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Vol. 10, No. 50 - Dec. 15th 2004

				Print Version  PDF Version  Palm Version  RSS 2.0 Feed Marcel Schot & Marcel Borsboom: The 2005 Countdown: Facts & Stats   Reuters: On The Road   David Wright & Mark Alan Jones: Elsewhere in Racing   Dieter Rencken: The Weekly Grapevine 2004 Standings 2004 Calendar 2004 Line-Up Teams Portfolios Drivers Bio Test Times Summary Tell Teammates Apart Atlas F1 extends its gratitude to Minardi's Press Officers Fabiana Valenti and Graham Jones for their kind assistance in producing this special issue.
The Minardi Factory Tour by Ross Stonefeld  On a sunny winter day, Atlas F1's Ross Stonefeld and his photographer David Cameron took the train down south to the small town of Faenza, for a guided tour of the Minardi factory. They came back with an exclusive look inside One Shot: the Minardi Cars through the Years by Keith Sutton  Despite their constant lack of funds, Minardi have launched a new car in all but one of their 20 Formula seasons. Award winning photographer Keith Sutton presents the machines as captured through his lense Trading Cards: the Minardi Drivers by Marcel Schot  A total of 34 drivers have started a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix in a Minardi car over the past 20 seasons. From Pierluigi Martini to Alessandro Zanardi - Atlas F1 presents the ultimate Minardi drivers Collector's Trading Cards Atlas F1 News Room Constantly Updated  Badoer Continues Testing at Fiorano Fisichella Aims to Win Again in Malaysia Davidson Lined Up for JV's Drive The Daily Grapevine Constantly Updated  Australian GP Paddock Gossip Greece Finds Site for Formula One Track Honda Engines for Red Bull   Sauber unveil new wind tunnel   Andersson steps down as Toyota boss   Sponsor Trust breaks ties with Minardi		Il Fondatore: Exclusive Interview with Gian Carlo Minardi by Michele Lostia  Not many men alive today have a Formula One team bearing their name, and among those only one no longer owns the company he founded and lead into the sport. Gian Carlo Minardi can still be seen in the paddock every GP weekend, he is still working at the team's factory in Faenza, and he is still very much emotionally bound to his 20-year old baby. Michele Lostia met Signor Minardi for an in-depth interview about Enzo Ferrari, Bernie Ecclestone, Ron Dennis, Paul Stoddart, Ayrton Senna, and two decades of survival in a British-centric sport, despite not speaking a word in English. Exclusive for Atlas F1 The Passion of Stoddart by David Cameron  What moves a man to buy a struggling and uncompetitive Formula One team on the verge of disappearing? The answer is passion, and Paul Stoddart has a lot of that. Say what you will about the Australian businessman, but since taking over the Minardi team, both he and his staff have been keeping the Anglo-Italian squad alive and kicking. David Cameron spent the Japanese Grand Prix with Stoddart and his colleagues, visited their Faenza factory, and heard from them about the struggles and joys of running the poorest team of the field. Exclusive for Atlas F1 Making Something out of Nothing by Craig Scarborough  Despite the smallest of budgets of the Formula One field, the Minardi team have produced some remarkable cars over the years and have groomed some of the leading technical personnel in Formula One. Craig Scarborough looks back at the technical developments of the Anglo-Italian outfit during their two decades in the sport The Minardi Trivia Quiz by Marcel Borsboom  Minardi now marks 20 full seasons in Formula One - an achievement only three other of the current teams have surpassed. But how well do you remember Minardi's tenure in F1? Time to find out!