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Stoddart to be Minardi's last driver



Paul Stoddart will become the last man to drive a contemporary Minardi Formula One car at Vallelunga on Thursday.

Outgoing team boss Stoddart will demonstrate the current PS05 at the Italian circuit on Thursday afternoon, after this week's driver evaluation tests are completed.

The 50 year-old Australian has driven the other Minardi cars during his five-year spell as team boss, however it will be the first time he will get behind the wheel of the 2005 challenger.

"I'll go down in the history as the last person to drive a Minardi," Stoddart told autosport.com. "I've not driven this year's car before but it won't be too difficult.

"I'll only do five laps or something, this will be the last lap in the Minardi Formula 1 car so I may as well do it. It will be very nostalgic but there isn't a lot of width on the track for what I had in mind. I'm sure there will be something special at the end.

"It will just be demonstration laps, I don't know this track very well so I'm not going to go too fast."

Minardi have been bought by Red Bull, who will rename the team next season.

Comments

  • Suddenly, coming out of the last corner, Stoddart is viciously overtaken by a second car... it's an M193! Is that... dear god, it's Gian Carlo driving!

    I can dream, can't I?
  • And now, the end is near,
    And so I face the final curtain.
    My friends, I'll say it clear;
    I'll state my case of which I'm certain.

    I've lived a life that's full -
    I've travelled each and every highway.
    And more, much more than this,
    I did it my way.

    Regrets? I've had a few,
    But then again, too few to mention.
    I did what I had to do
    And saw it through without exemption.

    I planned each charted course -
    Each careful step along the byway,
    And more, much more than this,
    I did it my way.

    Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew,
    When I bit off more than I could chew,
    But through it all, when there was doubt,
    I ate it up and spit it out.
    I faced it all and I stood tall
    And did it my way.

    I've loved, I've laughed and cried,
    I've had my fill - my share of losing.
    But now, as tears subside,
    I find it all so amusing.

    To think I did all that,
    And may I say, not in a shy way -
    Oh no. Oh no, not me.
    I did it my way.

    For what is a man? What has he got?
    If not himself - Then he has naught.
    To say the things he truly feels
    And not the words of one who kneels.
    The record shows I took the blows
    And did it my way.

    Yes, it was my way.
    Would be a nice song for this event... :(
  • That's a popular song these days. You must be inspired Homer! It was played at the 'Zapfenstreich' in honour of our dear friend Gerd ;)
  • Suddenly, coming out of the last corner, Stoddart is viciously overtaken by a second car... it's an M193! Is that... dear god, it's Gian Carlo driving!
    Why not the twoseater?
  • Indeed Biker.

    And for both persons, it would be the best choice they could do...
  • Sounds like PS is going to flog the arse out of the car with burnout display before handing it over to RedBull
  • [quote]Suddenly, coming out of the last corner, Stoddart is viciously overtaken by a second car... it's an M193! Is that... dear god, it's Gian Carlo driving!
    Why not the twoseater? [/quote]

    Only if Gian Carlo is in front.
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    Artist: Lyrics
    Song: Without You Lyrics

    Eliza (singing):
    What a fool I was, what dominated fool,
    to think that you were the earth and the sky,
    What a fool I was, What an elevated fool,
    What a mutton-headed dote was I!
    No, my reverberated friend,
    you are not the beginning and the end.

    Professor Higgins (speaking):
    You impetant hussy there's not an idea in your head or a word in your mouth that I haven't put there.

    Eliza (singing):
    There'll be spring every year without you. England still will be here without you.
    There'll be fruit on the tree.
    And a shore by the sea.
    There'll be crumpets and tea without you.

    Art and music will thrive without you. Somehow Keats will survive without you.
    And there still will be rain on that plain down in Spain,
    even that will remain without you.
    I can do without you.

    You, dear friend, who taught so well,
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    They can still rule with land without you.
    Windsor Castle will stand without you.
    And without much ado we can all muddle through without you.

    Professor Higgins:
    You brazen hussy,

    Eliza (singing):
    Wihtout pulling it the tide comes in,
    without your twirling it the Earth can spin,
    Without your pulling it, the tide comes in
    Without your twirling it, the earth can spin
    Without your pushing them, the clouds roll by,
    If they can do without you, ducky, so can I
    I shall not feel alone without you
    I can stand on my own without you
    So go back in your shell
    I can do bloody well
    Without...

    Professor Higging (singing) interupts:
    By George, I really did it,
    I did it, I did it,
    I said I'd make a woman and indeed I did,
    I knew that I could do it,
    I knew it, I knew it,
    I said I'd make a woman and succeed I did!

    (speaking)
    Eliza you are wonderful
  • Nice Bernie
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