Minardi

[Andrew 0]

I must admit I had a bit of a thrill on Sunday night watching the race. (On the east coast of Australia the telecast began at 11:45pm). As Alonso is Spanish he got a little more TV coverage than usual (which is to say we got to see him doing something other than being lapped). As he was negotiating one of the slower corners it just struck me,

[jagman 0]

good question Andrew, although I would suspect the engines are heavily worked and faster than they where in 98.

[TotalF1 SamB 0]

The problem for Minardi is not that their engines don't have enough power - they're only about 50/60 horsepower down on the Williams - which isn't too bad...it's the weight of the engine that is the big problem...1999 was the dawn of the super-compact engine