Nicolas Minassian: Peugeot's dark horse
The Frenchman is the only one in Peugeot's line-up without F1 experience, yet many rate him as the best sportscar driver of the lot. Steven English spoke to a man whose rivals underestimate at their peril
There was a time when Nicolas Minassian would have been forgiven for thinking that his career just wasn't meant to be. He finished as runner-up in four consecutive championships in his junior career, without winning one, and ground to a halt after finishing runner-up in Formula 3000 in 2000 (ahead of Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso).
With nothing on the table in Europe, he followed in the footsteps of many before him and headed out to America, but he found only a handful of races with Chip Ganassi.
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