Minardi completes drivers line up.

Published on 06 February 1999 by Verstappen Info Page

After contracting Marc Gene (see yesterday's news) Minardi also announced it's second driver for the forthcoming F1 season. Argentine Gaston Mazzacane reached an agreement earlier this week and today it was announced that he is to race for Minardi alongside Gene. With the arrival of two rookies Minardi seems to head for a difficult season. Some months ago there was optimistic talk about a complete restructuring of the team, new sponsors and an improved Ford engine, but by contracting two unproven drivers who failed to capture much succes in the junior formulae we cannot expect Minardi to escape from its backrow position.

New sponsors mean new colours for Minardi