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On the back end of the grid things were not much more exciting. The Minardi team turned up with an evolution of the 2003 car, the [[PS04]]. The car was described by the team itself as looking "outwardly similar to last season's [[PS03]] [[http://www.essayontime.com/ custom papers]], which is unsurprising given the current stability of Formula One technical regulations" and notwithstanding small changes to aerodynamic parts of the car (especially floor, diffuser and front wing, as well as the required alterations to the engine cover and rear wing) it was quite obvious that it would become another difficult season for the Faenza based squad.
In terms of power the team used the same 72-degree, [[Cosworth]] CR3 V10 in LD (long-distance) specification to comply with 2004 regulations. In a nutshell: Not the package that would compete for the 2004 World Championship.
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Behind the wheel 2004 again saw a complete change as both [[WilsonJustin Justin Wilson]] and [[VerstappenJos Jos Verstappen]] decided to try their luck elsewhere. Roman driver [[BruniGianmaria Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni]] and Hungarian [[BaumgartnerZsolt Zsolt Baumgartner]] took over, facing the hard challenge to impress in a car that from day one had no peer on the F1 grid. Even the Jordans of Nick Heidfeld and Giorgio Pantano were at times more than a second ahead of the Minardis.
To make matters worse for the team, on the 9th of July, its Sporting Director John Walton succumbed to a heart attack he had suffered two days before in London while Minardi was showing off its F1x2 cars during the F1 event on Regent Street.
In honour of its late team member, Minardi decided to remove all sponsor logos from the car for the British GP and replace them with the words "John Boy". This sparked a major row with Minardi's main sponsor Wilux which had been selling on its advertising space to other companies. Wilux, a leftover from the consortium that had backed Dutch driver [[VerstappenJos Jos Verstappen]] in 2003, and Minardi mutually decided to terminate the contract and the advertising space on the side pods was passed on to [[StoddartPaul Paul Stoddart]]'s fledgling airline OZJET and Swiss company CONNECT.
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Nevertheless there were positive sides to 2004 as well. Most notably [[BaumgartnerZsolt Zsolt Baumgartner]], coming in 8th at Indianapolis, sent Minardi fans around the world jumping with joy. His ability to keep the car going in a race that saw many others drop out, gave Minardi its first point since [[WebberMark Mark Webber]]'s heroic drive at Albert Park in 2002. In addition to that, the Minardi team was able to draw attention to itself when the F1x2 team took passengers for a ride in South Africa, Switzerland and at the Regent Street F1 event in London.
Race by Race
Australia
At the season opener, Gimmi finished the race 15 laps down (he went out on track again to gain experience after he had pitted for 12 laps to fix a problem with the engine) while Zsolt retired after 13 laps with engine problems. It was not a good start for our boys in black. Michael Schumacher took victory ahead of Rubens Barrichello and ex Minardi boy Fernando Alonso in the Renault.
Malaysia
Both drivers finished the race with [[BruniGianmaria Gimmi]] coming in 14th, 3 laps down on Michael Schumacher and [[BaumgartnerZsolt Zsolt]] finishing 16th, 4 laps down. Juan Pablo Montoya got the second place and Jenson Button started a positive string of results for the arguably most improved team of the season (BAR) by grabbing third place.
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Bahrain
A new track, the usual winner: Michael Schumacher. Rubens came in second and Jenson confirmed the third place in Malaysia was not a miracle. Bruni placed 17th (5 laps down) and Zsolt experienced engine problems and stopped after 44 laps.
San Marino
Zsolt finished 15th, 4 laps down on the winner (the usual Michael Schumacher) and Gimmi experienced a problem with the brake balance of his car and came into the pits. As it was a clear safety-related issue, the car was withdrawn from the race. Jenson Button came in 2nd with Juan Pablo Montoya in third position.
Spain
Both Minardi drivers failed to finish. Zsolt Baumgartner spun off the track at turn nine on race lap 18, while allowing a faster car to pass. Team mate, Gianmaria Bruni, found himself grappling with braking difficulties, his car spinning into retirement on race lap 32. The race was, again won by Michael Schumacher ahead of Rubens Barrichello and another ex Minardi driver: Jarno Trulli.
Monaco
Zsolt Baumgartner, even though he was 6 laps down on the race winner, managed to come in 9th just shy of valuable World Championship points. Unfortunately, Bruni was forced to retire his car from the race on lap 17, with a gearbox problem. Monaco was the first race won by Renault driver and ex Minardi rookie Jarno Trulli. Second place was for Jenson Button with Rubens Barrichello in third.
