Minardi could make racing return

(GMMf1NET) The famous Minardi name could return to the race track in the near future.

The former grand prix team's founder, Gian Carlo Minardi, revealed in an interview that he was currently in the process of re-gaining control of the brand, after selling it to Paul Stoddart in late 2000.

''This brand could be rented to various teams,'' Italy's Minardi told f1grandprix.it, ''so a Minardi F3000 team could soon be born.''

Gian Carlo Minardi also mused as to how his little Faenza-based team survived at the pinnacle of motor sport, while so many other privateers went under.

He said the secret was to stick to a staff of 100.

''Other teams, growing to 250-300 employees, made a mistake,'' Minardi explained, ''because in tough moments they didn't have enough money and had to give up.''