Rob Bell and Gianmaria Bruni secured a dramatic win for the Virgo Motorsport team at the Nurburgring, despite its yellow Ferrari 430 being severely damaged in a fire during Friday practice.
The Minardis may have been quicker than is normally the case but both Gianmaria Bruni and Zsolt Baumgartner somehow managed to get themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time in an incident-filled Belgian Grand Prix.
Minardi title sponsor, Wilux, will welcome driver, Gianmaria Bruni, to its factory in San Don? di Piave, near Venice today. The visit is intended to recognise the occasion of the young Roman's first Formula One race in Italy - this weekend's San Marino Grand Prix, at Imola.
The Minardi F1 Team successfully completed its two-day test at Misano's Autodromo Santamonica this afternoon, Gianmaria Bruni taking over from Zsolt Baumgartner, who drove yesterday.
European Minardi Cosworth continued with its second day of testing in Spain this week, Gianmaria Bruni handling the driving duties during the morning session and carrying on with the programme of hardware and software evaluation that commenced yesterday.
European Minardi Cosworth this afternoon concluded a highly successful three-day test at the Vallelunga circuit, the team's engineers completing an extensive technical programme, many aspects of which will contribute directly to establishing the final specification of the 2004 European Minardi ch