Europe
Both Minardis finished the race with Gimmi 14th and Zsolt 15th both 3 laps behind the winner who was once again called Michael Schumacher. The German took victory ahead of his team mate Barrichello and Jenson Button.
Canada
Zsolt came in 10th, another good result, while a gearbox problem after the first of his two scheduled pit stops led to Bruni's retirement on lap 31. Because Toyota and Williams were disqualified for brake duct irregularities the result at the front was again: Michael Schumacher first, Rubens Barrichello second and Jenson Button in third.
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USA
Much to the joy of the many Minardi supporters in the US, it was Zsolt Baumgartner's day. By finishing 8th he claimed Minardi's only World Championship point of the season. Bruni's race came to a sudden end at the second corner when a collision involving the Jordan of Giorgio Pantano slightly bent the right front suspension of his car. For the record, Michael Schumacher took his 8th victory ahead of Rubens Barrichello and BAR&'s Takuma Sato.
France
At Magny Cours, Bruni finished 18th while a small driving error by Zsolt Baumgartner landed his car in the gravel at turn three on lap 33. You guessed it, another victory for Michael Schumacher ahead of 2001 Minardi driver Fernando Alonso and Rubens Barrichello.
Britain
A race overshadowed by John Walton's unexpected death. Baumgartner retired his car on lap 30 of the race with an engine problem, while Bruni was given a drive-through penalty for missing blue-flag signals. Gimmi managed to make the chequered flag, in 16th place, four laps behind Michael Schumacher who took the British GP ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Rubens Barrichello.
Germany
Zsolt and Gimmi finished 4 laps behind Michael Schumacher in 16th and 17th place respectively. Jenson Button came in second with Fernando Alonso in third.
Hungary
Another double finish with Gimmi in 14th and Zsolt in 15th spot. Michael Schumacher made it 12 victories ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Fernando Alonso.
Belgium
Zsolt Baumgartner was taken out of the Belgian GP in dramatic fashion on lap 30, after a rear tyre on Jenson Button's BAR exploded and launched the Briton's car at high speed into the side of the Minardi. Gianmaria Bruni was even more unfortunate as he didn't even finish the first lap being caught up in a chain reaction of accidents. It was the start of a very disappointing period for the Italian driver. Kimi Raikkonen emerged as the surprise winner, Michael Schumacher came in second and Rubens third.
Italy
Gimmi was involved in a freak accident when his car caught fire due to a small amount of petrol leaking from the refuelling nozzle during a scheduled pitstop. He did not suffer any major injuries but was unable to resume the race. Zsolt finished the race in 15th position. Rubens Barrichello took his first victory of the season ahead of Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button.
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China
Zsolt finished in 16th place while Bruni's left front wheel came off as the result of a mechanical problem, and he was forced to retire from the race on lap 38. Rubens Barrichello won ahead of Jenson Button and Kimi Raikonnen.
Japan
Bruni came in 16th and finally managed to see the chequered flag again. Zsolt spun out of the race at turn five just after his third, and final, scheduled pit stop. Michael Schumacher returned to winning ahead of his brother Ralf in the Williams and Jenson Button in the BAR.
Brazil
The final race of the season saw a double finish for the Minardi boys with Zsolt Baumgartner coming in 16th ahead of Gianmaria Bruni in 17th. Juan Pablo Montoya took the only Williams victory of the season ahead of McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen and Rubens Barrichello.
In the aftermath of the 2004 season many young drivers tested for the Minardi team at various occasions (among them [[AlbersChristijan Christijan Albers]], Will Power and young Venezuelan, Pastor Maldonado). [[StoddartPaul Paul Stoddart]] continued to be the most outspoken critic of the current structure of F1 and the team vowed to build a completely new car in time for the first GP of the 2005 at Albert Park, Melbourne.
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On the back end of the grid things were not much more exciting. The Minardi team turned up with an evolution of the 2003 car, the [[PS04]]. The car was described by the team itself as looking "outwardly similar to last season's [[PS03]] [[http://www.essayontime.com/ custom papers]], which is unsurprising given the current stability of Formula One technical regulations" and notwithstanding small changes to aerodynamic parts of the car (especially floor, diffuser and front wing, as well as the required alterations to the engine cover and rear wing) it was quite obvious that it would become another difficult season for the Faenza based squad.
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The 2004 season marked another year of [[Ferrari]] dominance with champion Michael Schumacher taking his seventh title in resounding fashion. Neither a daring aerodynamic concept by BMW-Williams nor the fact that Kimi Raikkonen was tipped by many F1 pundits to be the one to push Schumacher off the throne prevented the prancing horses from Maranello from staging a complete walkover. Michael Schumacher won 13 out of 18 races, securing his title as early as Spa, with 5 races to go.
