That pointy nosed Minardi designed by Gustav Brunner raced Michelin tyres in 2001Just_a_fan wrote:They had a tyre advantage, more importantly. Bridgestone produced tyres that were basically tailored to the Ferrari. They would produce circuit specific tyres too.
Minardi used to get the tyres that Ferrari didn't want. Occasionally they would produce a decent performance and Ferrari would have a look at their tyres to see why.
Oh, and the FIA was giving Ferrari a shed load of money at a time when you could spend what you liked and test as much as you wanted. In fact, in effect Minardi were paying Ferrari by the way the money went around.
Ah, the good days of the 1990s and early 2000s...
And indeed, good old Paul Stoddart
