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Former Minardi F1 driver Tuero ends racing career

©Wri2 Esteban Tuero, who drove for Minardi during the 1998 Formula One season, has announced that he will retire from racing at the age of 38 this weekend. Having learnt the ropes in Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Formula Nippon, Tuero graduated to grand prix racing with the small Italian outfit aged 19 and 320, which made him then the third youngest driver in F1 history behind Mike Thackwell and Ricardo Rodriguez. The Argentine’s career in the top flight only lasted 16 races before he decided to head back home despite Minardi being keen to keep him for 1999. His best result was the eight-place finish he picked up at the 1998 San Marino Grand Prix, one of the four races where he was...
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