Editing Minardi (section)

==History==
[[File:Minardi logo.png|thumb|210px|Traditional Minardi logo]]
The Minardi family has a longstanding involvement in motorsport. Giancarlo Minardi's grandfather had a [[Fiat]] dealership in Faenza since 1927, while his father, Giovanni Minardi, competed in his own cars in the late 1940s. The first Minardi car ever was the GM75 built by Giovanni Minardi: it had a 6 cylinder engine designed by Oberdan Golfieri and built by Antonio Lotti. Rino Ferniani drove it at the [[Circuito del Garda]], retiring when he was leading the race.

After his father’s death, Giancarlo took over the racing part of the family business. He took the reins of the [[Scuderia del Passatore]] in the early 1970s. He decided to start competing with a [[Brabham]] BT28 chassis and an [[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Alfa Romeo]] engine in [[Formula Italia]] rather than [[Formula 3 European Championship|Formula 3]], like it was decided before. In 1972, the team finished runner-up with Giancarlo Martini, but he won in the following season. In 1974, [[Lamberto Leoni]] lost the championship due to a controversial black flag. In 1975, the team was renamed “Scuderia Everest” for sponsorship reasons. The promising [[Elio de Angelis|Elio De Angelis]] raced for the team in 1977 and 1978 while [[Clay Regazzoni]] raced in 1978 and 1979. He{{who?|reason=Is this referring to Giancarlo Minardi or Clay Regazzoni?|date=November 2020}} ran with [[March Engineering|March]] chassis and [[BMW in motorsport#Formula Two|BMW]] engines in [[Formula Two]] from 1975 to 1979.

In 1976, the team briefly ran a customer Formula One [[Ferrari 312T]] with [[Giancarlo Martini]], uncle of Pierluigi Martini. Martini Sr. qualified 15th for the [[Race of Champions]] at [[Brands Hatch]] but failed to start the race after an accident during the warm-up lap. The team then competed at the [[BRDC International Trophy]] in [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] where Martini finished 10th. In 1979, Minardi received financial backing from well known Italian motor racing patron Piero Mancini and set up the Minardi racing team as a Formula Two constructor.<ref name="GrandPrix.com">[https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/con-minar.html Constructors: Minardi] GrandPrix.com; Retrieved 2 August 2006</ref>