Sunday October 31st, 1999

Minardi Conclude a Relatively Good Year
Minardi Press Release

Luca Badoer: "I am happy to have given my contribution to the Team's steady improvement which allowed them to become closer to the times of the top cars. This bodes well for next year. It's also very pleasing to help them to achieve this 10th place in the Constructors' Championship which is so important for the Team."

Marc Gene: "I am sorry I failed to finish this last race and more because so far my car has proved to be always reliable. But I'm aware that it is not possible to finish all the races; I did a good start concentrating myself to overtake Takagi. I then was in the wake of Zonta's car keeping Fisichella behind me who was slower. My car was going very well and I, therefore, was doing my race pushing hard. Unfortunately I experienced a gearbox failure. I am, however, happy for the Team because we hit our target: we are tenth in the Constructors' Championship."

Gabriele Rumi: "The retirement of both drivers doesn't obscure the great job done by the Team. In the course of the year we concentrated all our efforts on the continuous development of the car and now that the Championship is over we feel satisfied to remain in the top ten thus proving our goal is confirmed for this season."

Giancarlo Minardi: "We lived this 15th season as a continuous progress improving both cars and the Team's organization as well. Now I can state that this staff is not second to anybody in terms of quality considering our engineers and mechanics' skills. I believe we really deserved this tenth place in the Constructors Championship."