The Minardi M187 was a
Formula One car designed by
Giacomo Caliri
Giacomo Caliri (born 29 July 1940 in Catania) is an Italian former Formula One engineer.
His racing career began in 1966 when Caliri graduated from Turin Polytechnic with a prize-winning thesis on aerodynamics.
He joined Ferrari in 1964 and bec ...
built by
Minardi
Minardi was an Italian automobile racing team and constructor founded in Faenza in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. It competed in the Formula One World Championship from 1985 until 2005 with little success, nevertheless acquiring a loyal followin ...
for the
1987 Formula One season
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. The car was driven by Spanish driver
Adrian Campos
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and Italian
Alessandro Nannini. Using the M187, Minardi scored no points during the course of the season.
Race history
Nannini was consistently better performed than both the car and the overweight, underpowered ()
Motori Moderni V6 turbo. He was let down by the car and finished only three races during the season. His performances were such that he was signed to the
Benetton team with their
naturally aspirated
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factory
Ford V8 engines for . The chain smoking Italian did not score any points for the season but most agreed that was more the car than driver and his performances for Benetton from 1988 to 1990 would back this up.
Unfortunately the same could not be said for Campos who brought considerably more money to the team than Formula One standard driving talent and it was noted by many, including
BBC commentator
Murray Walker on a number of occasions, that Campos was out of his depth in Grand Prix racing. The Spaniard was disqualified in the opening race in
Brazil for passing cars to take his grid position after stalling at the start of the warm-up lap. He did not start in
Monaco due to a crash before the start, and recorded his only finish for the season when he finished 14th (four laps behind winner
Nigel Mansell
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) in his home race in
Spain.
The M187 was the last Minardi to use the Motori Moderni engine. The team's replacement car for , the
Minardi M188, would use the naturally aspirated customer
Ford-Cosworth DFZ V8 engine.
Livery
The M187 retained the black and yellow colour scheme from the previous seasons, with sponsorship from
Simod
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...
. The signing of Campos as a driver also brought sponsorship from the Spanish jeans company Lois.
Complete Formula One results
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References
1987 Formula One season cars
Minardi Formula One cars
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