Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Heoi anō, i whakawhānuihia te kapa ki ngā motokā e rua mō te tau. I te tau 1988 ka huri a Minardi ki nga miihini Cosworth, a i te tau 1989 ka noho ko ia te kaiuru nui mo te hokinga mai o Pirelli ki te Formula One. I angitu te kapa i waenga i te waenganui o te tekau tau 1980 me te timatanga o te tekau tau 1990, i whakawhiwhia ai ki nga kaihauturu Itari te whai waahi tuatahi ki te taumata teitei, tae atu ki a Alessandro Nannini, Pierluigi Martini me Gianni Morbidelli. Ko Martini i tino rite ki a Minardi, i te mutunga e toru nga wa ki te roopu. I eke ia mo ratou i to ratou timatanga i te 1985, i eke i to ratou tohu tuatahi i te 1988 United States Grand Prix, ahakoa i rere ia i te 5th mo te wa roa i roto i te whakataetae tae noa ki te haere a Tyrrell's Jonathan Palmer, i tangohia to ratou rarangi tuatahi i te 1990 USA Grand Prix (i awhinahia e nga taera Pirelli motuhake; he maha o o ratou kaihauturu i nga hua tohu ohorere i taua ra), ko to ratou huringa anake e arahi ana i te whakataetae i te 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix, i reira i mutu ai ia i te 5th, a ka eke i to raatau hua F1 pai rawa atu tae noa ki taua waa (ko tetahi atu kei te
Ko te British Grand Prix i taua tau).