On the back end of the grid things were not much more exciting. The Minardi team turned up with an evolution of the 2003 car, the [[PS04]]. The car was described by the team itself as looking "outwardly similar to last season's [[PS03]], which is unsurprising given the current stability of Formula One technical regulations" and notwithstanding small changes to aerodynamic parts of the car (especially floor, diffuser and front wing, as well as the required alterations to the engine cover and rear wing) it was quite obvious that it would become another difficult season for the Faenza based squad.
In terms of power the team used the same 72-degree, [[Cosworth]] CR3 V10 in LD (long-distance) specification to comply with 2004 regulations. In a nutshell: Not the package that would compete for the 2004 World Championship.
Behind the wheel 2004 again saw a complete change as both [[WilsonJustin Justin Wilson]] and [[VerstappenJos Jos Verstappen]] decided to try their luck elsewhere. Roman driver [[BruniGianmaria Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni]] and Hungarian [[BaumgartnerZsolt Zsolt Baumgartner]] took over, facing the hard challenge to impress in a car that from day one had no peer on the F1 grid. Even the Jordans of Nick Heidfeld and Giorgio Pantano were at times more than a second ahead of the Minardis.
To make matters worse for the team, on the 9th of July, its Sporting Director John Walton succumbed to a heart attack he had suffered two days before in London while Minardi was showing off its F1x2 cars during the F1 event on Regent Street.
In honour of its late team member, Minardi decided to remove all sponsor logos from the car for the British GP and replace them with the words "John Boy". This sparked a major row with Minardi's main sponsor Wilux which had been selling on its advertising space to other companies. Wilux, a leftover from the consortium that had backed Dutch driver [[VerstappenJos Jos Verstappen]] in 2003, and Minardi mutually decided to terminate the contract and the advertising space on the side pods was passed on to [[StoddartPaul Paul Stoddart]]'s fledgling airline OZJET and Swiss company CONNECT.
Nevertheless there were positive sides to 2004 as well. Most notably [[BaumgartnerZsolt Zsolt Baumgartner]], coming in 8th at Indianapolis, sent Minardi fans around the world jumping with joy. His ability to keep the car going in a race that saw many others drop out, gave Minardi its first point since [[WebberMark Mark Webber]]'s heroic drive at Albert Park in 2002. In addition to that, the Minardi team was able to draw attention to itself when the F1x2 team took passengers for a ride in South Africa, Switzerland and at the Regent Street F1 event in London.
Both drivers finished the race with [[BruniGianmaria Gimmi]] coming in 14th, 3 laps down on Michael Schumacher and [[BaumgartnerZsolt Zsolt]] finishing 16th, 4 laps down. Juan Pablo Montoya got the second place and Jenson Button started a positive string of results for the arguably most improved team of the season (BAR) by grabbing third place.
In the aftermath of the 2004 season many young drivers tested for the Minardi team at various occasions (among them [[AlbersChristijan Christijan Albers]], Will Power and young Venezuelan, Pastor Maldonado). [[StoddartPaul Paul Stoddart]] continued to be the most outspoken critic of the current structure of F1 and the team vowed to build a completely new car in time for the first GP of the 2005 at Albert Park, Melbourne.
On the back end of the grid things were not much more exciting. The Minardi team turned up with an evolution of the 2003 car, the [[PS04]]. The car was described by the team itself as looking "outwardly similar to last season's [[PS03]], which is unsurprising given the current stability of Formula One technical regulations" and notwithstanding small changes to aerodynamic parts of the car (especially floor, diffuser and front wing, as well as the required alterations to the engine cover and rear wing) it was quite obvious that it would become another difficult season for the Faenza based squad.
In terms of power the team used the same 72-degree, [[Cosworth]] CR3 V10 in LD (long-distance) specification to comply with 2004 regulations. In a nutshell: Not the package that would compete for the 2004 World Championship.
Behind the wheel 2004 again saw a complete change as both [[WilsonJustin Justin Wilson]] and [[VerstappenJos Jos Verstappen]] decided to try their luck elsewhere. Roman driver [[BruniGianmaria Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni]] and Hungarian [[BaumgartnerZsolt Zsolt Baumgartner]] took over, facing the hard challenge to impress in a car that from day one had no peer on the F1 grid. Even the Jordans of Nick Heidfeld and Giorgio Pantano were at times more than a second ahead of the Minardis.
To make matters worse for the team, on the 9th of July, its Sporting Director John Walton succumbed to a heart attack he had suffered two days before in London while Minardi was showing off its F1x2 cars during the F1 event on Regent Street.
