Minardi M02
Gaston Mazzacane in the Minardi M02 |
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Constructor: | Italy | ||||||||
Designer: |
Gustav Brunner (technical director) Gabriele Tredozi (design) Jean-Claude Migeot (aerodynamics) |
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Predecessor: | Minardi M01 | ||||||||
Successor: | Minardi PS01 | ||||||||
Technical specifications | |||||||||
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Chassis: | Monocoque made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic and aluminum honeycomb composite | ||||||||
Engine: | Fondmetal 3.0 V10 ( Ford Zetec ) | ||||||||
Length: | 4420 mm | ||||||||
Width: | 1800 mm | ||||||||
Height: | 950 mm | ||||||||
Weight: | 600 kg | ||||||||
Tires: | Bridgestone | ||||||||
Petrol: | Eleven Aquitaine | ||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
Driver: | 20. Marc Gené 21. Gastón Mazzacane |
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First start: | 2000 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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World Cup points: | - | ||||||||
Podiums: | - | ||||||||
Leadership laps: | - over 0 km | ||||||||
Status: end of season 2000 |
The Minardi M02 was the racing car of the Italian Formula 1 team Minardi for the 2000 season . It was used in all 17 races.
Technology and development
Gustav Brunner developed the chassis in his role as technical director. Gabriele Tredozi , who was responsible for design , and Jean-Claude Migeot , who headed the aerodynamics department, also had a managerial role .
The M02 was a further development of the predecessor Minardi M01 ; u. a. the nose was built lower. On the basis of an overall good chassis, great progress was made from an aerodynamic point of view under Brunner's leadership.
The vehicle was still not competitive, as Minardi, due to financial difficulties (even if the budget was much larger than in the 1999 season thanks to the main sponsor Telefónica ), had to continue to use the outdated Ford Zetec naturally aspirated ten-cylinder engine from 1998 , which has always been one of the weaker ones Motors counted. It ran under the name Fondmetal 3.0 V10 . Hopes before the season of getting more powerful Supertec engines - Gustav Brunner was already working on appropriate adjustments to the vehicle for these engines - were dashed. Arrows got these engines and Minardi had to fall back on the approx. 80 HP weaker Ford engines. As a result, the two drivers rarely made it past the last row of the grid in qualifying. The V10 engine with 2998 cc capacity had a 72 ° - cylinder bank angle and had four valves per cylinder; the cylinder block was made of aluminum.
Minardi built the sequential six-speed semi-automatic gearbox itself. Like all other teams this season, the team got the tires from Bridgestone . Minardi obtained gasoline and lubricants from Elf Aquitaine . The disc brakes made of carbon fiber reinforced silicon carbide ceramic were supplied by Brembo and the electronics were developed by Magneti Marelli . The spark plugs were supplied by Champion . The three-plate carbon fiber clutch came from AP Racing.
driver
In addition to Marc Gené , who had been driving for Minardi since the previous year, the team promoted previous test driver Gastón Mazzacane to regular driver. Mazzacane, who was supported as Paydriver by PSN , thus made his debut in Formula 1. The young driver Fernando Alonso , who is regarded as extraordinarily talented and who later became world champion twice with Renault , was used as test driver .
Mission history
The team was not competitive throughout the season due to the poor equipment and the precarious financial situation. In the qualification both drivers had no chance for the most part. Nevertheless, compared to the previous season, progress was made and the gap to the midfield teams was shortened. Minardi was also able to often beat the direct competitor Prost Grand Prix .
The best results of the season were three eighth places, which, according to the points system at that time, did not bring any points: Marc Gené already achieved eighth place directly in the first race of the season in Australia ; at the Austrian Grand Prix he repeated this result; Gastón Mazzacane also achieved eighth place at the European Grand Prix . Another highlight was the US Grand Prix , when Mazzacane, in fourth place, kept the reigning world champion Mika Häkkinen behind for several laps. The team completed its 250th Formula 1 race at the Belgian Grand Prix .
At the end of the season Minardi did not score any points, but came in 10th place in the constructors' championship, ahead of Prost. Gené finished 19th in the drivers' world championship, Mazzacane 21st.
Despite the progress made in the 2000 season, Minardi was in the end about to end, after Telefónica surprisingly canceled the sponsorship contract that had only been concluded at the beginning of the previous season and was further increased in early 2000. In addition, the team was without engines. The Australian businessman Paul Stoddart took over the team from Gabriele Rumi and thus ensured its continued existence. 2001 became a year of transition, in which the inferior and now very old Ford engines had to drive the new Minardi PS01 again.
Painting and sponsorship
The most striking visual change was the new yellow fluorescent color of the car with blue and white elements. The vehicles were in the corporate design of the main sponsor, Telefónica. Other important sponsors included a. PSN, Fondmetal, Lois and LG .
Results
driver | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | Points | rank |
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Formula 1 season 2000 | 0 | 10. | ||||||||||||||||||
M. Gené | 20th | 8th | DNF | DNF | 14th | 14th | DNF | DNF | 16 * | 15th | 8th | DNF | 15th | 14th | 9 | 12 | DNF | DNF | ||
G. Mazzacane | 21st | DNF | 10 | 13 | 15th | 15th | 8th | DNF | 12 | DNF | 12 | 11 | DNF | 17th | 10 | DNF | 15th | 13 * |
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 |
literature
- Vigar, Simon: Forza Minardi! The Inside Story Of The Little Team That Took On the Giants Of F1 ; Veloce Publishing Ltd; Dorchester 2008 ISBN 9781845841607 ( Preview on Google Books )
Web links
- Vehicle profile at StatsF1.com
- Vehicle profile at motorsport-total.com
- The M02 Car Specifications , data sheet on atlasf1.autosport.com (engl.)
- PRMotor TV Spain : Presentation video about Gastón Mazzacane and the Minardi M02 on YouTube , August 6, 2009, accessed on January 10, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Minardi M02 , f1technical.net; Accessed April 20, 2019.
- ↑ a b c d 2000 - An uncertain future ... , forzaminardi.com; Accessed April 20, 2019
- ↑ Vigar 2008: 61st
- ^ The future of Minardi , grandprix.com of November 2, 2000; Accessed April 20, 2019
- ↑ a b Pierre Ménard: La Grande Encyclopédie de la Formule 1st 2nd edition, St. Sulpice, 2000, ISBN 2-940125-45-7 (French), p. 456
- ↑ David Hodges: AZ of Grand Prix Cars 1906-2001. 2001 (Crowood Press), ISBN 1-86126-339-2 (English), p. 180
- ^ The M02 Car Specifications , atlasf1.autosport.com; Accessed April 22, 2019
- ↑ Minardi, the underdog from the front row , motorsport-total.com of February 14, 2016; Accessed April 20, 2019
- ^ Paul Stoddart: Fernando Alonso was the "quiet achiever" , formel1.de of March 4, 2016; Accessed April 20, 2019
- ↑ a b Mazzacane and Alonso join Gene at Minardi , grandprix.com of February 21, 2000; Accessed April 20, 2019
- ↑ Vigar 2008: 61
- ↑ Vigar 2008: 61
- ^ Minardi loses Telefonica backing , BBC Sport, October 17, 2000; Accessed April 20, 2019
- ↑ Minardi: The Australian Samaritan , Spiegel Online from January 30, 2001; Accessed April 20, 2019
- ↑ Telefonica confirmed as Minardi sponsor , Autosport.com of January 17, 2000; Accessed April 20, 2019