Minardi driver Pierluigi Martini run during the secong qualifying session of the 1990 F1 mexican gp.
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00:00Well here's a man that's been impressing us all weekend, Piero Martini, just 5 foot 3 driving the
00:07Minardi Cosworth engine in the back. I believe they've done quite a bit of their own engine
00:12development. We've mapped the engine management system since the Canadian Grand Prix. They're
00:17absolutely delighted with the performance of the engine and the car. We were talking to Piero
00:23yesterday and of course he is looking forward to the Ferrari engines which will come next year,
00:28but meanwhile he's extracting the absolute maximum from this very well-balanced chassis.
00:33This team runs about 80 people compared with a sort of 170 staff of people like William. So it
00:39is really a small compact team from Fienza in Italy, but they certainly know their racing.
00:45The man who owns the team actually is the longest-standing Fiat dealer in Italy and
00:52that's one of the reasons that's helped them get the Ferrari engines for next year.
00:55But Minardi was fastest for the first 30 minutes of Friday's qualifying. This is his first flying
01:02lap now. Let's see if he can move up from fifth spot. John, well he's decided not to move up at
01:07all. He's gone straight into the pit again. Minardi, Pirelli tyres, Martini, they've just
01:13got to go out and get a feel for the car for these conditions. The temperature has risen almost 10
01:17degrees from when we stopped this morning and Martini is like every other driver who are going
01:22out there to battle for their pole position or for the best grid position they can get. They
01:26have to do it knowing the car is at its best. So I'm sure Martini is going back into the garage
01:31to put the Minardi up on jack, have a little talk about it, make some small changes and when they
01:37feel the time is right and when Martini himself feels ready to go out and do it, you have to
01:43prepare yourself with a certain amount of striking involved in these laps. He will go out in another
01:48few moments' time.