Pierluigi Martini’s Minardi M189 model which raced in 1989-90, seen at the Goodwood Festival. Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt.
By Clyde Berryman
Photos by Gulay Berryman unless otherwise noted
The first stop on our factory tour, I quickly come to realize, is not the earliest stage in the actual car assembly process: we find ourselves in the carbon-fiber composite shop. But the revolution in composite materials has become the focus of modern Formula One chassis construction so it is appropriate that we start our tour here.