Minardi aim for better grid positions

[Minardi fan]

From Planet F1, 29th June 2000:

June 29: Minardi will be focusing on their
qualifying performance this weekend, feeling
that decent grid positions will enable their car
to show what it is really capable of.

In Canada, both drivers posted faster times in the
race than in the qualifying session the previous
day, and the team believe that not making the
most of the qualifying hour is holding them back.

Unlike other teams, the Italian outfit do not have
specific engines for qualifying, and are therefore
putting themselves at a disadvantage.

The team are hoping that this weekend will give
them the chance to show what the A21 can do,
and are especially encouraged that in the last race
Marc Gene was the 4th quickest in the first sector
of the Gilles Villeneuve circuit, where engine power
benefits from longer straights.