Surprisingly, the 6-wheeled Tyrrell returns to the track.
The historic 6-wheeled car at Historic Minardi Day
There will also be the historic Tyrrell P34, the six-wheeled F1 car, among the legendary racing cars that will participate in the sixth edition of Historic Minardi Day, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 27 and Sunday, Aug. 28 at the Autodromo Internazionale di Imola.
The numerous sessions will feature fantastic cars that have written important pages of world motorsport. Opening the days will be the Historic GTs (9:30 a.m.), followed by the prototypes and gran turismo (10:00 a.m.) and the Formule Junior, Formula Italia F3 and Gp3 (10:30 and 11:00 a.m.).
The focal point of the two days will be the sessions at 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. with Formula 1, F2, F3000 and GP2 single-seaters ready to tread the Imola track, with a special appointment at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday 28. Pierluigi Martini will tread the track of the Autodromo Internazionale di Imola aboard the Tyrrell P34/02, brought to debut by Patrick Depailler at the Spanish Grand Prix in Jarama in 1976, perfectly restored with completely original parts under the watchful eye of the champion from Romagna for a world preview Shakedown with a final surprise for the public. On Sunday 28 Martini will step into the cockpit of Ronnie Peterson and Patrick Depailler’s 1977 Tyrrell P34/05, giving all fans a few laps around the track.
There will be no shortage of Minardis, including the M189 that gave the Faenza-based team incredible results: 5th place in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and in Portugal at Estoril by covering a lead lap after starting from the third row with the 5th fastest time in qualifying and 6th place in Australia by starting from the second row with the 3rd best time, to which is added the 4th fastest time in qualifying at Jerez and the incredible front row at the 1990 Phoenix GP thanks to the 2nd fastest time (1:28.731) behind Gerhard Berger’s McLaren-Honda (1:28.664). Ferraris including the 126 C/4, 642, 643, 321B2 chassis 5, Surtees ST8 F5000 (1971), Shadow DN3, Arrows A3, WOLF WR7, Merzario A3 from the Tazio Nuvolari stable, Jaguar, Jordan, Toyota for an incredible journey of over 50 years, which will start with the 1954/1956 Maserati 250F – recently judged by a panel of experts as the most beautiful racing car in the world – one of the most successful F1 single-seaters ever with two world championships and 8 GPs won to its credit.
After its track debut last year at Imola itself, the PJ01 hypercar, designed and built by Juri Pambuffetti, is back and inspired by Formula 1: 5.2-liter V10 gasoline engine, 800 hp of power for a total weight of 1,100 kilograms (1.3 kg/hp), 800 Nm of maximum torque with 6-speed gearbox with paddle shifters on the steering wheel, 0-100 km/h sprint in 3 seconds and over 320 km/h top speed. Steel and carbon chassis and extraordinary Downforce of over 500 kg already at 280 km/h.
Over the two days there will be nearly 400 incredible cars on the track that fans will be able to vote for via QR code, as well as access multimedia material (pictures and information). Thanks to the Historic Tributes, there will be no shortage of authentic gems by Scuderia Tazio Nuvolari Italia, which will organize the “Lotus Elise” and “The Formula Junior, Italian Job” rallies, and Scuderia del Portello, an ACI Storico affiliated club and bearer of the Alfa Romeo brand by bringing to the track the cars that have made the history of the Biscione (Formula 1, F3, Formula Alfa Boxer, Type 33 prototypes, GT and Super Turismo), which celebrates 40 years of activity this year. On the occasion of the Historic Minardi Day the Portello will remember Massimo Larini and, on Saturday (about 6 p.m.) will organize at its booth a get-together with guests and former Alfa Romeo drivers, including among them Carlo Facetti (Larini’s teammate at the time). On the occasion, Paolo and Flavio Larini, sons of the unforgettable Massimo, will present, together with the Minardi Family, the “Massimo Larini Memorial Trophy” to the President of Scuderia del Portello, Marco Cajani, right next to the car in which the driver lost his life.
