Talk:Minardi

message: This article should mention the controversy at the 2005 Melbourne Grand Prix. I can find much talk on the internet but so far nothing telling me just what the problem was. — Hippietrail 23:44, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The controversy was about a disagreememtn between the FIA and Minardi, who were trying to race using cars to 2004 regulations as they were unable to produce a new car for the begining of the season. In the end Minardi backed down at the last minute, and modified their cars' aerodynmaics so they were legal. See BBC website here and here Spute 13:19, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Melbourne 2005

message: Article says Minardi have finished "4th three times - Martini twice and Fittipaldi once". What about the US GP 2005, when only six cars entered?
-- Nope. They came 5th and 6th, with Ferrari and Jordanski taking the top 4 places.Damian Corrigan 01:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 4 places

message: Contrary to what Paul might think, there WAS life before Stoddart. Can anyone add anything?
:Added a fair bit (and a pic!) but could still be expanded quite considerably. 4u1e 18:17, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pre-Stoddart History

message: Minardi is the current improvement drive candidate for portal:Formula One. The aim is to get the article to WP:GA status by August 13, 2006. Please feel free to help out in any way you can - references, as ever, are probably the biggest shortcoming, followed by more detail on the pre-Stoddart years and a results table. 4u1e 08:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've nominated this on the GA nominations page, as it will take at least a couple of weeks for it to work its way to the top of the pile. I'm a little uncomfortable with it just being my decision on clearing articles for the 'Selected Article' slot, so it's better if we can actually get it to GA standard before it goes on, rather than after, as was the case with Damon Hill and Gilles Villeneuve. 4u1e 08:17, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  F1 portal Selected Article candidate 

message: Don't think this is quite there yet. Aprithvi has done excellent work on the results table, but the words still need a bit of expansion and referencing. I'll keep working on it when I have time and maybe it can go in later. --4u1e 19:52, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not quite there for the selected article 

message: How about somewhere mentioning the two seater, and the fact that the operation continues to run under the Minardi F1 banner, and as part of Stoddard business groups.. 
http://www.minardif1x2.com 192.102.214.6 15:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  MinardiF1x2 

message: If there has to be a summary of events after Minardi was sold to Red Bull, there needs to be some clarification that there is very little connection indeed between the two outfits. Minardi built their own car, for a start. Let's not pretend Toro Rosso's success is not wholly down to the extra money, the customer chassis and the expensive engines, not from any link to the Minardi days. Bretonbanquet (talk) 13:23, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm fine with that.  Your version of the summary is better than mine, anyway.  In any event, I doubt that there will be many more additions to the article now unless either Paul Stoddart or Giancarlo Minardi finds a way back into F1, or STR wins the championship next year (which would be quite the long shot, IMO).  Rdfox 76 (talk) 15:54, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Cheers, I hope I didn't come across as bad-tempered - I have a tendency to do that lately :( And I agree - barring a Minardi return or Toro Rosso doing something even more amazing than winning a GP, this article is dealing with a "past event". Bretonbanquet (talk) 15:56, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Toro Rosso activities

message: The USA GP 2005 was not boycotted my Michelin shod teams. In fact, Michelin issued a safety notice that stated that the tyre compound that they were using was not safe to use, therefore, unless a chicane was put on the final turn, teams agreed to slow for that turn or an alternate compound was allowed, the tyre wouldnt be issued, thus, the teams couldnt race......far from a boycott, the teams wanted to race but didnt want to risk the lives of their drivers.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mowerman437 (talk • contribs) 08:27, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed "boycotted" to "withdrew from". OK? DH85868993 (talk) 02:54, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  USA Grand Prix 2005 

message: "Significantly, if Eddie Irvine, who placed 7th at that race, had been able to pass Gené, he would ultimately have won that year's World Championship by a point." -- what? Irvine earned 74 points at the end of the 1999 season. Having passed Gene on Nurburgring, he would have earned one more point to a tally of 75, but Hakkinen got 76 at the end of the season. How could Irvine won 1999 World Championship if he had even been able to pass Gene?
I'm going to remove that statement if nobody explains it to me.
Ximaera (talk) 14:14, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The assumption is that if Irvine had that 1 extra point from the Nürburgring, then Schumacher would have allowed him past in Japan, thereby giving Irvine a total of 77 points and the World title. But without that extra point, there was no benefit in Schumacher allowing Irvine past, as he would only have had 76 points - the same as Häkkinen - and Häkkinen would still have won the title on countback, so it was better for Schumacher to stay ahead of Irvine and try to catch Häkkinen. It might be more accurate if the statement said that Irvine could have won the World Championship by a point. DH85868993 (talk) 14:46, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  1999 season 

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