Minardi M188


The Minardi M188 was a Formula One car designed by Giacomo Caliri and Aldo Costa built by Minardi for the 1988 Formula One season. The car was driven by Spanish driver Adrian Campos, Italian Pierluigi Martini, and Spanish driver Luis Pérez-Sala.
In 1988, ahead of the ban in turbo engines for the 1989 season, Minardi changed their engine from the Motori Moderni V6 turbo to the normally aspirated Cosworth DFZ.
Driver Adrian Campos was dismissed after the fifth round of the season due to poor performance and he was replaced by Pierluigi Martini, who previously raced for the team in 1985 and then moved down to International Formula 3000 in 1986. Martini scored the one and only point for Minardi in his first race in Detroit, taking 6th place. The team finished 10th in the constructor's championship.
An upgraded version of the car, dubbed the M188B was used for the first three races of the 1989 season.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

YearTeamChassisEngineTyresDrivers12345678910111213141516PointsWCC
Lois Minardi Team SpAMinardi M188Ford DFZ 3.5 V8BRASMRMONMEXCANDETFRAGBRGERHUNBELITAPORESPJPNAUS110th
Lois Minardi Team SpAMinardi M188Ford DFZ 3.5 V8 Adrián CamposRet16DNQDNQDNQ110th
Lois Minardi Team SpAMinardi M188Ford DFZ 3.5 V8 Pierluigi Martini61515DNQRetDNQRetRetRet137110th
Lois Minardi Team SpAMinardi M188Ford DFZ 3.5 V8 Luis Pérez-SalaRet11Ret1113RetNCRetDNQ10DNQRet81215Ret110th
Minardi Team SpAMinardi M188BFord DFZ 3.5 V8BRASMRMONMEXUSACANFRAGBRGERHUNBELITAPORESPJPNAUS6*11th
Minardi Team SpAMinardi M188BFord DFZ 3.5 V8 Pierluigi MartiniRetRetRet6*11th
Minardi Team SpAMinardi M188BFord DFZ 3.5 V8 Luis Perez-SalaRetRetRet6*11th