The Minardi M190 was a
Formula One
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car designed by
Aldo Costa
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Costa was born in Pa ...
and
Tomasso Carletti and built by
Minardi for the
1990 Formula One season
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. The car was powered by the
Cosworth DFR
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V8 engine
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and ran on
Pirelli tyres. It failed to score any points for Minardi.
The Minardi M190 was the last Faenza-based
Formula One car
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to run on
Pirelli tyres until
Toro Rosso STR6 in
2011.
Racing history
Minardi had used the
M189 for the first two races of the season but without finishing in the points, before the M190 debuted in the third race of the season, the
San Marino Grand Prix
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, driven by Italians
Pierluigi Martini and
Paolo Barilla
Paolo Barilla (born 20 April 1961) is a businessman and a former Formula One driver who raced for the Minardi team. He is now the Deputy Chairman of the Barilla Group and, as of January 2017, had a net worth of US$1.39 billion.
Racing career
Bari ...
. Martini failed to start the race after an accident in practice while Barilla qualified 26th on the grid. He went on to finish 11th, which would prove to be his best finish of the year.
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After a series of failures to qualify for races towards the end of the season, Barilla was replaced by fellow Italian ]Gianni Morbidelli
Gianni Morbidelli (born 13 January 1968) is an Italian racing driver. He participated in 70 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 11 March 1990. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of 8.5 championship points. He currently competes in the T ...
for the last two races of the year. Morbidelli's qualifying performances were better but he failed to finish either race he started.[
The M190 did not score any points for Minardi in the Constructors' Championship. Its best result was Martini's 8th place at Japan.][
]
Livery
The M190 kept its yellow, black and white diagonal striped livery from 1989. The departure of Luis Pérez-Sala
Luis Pérez-Sala Valls-Taberner (born 15 May 1959) is a Spanish former racing driver who competed in Formula One, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Touring Cars. He was also the team principal of HRT Formula 1 Team during the 2012 F1 season.
Pérez- ...
also meant Lois left as the main sponsor, after three seasons, being replaced by Italian woodwoorking company SCM Group.
Complete Formula One results
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References
External links
Minardi at grandprix.com
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1990 Formula One season cars
Minardi Formula One cars