Minardi M01
 A Minardi M01 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola |
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| Constructor: |
 Minardi
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| Designer: |
Gustav Brunner (technical director) Gabriele Tredozi (designer) Jean-Claude Migeot (aerodynamics) |
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| Predecessor: | Minardi M198 | ||||||||
| Successor: | Minardi M02 | ||||||||
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| Chassis: | Honeycomb sandwich - monocoque with outer layers made of CFRP | ||||||||
| Engine: | Ford - Cosworth Zetec-R VJ 2,998 cm³, 72 ° V10 naturally aspirated engine | ||||||||
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone axle with internal springs and shock absorbers , actuated via push rods made of CFRP | ||||||||
| Rear suspension: | Double wishbone axle with internal springs and shock absorbers , actuated via push rods made of CFRP | ||||||||
| Length: | 4420 mm | ||||||||
| Width: | 1800 mm | ||||||||
| Tires: | Bridgestone | ||||||||
| Petrol: | Eleven | ||||||||
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| Driver: | 20. Luca Badoer 20. Stéphane Sarrazin 21. Marc Gené  
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| First start: | 1999 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1999 Japanese Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| World Cup points: | 1 | ||||||||
| Podiums: | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps: | - over 0 km | ||||||||
| Status: end of season 1999 | |||||||||
The Minardi M01 was the Formula 1 race car of Minardi for the 1999 season , took part in all 16 races of the season.
Technology and development
The technical director for development was Gustav Brunner . He was responsible for Gabriele Tredozi for the construction and Jean-Claude Migeot for the aerodynamic shape of the car.
Engine was the Zetec-R PY-V10 naturally aspirated engine of Ford with a displacement of 2,998 cc and a cylinder bank angle of 72 °. It developed around 548 kW (735 hp) at 16,000 rpm. The engine was as of 1998; in the Stewart SF2 this was already used in the previous year. As a result, besides the Arrows engines , these only reconditioned engines were the weakest in the whole field.
The self-developed semi-automatic transmission had six gears. A double wishbone axle with internal springs and shock absorbers , operated by push rods made of CFRP , was used as the front suspension . At the rear, a double wishbone axle with internal springs and shock absorbers, operated by push rods made of CFRP , was used.
Racing history
After the Minardi M198, the team started a new series of names with the M01, as this car is supposed to symbolize a new beginning within the team. The main donor for the team was Telefónica , the sponsorship of the Spanish telecommunications company filled most of the budget and also financed an aerodynamics package in the summer, as a result of which the performance of the car was significantly improved from the German Grand Prix . The new car did the first test laps with Luca Badoer in Mugello at the end of January and was officially presented to the world on February 8, 1999 in Barcelona.
The biggest success of the season came at the European Grand Prix when Marc Gené finished sixth, scoring the first World Championship point since Australia in 1995 . However, Minardi could have scored more points in this race, as Luca Badoer , in fourth place with a gearbox defect, retired 13 laps before the end. With this point, Minardi temporarily reached ninth place in the constructors' championship, tied with Arrows . At the end of the season Minardi fell back to tenth place due to Toranosuke Takagi's seventh place in Australia , as Badoer's best placing was eighth in San Marino . Nevertheless, the new team BAR , which was financially supported by British American Tobacco , was left behind.
The year 1999 can be seen as a partial success for Minardi, as they had reached a point in the world championship for the first time in four years and were therefore not last in the ranking in the end. According to technical director Gustav Brunner, the main problem during the season was the car's unfavorable aerodynamics, which, however, were significantly improved by new measures from September. The car also became slightly more reliable, with only 16 failures compared to the 18 in 1997 and 1998. The most noticeable were gearbox defects that caused five failures.
Painting and sponsorship
The basic color of the M01 was a light dark blue on the top and wings of the car, and silver on the nose and side pods. The main sponsor was the telecommunications company Telefónica , which advertised in yellow on the front and rear wings, on the cockpit on the side of the driver and on the airbox. In addition to the main sponsor Fondmetal, the brake supplier Brembo , the Italian tool manufacturer Beta Utensili and the Israeli software manufacturer Cimatron advertised on the side pods . Another well-known sponsor, the Italian inline skates producer Roces , advertised on the nose of the car.
driver
Regular drivers were the Ferrari test driver Luca Badoer and the newcomer Marc Gené , who brought around seven million US dollars in sponsorship money from Telefónica . The Argentinian Gastón Mazzacane was nominated as test and reserve driver . Stéphane Sarrazin , Prost Grand Prix's substitute driver , was hired for the second race after Badoer sustained a hand injury during test drives and was unable to take part in the race weekend.
Further use of the chassis
A Marc Gené chassis is on display at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit in Imola .
Results
| driver | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | Points | rank |
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L. Badoer
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20th | DNF | INJ | 8th | DNF | DNF | 10 | 10 | DNF | 13 | 10 | 14th | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | ||
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S. Sarrazin
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M. Gené
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21st | DNF | 9 | 9 | DNF | DNF | 8th | DNF | 15th | 11 | 9 | 17th | 16 | DNF | 6th | 9 | DNF | ||
| Legend | ||
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Web links
- Vehicle profile at chicanef1.com
- Vehicle profile at fedef1.com
- Vehicle profile at motorsport-total.com
- Vehicle profile at StatsF1.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ statsf1.com: Minardi M01. Stats F1, January 1, 2000, accessed March 31, 2020 .
- ↑ chicanef1.com: Minardi M01. Chicane F1, January 1, 2000, accessed March 31, 2020 .
- ↑ fedef1.com: Minardi M01. Fede F1, January 1, 2000, accessed March 31, 2020 .
- ↑ grandprix.com: New cars everywhere ... Grand Prix, February 1, 1999, accessed April 1, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b grandprix.com: Minardi names two new boys. Grand Prix, February 8, 1999, accessed April 1, 2020 .
Racing car of the Formula 1 World Championship 1999
