
Nicolas Kiesa
Patrick Friesacher
Alan vd Merwe
Toni Vilander
Gabriele Lancieri
Bas Leinders
Christian Fittipaldi
and Marc Gene (not scheduled to drive, but doing a couple of laps with his fiance)

There were two demo-races:

Results race 1 (Driver/Passenger)
1. Gimmi Bruni/Peter Wharton-Hood
2. Bas Leinders/Jason Evans
3. Patrick Freisacher/Robby Wray
4. Alan van der Merwe/Chris Potgieter
5. Nicolas Kiesa/Ralf Bronzin
6. Christian Fittipaldi/Nicole Fox
7. Johnny Herbert/Philip Kekana
8. Ralf Firman/Bryan Freeman

Results race 2
1. Alan van der Merwe/Ruben Goldberg
2. Johnny Herbert/Gugu Zulu
3. Gianmaria Bruni/Colin Moss
4. Ralph Firman/Sasha Martinengo
5. Bas Leinders/Kagelo Lagodi
6. Toni Vilander/Carol Weaving
7. Nicolas Kiesa/Brendan Balentine
8. Christian Fittipaldi/Jacoleen Bam

Older 2-seater events:

21/8/2001 Donington/GBR
Race Result:
1-Paul Stoddart/Kelis
2-Nigel Mansell/Jonathan Frost
3-Fernando Alonso/Louise Goodman
4-Alex Yoong/Des Kelly
5-Tarso Marques/Shane Lynch (DNF)

1/11/2001 Misano/ITA
Results/Passengers unknown
Fernando Alonso
Tarso Marques
Alex Yoong
Christijan Albers
David Saelens
Paul Stoddart

11/8/2002 Donington/GBR
Race Result:
1. Giorgio Pantano/Chris Eubank
2. Christijan Albers/Mehboob Hamza
3. Alex Yoong/Lee Amaitis
4. Damon Hill/Derek Sadler
5. Paul Stoddart/Sam Goldstein
6. Matteo Bobbi/Darren Williams
7. David Saelens/Beverley Turner
8. Mark Webber/Jonathan Frost

31/8/2003 Rockingham/GBR
Final Results
1. Jos Verstappen/JK
2. Gianmaria Bruni/Justin Hawkins
3. Patrick Friesacher/Teddy Sheringham
4. Vitantonio Liuzzi/Matthew Upson
5. Nicolas Kiesa/Curtis McLean
6. Paul Stoddart/Esther Ledieu
7. David Saelens/Jodie Marsh
8. Rob Gray/Raymond Vermeulen

[gdecarli]

Originally posted by Rainer Nyberg
Some who tested :
Thomas Biagi (1995)
Danilo Rossi (1995)

Fiorano, November 22nd and 23rd 1995:

Driver						 Wednesday 22  Thursday 23

--------------------  -------  ------------  ------------

Giancarlo Fisichella  Minardi  1'05"58 (58)  1'04"87 (48)

Thomas	Biagi	   Minardi	 -		  1'08"04 (16)

Danilo	Rossi	   Minardi	 -		  1'08"24 (15)

Both Biagi and Rossi drove a F.1 for the first time.

Ciao,
Guido

(from Autosprint 48/34 page 34)

[Speed Demon]

Originally posted by gdecarli
5 had the standard Minardi colours and one was completely red (but rear wing, black) without any sponsor. Some years before Stoddard was going to sign an agreement with Coca Cola for some exhibition with this car and he painted it in red. Then the agreement wasn't signd, but the car was never repainted.

(from Autosprint 44/2002, page 4-5)

Ciao,
Guido

The car in question did end up with some sponsorship on it - for Auto Glym. European Aviation had the two-seater on the Auto Glym stand at Autosport International in 2000. I talked to Graham Jones at the show and he revealed that Stoddart had a major announcement coming in the next few days - turned out to be his purchase of Minardi. Of course, this also proves the cars are really modified Tyrrells - they were built in Ledbury before PS got involved with Minardi and was still in F3000 (also run from Ledbury). I interviewed Stoddart in summer 2003 and the car was still painted red. Can't remember if it still had logos on it though.

[Ross Stonefeld]

Is that karting WC Danilo Rossi? I know he had a few flirtations with single seaters, but what cars had he driven prior to that Minardi test?

[Speed Demon]

I think the F2 drivers should be added too - the first Minardi F1 car was just a beefed up F2 car after all.

Minardi first entered F2 in '77 with Ferrari-powered Ralts. Drivers included 19-year-old Elio de Angelis, who made his debut at Misano - and nearly won!

Minardi built its first car in 1980, driven by Miguel Angel Guerra, so that would make it a 25th anniversary this year as a constructor. The first car, the GM1, used Mader-BMW engines and Pirelli tyres. Guerra scored points on 5 occasions, while Beppe Gabbiani also drove. Guido Dacco used the car for the following three seasons, and it was badged the M275 for the latter two.

The second car the FLY281 (FLY was the name of the design studio which created it) had Mader-BMW or Ferrari power. Michele Alboreto scored one pole and a victory in the BMW car (the only Minardi victory of any kind - save for the two-seaters!) at Misano in 1981. Guerra returned to drive the Ferrari car on just one outing, while Johnny Cecotto also pedalled a BMW car.

The cars ran as M281Bs in 82, raced to some effect by Alessandro Nannini and Paolo Barilla. The 83 car - the M283 - used Mader-BMWS (but would have taken a DFV) with Nannini racing to 10th in the championship along with Oscar Larrauri.
It was updated for 1984 without much more success, Nannini the driver again.

So in summary, F2 drivers were:
Miguel Angel Guerra
Beppe Gabbiani
Guido Dacco
Michele Alboreto
Johnny Cecotto
Alessandro Nannini
Paulo Barilla
Oscar Larrauri

[ghinzani]

Lamberto Leoni and Roberto Castello were also among the F2 drivers - Lambo in 77 with the Ferrari engined device and again in 84.

[Nanni Dietrich]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
Is that karting WC Danilo Rossi? I know he had a few flirtations with single seaters, but what cars had he driven prior to that Minardi test?

Yes, Danilo Rossi is the 1992 karting World Champion. He raced in Italy in F. 3 (and won a couple of races), but without money... he came back to karting.
At Monaco F.3 GP in 1993 Danilo Rossi was 9th driving a Dallara 393-FiatAbarth (for Forti Corse if I remember well)

[Mischa Bijenhof]

Today we can add my compatriot Nicky Pastorelli, testing at Misano but heading for the States soon.

[Mischa Bijenhof]

And of course, Enrico Toccacelo is Minardi's third driver from the Turkish GP on.

[jarama]

We must add here the israelian chap, whose name I don't remember, who helped to make the cash to Minardi by the Hungarian GP.


Carles.

[jcbc3]

Originally posted by Nanni Dietrich
Team Minardi, twenty years in F. 1 !!!
Can we try to list ALL the Minardi drivers? (test-drivers included ;) )

Boys, only memory, not google...

I begin:
...
33 - Chanok Nissany - ISR
....

This list is too long...

We have him already. In the first post even.