Minardi Website Gets Increased Traffic

MINARDI'S TARGET IS 100.000 HITS ON THE WEB

Number of fans following the Team on the Internet is growing and growing. In fact, every day, the official website www.minardi.it records 2,500 to 3,000 hits, which increase to almost 5,000 in concurrence of special events. The target of the team is having more than 100,000 hits every month. On the subject of electronic communication, since last week the Team's fans have been able to receive more information about Esteban Tuero, on the new site www.tuero.com, which was recently presented in Buenos Aires.

In the meantime, in Faenza's factory, technicians and mechanics are working hard to rebuild the cars which came back from Argentina on Thursday, mainly to repair the damages caused by Frentzen's accident and Tuero's going off the track.

Facing the first European and Italian race, the team is concentrating on the reliability of the M198, which was reasonably acceptable in Argentina.

The new chief designer George Ryton has already began to work at the factory in Faenza.