Giancarlo Minardi (born 18 September 1947) is the founder and former Managing Director of the now-defunct Minardi Formula One team. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Minardi was an Automobile racing team and constructor founded in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi.
Minardi was born in Faenza (Ravenna), Italy and has spent his life with cars. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest As a young boy, his family managed a Fiat dealership and an Agip fuel station, and currently manages Iveco and Selenia dealerships. Fiat SpA (an Acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer Agip (Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli established in 1926 is an Italian automotive Gasoline and Diesel retailer Iveco is an Italian Truck, Bus, and Diesel engine Manufacturer, based in Turin, Italy. His father, Giovanni Minardi, who died when Giancarlo was young, was also heavily involved in motor racing.
Giancarlo Minardi began his career as a business man, running a successful truck dealership in Italy.
He began his racing career in 1968, buying a Faccioli tuned Fiat 500, achieving good results in the various hillclimbs he competed in. "500" is also Fiat's model number for the earlier Fiat Topolino, later Fiat Cinquecento and current Fiat Nuova 500 The Hillclimbing (also known as hill climbing, speed hillclimbing or speed hill climbing) is a branch of Motorsport in which drivers compete against Subsequently he began rallying a Fiat 124, after which he turned his attention to leading the Scuderia del Passatore racing team. Rallying is a form of motor competition that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars The Fiat 124 is a mid-sized Family car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat between 1966 and 1974 Between 1972 and 1974 he led the Scuderia del Passatore team to good results in Formula Italia, being runner-up in the 1972 championship and then in 1973 going on to win the title with Giancarlo Martini as driver. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. After a name change to Scuderia Everest in 1975, his team raced a BMW March in the European Formula Two Championship for two years. ( BMW) (Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer founded in 1916 Formula Two, abbreviated to F2, was a type of Formula racing.
In 1980 he formed the Minardi racing team with financial backing from well known Italian motor racing patron Piero Mancini. Minardi was an Automobile racing team and constructor founded in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. Giancarlo led the Minardi team to four successful Formula Two seasons, the most notable success being a 1981 win at the Misano round. Formula Two, abbreviated to F2, was a type of Formula racing.
Formula One was the next logical step for Minardi in 1985. In 1991, Ferrari provided Minardi with V12 engines. Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing V12 redirects here For the V12 Training program see V-12 Navy College Training Program.
Money woes hit and in 1994 Minardi joined his team with Scuderia Italia in an effort to survive. In 1996 money ran short again and by year's end Minardi was forced to sell 70% of his team to a new investor consortium. Giancarlo retained 14. 5% with the remaining 15. 5% distributed between the Scuderia Italia investors (Emilio Gnutti, Giuseppe Lucchini and Vittorio Palazzani) and Defendente Marniga. The Minardi team was then controlled by Flavio Briatore. Flavio Briatore (born April 12, 1950) is an Italian businessman
From 1997 to 2000, Minardi and Gabriele Rumi shared the General Director role for the alliance.
2001 saw another change in the ownership of the Minardi team with Australian Paul Stoddart buying the company, although Giancarlo retained the role of Managing Director, with particular emphasis on the development of young drivers. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Paul Stoddart, born May 26, 1955, is an Australian millionaire airline magnate and former owner of the Minardi Formula One racing He left Minardi after the take over and renaming to "Toro Rosso" by the Red Bull energy drink concern in 2006. Subsequently he offered support to both Minardi Team by GP Racing in Euro F3000 and Minardi Piquet Sports in GP2 resulting in significant success for both teams, most notably with Nelson Piquet Jr himself in GP2 who finished runner up to Lewis Hamilton in the 2006 championship. Piquet Sports, formerly known as Minardi Piquet Sports or Minardi by Piquet Sports, is a Brazil &ndash Italian Motor racing team For the article about the Asian version of the GP2 series see GP2 Asia Series. Nelson Ângelo Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior (born July 25 1985 in Heidelberg, Germany) also known as Nelson Piquet Junior or Nelsinho Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born Stevenage, 7 January 1985
Driver development is an area in which Giancarlo is considered to have significant aptitude. He has identified and given breaks to many drivers who subsequently went on to achieve successes with other teams and in other formulas. Drivers such as Giancarlo Fisichella, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Jarno Trulli all had their Formula One debut with Minardi. Giancarlo Fisichella (born January 14, 1973 in Rome, Italy) also known as Fisico or Fisi, is an Italian racing Fernando Alonso Díaz (born July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Spain) is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time Early career Mark Webber was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, son of Alan the local Motorcycle dealer Jarno Trulli (born July 13[[ 974]] age) is an Italian Formula One Auto racing driver currently driving for the Toyota team
Giancarlo currently resides in Faenza, Italy. He is married to Mara and has one son named after his father Giovanni. He has two brothers: Giuseppe, who has taken over the Fiat dealership and Nando who now runs the truck concession. Giancarlo is currently the chairman of the football club Faenza FC.
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