Gustav Brunner
The car was created by Austrian designer Gustav Brunner for the Italian Minardi team in Faenza during the 2001 season of the Formula One motor racing World Championship. At the end of the previous season the technical partnership with Italian manufacturer Fondmetal had ended who had provided Minardi with the aerodynamic design, wind tunnel and model making facilities for the PS01. Minardi were thus required to take the new car's design in-house but continued with a limited use of Fondmetal's wind tunnel. A contract with Supertec to supply Minardi with engines fell through and resulted in the designers stopping construction on the PS01.