This was also the final race at which the Minardi team tallied points.
This is the last time the Minardi team would score points in a Grand Prix with a full grid.
Gené got his big break in 1999, occupying a race seat with the Minardi team.
The Minardi team first competed under that name in the 1980 European Formula Two championship.
These results earned him another Formula One test drive, this time with the Minardi team.
Karthikeyan received another Formula One test drive with the Minardi team.
Instead, he was announced in January to drive for the Minardi team.
During its final years, the Minardi team was almost as famous for its politics as its racing.
Initially the company produced a V6 turbo design, used briefly by the small Italian Minardi team.
Barbazza failed to qualify for any race and in 1993 joined the Minardi team, scoring points twice in his first four races.