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Minardi: F1's front row underdog

It's more than 10 years since the Minardi name left the Formula 1 grid. Its founder Giancarlo Minardi and long-time driver Pierluigi Martini reminisce about its greatest days

Giancarlo Minardi smiles when he remembers the 1990 United States Grand Prix. It was the one and only race in 340 Formula 1 starts where he saw one of his cars start on the front row.

"I had the greatest satisfaction on the grid," he says. "We hadn't any car ahead of us. All was clear."

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