In honour of its late team member, Minardi decided to remove all sponsor logos from the car for the British GP and replace them with the words "John Boy". This sparked a major row with Minardi's main sponsor Wilux which had been selling on its advertising space to other companies. Wilux, a leftover from the consortium that had backed Dutch driver [[VerstappenJos Jos Verstappen]] in 2003, and Minardi mutually decided to terminate the contract and the advertising space on the side pods was passed on to [[StoddartPaul Paul Stoddart]]'s fledgling airline OZJET and Swiss company CONNECT.
Nevertheless there were positive sides to 2004 as well. Most notably [[BaumgartnerZsolt Zsolt Baumgartner]], coming in 8th at Indianapolis, sent Minardi fans around the world jumping with joy. His ability to keep the car going in a race that saw many others drop out, gave Minardi its first point since [[WebberMark Mark Webber]]'s heroic drive at Albert Park in 2002. In addition to that, the Minardi team was able to draw attention to itself when the F1x2 team took passengers for a ride in South Africa, Switzerland and at the Regent Street F1 event in London.
Both drivers finished the race with [[BruniGianmaria Gimmi]] coming in 14th, 3 laps down on Michael Schumacher and [[BaumgartnerZsolt Zsolt]] finishing 16th, 4 laps down. Juan Pablo Montoya got the second place and Jenson Button started a positive string of results for the arguably most improved team of the season (BAR) by grabbing third place.
In the aftermath of the 2004 season many young drivers tested for the Minardi team at various occasions (among them [[AlbersChristijan Christijan Albers]], Will Power and young Venezuelan, Pastor Maldonado). [[StoddartPaul Paul Stoddart]] continued to be the most outspoken critic of the current structure of F1 and the team vowed to build a completely new car in time for the first GP of the 2005 at Albert Park, Melbourne.
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On the back end of the grid things were not much more exciting. The Minardi team turned up with an evolution of the 2003 car, the PS04. The car was described by the team itself as looking "outwardly similar to last season's PS03, which is unsurprising given the current stability of Formula One technical regulations" and notwithstanding small changes to aerodynamic parts of the car (especially floor, diffuser and front wing, as well as the required alterations to the engine cover and rear wing) it was quite obvious that it would become another difficult season for the Faenza based squad.
In terms of power the team used the same 72-degree, Cosworth CR3 V10 in LD (long-distance) specification to comply with 2004 regulations. In a nutshell: Not the package that would compete for the 2004 World Championship.
Behind the wheel 2004 again saw a complete change as both Justin Wilson and Jos Verstappen decided to try their luck elsewhere. Roman driver Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni and Hungarian Zsolt Baumgartner took over, facing the hard challenge to impress in a car that from day one had no peer on the F1 grid. Even the Jordans of Nick Heidfeld and Giorgio Pantano were at times more than a second ahead of the Minardis.
To make matters worse for the team, on the 9th of July, its Sporting Director John Walton succumbed to a heart attack he had suffered two days before in London while Minardi was showing off its F1x2 cars during the F1 event on Regent Street.
In honour of its late team member, Minardi decided to remove all sponsor logos from the car for the British GP and replace them with the words "John Boy". This sparked a major row with Minardi's main sponsor Wilux which had been selling on its advertising space to other companies. Wilux, a leftover from the consortium that had backed Dutch driver Jos Verstappen in 2003, and Minardi mutually decided to terminate the contract and the advertising space on the side pods was passed on to Paul Stoddart's fledgling airline OZJET and Swiss company CONNECT.
Nevertheless there were positive sides to 2004 as well. Most notably Zsolt Baumgartner, coming in 8th at Indianapolis, sent Minardi fans around the world jumping with joy. His ability to keep the car going in a race that saw many others drop out, gave Minardi its first point since Mark Webber's heroic drive at Albert Park in 2002.
In addition to that, the Minardi team was able to draw attention to itself when the F1x2 team took passengers for a ride in South Africa, Switzerland and at the Regent Street F1 event in London.
Both drivers finished the race with Gimmi coming in 14th, 3 laps down on Michael Schumacher and Zsolt finishing 16th, 4 laps down. Juan Pablo Montoya got the second place and Jenson Button started a positive string of results for the arguably most improved team of the season (BAR) by grabbing third place.
In the aftermath of the 2004 season many young drivers tested for the Minardi team at various occasions (among them Christijan Albers, Will Power and young Venezuelan, Pastor Maldonado). Paul Stoddart continued to be the most outspoken critic of the current structure of F1 and the team vowed to build a completely new car in time for the first GP of the 2005 at Albert Park, Melbourne.
