600 CARS EXPECTED AT THE 9TH EDITION OF THE HISTORIC MINARDI DAY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 13-14 TO CELEBRATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSAY OF THE MINARDI TEAM. TICKETS ON SALE IN ADVANCE ON TICKETONE
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600 cars are expected on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September at Imola’s Enzo and Dino Ferrari International Circuit for the 9th edition of the Historic Minardi Day.
The event born from the passion of the Minardi family, in collaboration with Formula Imola, is ready to make thousands of fans experience Motorsport once again thanks to the tickets (daily-subscription-VIP which is reserved to adults 16 years and over with access to Pit Lane and Paddock 2 parking) which are available on TicketOne (https://www.ticketone.it/artist/historic-minardi-day/). They will give access to the more exclusive areas of the facility to celebrate, among other things, the 40th anniversary of the Minardi Team’s debut in the world Formula 1 championship with exclusive merchandise that will be available for purchase at the circuit.
There will be historic F1 cars to thrill visitors and reawaken indelible memories, starting with the 1974 Lotus 72E/5, up to the 2005 Minardi PS04/B passing through the Tyrrell P34 of 1976 and 1977, the March Beta 761 (1976), Wolf WR 1 (1977), Arrows A/1 (1978), Merzario F1A3 (1979), Shadow DN12 (1980), Lotus Type 91 (1982), Ferrari 126 C4 (1984), Osella Alfa Romeo FA1G (1986), Minardi M189 (1989), Monteverdi (1990), Fondmetal GR03 (1991), Ferrari 412 T1 (1994), due Williams FW33 (2011), together with the replica McLaren MP4-15 built with masterly care in its details by its owner and enriched this year by the autograph of MIKA HAKKINEN. Directly from Balcarce, Argentina, the city of the five times Formula 1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio, comes the McLaren created by the CRESPI company for the series “Senna” which will be taken to the track by Luciano Crespi wearing the unforgettable original helmet and overalls of the unforgettable Ayrton, thanks to the private collection of Salvatore Apicella, owner and custodian of the “MUSEO DELLE LEGGENDE” (Museum of the legends) in Pavia.
Not to be outdone are the Formula 2 cars with the Brabham BT16 (1965), the March BMW 742 (1974) and 772 (1977), the Chevron B48 driven by Siegfried Stohr (1979), Minardi M283B (1983) protagonist of the 1984 F2 European Championship with Pierluigi Martini and Alessandro Nannini, Formula 3 – Dallara, Martini, Bellasi, Tattuus, Reynard, Chevron, Mygale, Ralt – F3000 including the Reynard Judd 91D, Ralt RT 20B, Reynard 89d, Lola F3000 formerly driven by Helmut Marko, Formula Dallara Nissan 3000c World Series, A1GP, GP2, Prototypes – Lola T70 MK 3B, Ginetta LMP2, Lucchini, Radical, Chevron, ATS, ARL SPIRE GTR – GT, GTS and Historic GT, also thanks to the important and decisive contribution of the Scuderia Nuvolari Italia, including the Alfa Giulia GTA, Porsche, De Tomaso Pantera, Jaguar E-Type, Alfa Romeo TZ Le Mans Classic, McLaren M1C Can-Am, the 1989 Lancia Delta Integrale, Mercedes 190E 2.5 16 Evo DTM, right up to the more modern Ferrari 296, McLaren, Lotus, Porsche, Maserati, Alfa Romeo offering something to suit all tastes. The Alfa Romeo brand in particular will be represented by the Scuderia del Portello Alfa Romeo with nine gems from its Museo Dinamico Alfa Romeo storiche da competizione (Dynamic Museum of historic Alfa Romeo racing cars) and the Registro Italiano Alfa Romeo (R.I.A.R, Italian Alfa Romeo Registry) with another five models. Also on the track will be the extraordinary supercars and hypercars created from the flair of Horacio Pagani, Lamborghini, Dallara, Juri Pambuffetti (PJ01) and the Mazdas. These are just some of the cars that will be featured at the 2025 Historic Minardi Day.
The packed programme of the event is enriched by the ACI Storico Festival. On Saturday 13 there will be the Mugello Street Circuit; a historical reenactment of one of the most iconic races featuring vintage and road-going Gran Turismo cars produced up to 2000, starting from Florence and ending in the Mugello in Tuscany covering 316 km, and passing through the Imola circuit. Sunday 14, the Raduno Terre di Romagna (Lands of the Romagna Rally), organized by AC Ravenna, will see 130 teams depart from the circuit (10.00am) and head to Faenza to visit the Racing Bulls F1 Team, before returning to the track for the parade and the closing of the event.
In addition to the activity on the track, there will be numerous events in the Conference Room including many not to be missed book presentations by the most authoritative authors of Motorsport and award ceremonies (the entire programme is available on the official website https://www.minardiday.it/intrattenimento-minardi-day/). Sunday 14 from Noon to 12,45pm, Gian Carlo Minardi will meet the press for an open debate. It will be an opportunity to take stock of the event, share thoughts on the current state of motorsport and to talk about future prospects and projects. The Media Centre will host the art exhibitions, “Ayrton attraverso i colori” (Ayrton through colours) with works by Alessandro Rasponi and “Immagini Ritrovate” (Rediscovered images) by Gianni Cancellieri. On Saturday (11am to Noon), in the Briefing Room Cancellieri will present his book. On Saturday 13, on the occasion of the photo shoot on the track with all the protagonists (about 1pm) the “Memorial Nando” award will be presented. There will be a plenty of entertainment in the Paddock area with professional simulators, model cars, a car village, a bookshop, a LEGO® exhibition, sportswear and much more.
