Comments on: Livery Histories: Minardi

By: Casper

Casper — Fri, 03 May 2019 12:52:08 +0000

I really like the 1995 and1996 design.

By: forzaminardi

forzaminardi — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 19:11:06 +0000

Just wanted to add in relation to the 2001 livery – the top of the nose cone and the top of the siedpods is a stylised version of the dagger held in the hand (paw) of the lion in the Minardi logo, which in turn is a reference to the coat of arms of Faenza which, of course, is Mainardi’s home town. Minardi were my favourite team and reminiscing over some of these images bring a smile to my face and a tear to my eye – Badoer’s retirement from Nurburgring ’99 (as pictured above), Webber’s debut 6th place, Martini’s heroics over the years behind the wheel of a Faenza flyer. Those were the days! People talk about the 70s being the classic period for F1, but for me, my interest in and passion for F1 rose and fell with the Minardi years. Forza Minardi!

By: Robert Cardwell (@skylab007)

Robert Cardwell (@skylab007) — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:53:03 +0000

Always reminded me of a licorice allsort. ’97 was a good year for liveries. Ah.

By: Jarnooo

Jarnooo — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:19:46 +0000

Ah 1997. Probably my favourite livery of all time. I miss Minardi!

By: fandericciardo

fandericciardo — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:10:08 +0000

Keep it up with the Livery Histories. Now, I want to see…Toyota, Ligier/Prost, Tyrrell and Renault 🙂

By: OllieJ

OllieJ — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:12:33 +0000

Yay! Great to see a livery history of my favorite team 🙂 I’d have to say the 91, 96, 99 and (original) 01 liveries are my faves.
Another interesting fact (according to the Forza Minardi book) is that the 88 Minardi was originally all black until (I think) Nannini complained it looked like a hearse. Also the book insists that early Minardis were yellow and ‘midnight blue’ – though they look pretty black to me