Minardi
As the longest lasting Formula 1 backrunners, Minardi had an enormous variety of sponsors during its 21 seasons, but still managed to have a predominantly black painted car most of the time.
| Year | Main colour(s) | Additional colour(s) | Main sponsor(s) | Additional major sponsor(s) | Non-tobacco livery changes |
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| 1985 | Yellow | Black | Simod Sportshoes, Gilmar | Resta, Pirelli, Brembo, Koni | |
| 1986 | Yellow | Black | Simod Sportshoes, Gilmar | Resta, Agip, Pirelli, Magneti Marelli | |
| 1987 | Yellow | Black | Simod Sportshoes, Minardi | Reporter, Intercosmo, Lois, Resta | |
| 1988 | Black, Yellow | White | Cimaron, Lois | Gilmar, Resta, Simair, Goodyear, Koni, Atlantic, Sanyo, Camel | |
| 1989 | Black, | Yellow | Simod Sportshoes, Campogalliano Ceramiche | Mokador, Cavallo, Atlantic, Pirelli, Marri, Resta, IBF Formularios | |
| 1990 | White, Yellow | Black | Scm Group, Sime, Lois | Mokador, Malizia, Agip, Pirelli, Resta, Roltra | |
| 1991-1992 | Black, Yellow | White | minardi, Campogalliano Ceramiche | Mercatone Uno, Scm Group, Lamborghini, Chrysler, Agip, Sasiem, Resta, IBF Formularios | |
| 1993 | White, Black | Yellow | Beta, minardi, Valleverde | Mercatone Uno, COCIF, Agip, Roerig, Magneti Marelli, Goodyear, Malaguti | |
| 1994 | Sky Blue, White, Blue | Orange, Black, Yellow | Lucchini, Beta, Fondmetal, Valleverde, Ford, Service Grandiola, Omersub, Central Park | Agip, COCIF, RBM, Magneti Marelli, Resta, Bee, Malaguti, Mercatone Uno | |
| 1995-1996 | Dark Blue, Fluorescent Green | White | Doimo, Valleverde, BRUMS, Catamaran Watches, Ford, Clearly Canadian, Marlboro (1995) | Bossini, Beta, Goodyear, RBM, Fondmetal, Império Bonança, Galletti-Boston, Magneti Marelli, Mercatone Uno, RBM, Kanagawa Clinic, Lusfina | Marlboro changed to bar code (1995) |
| 1997 | Black, Blue | White, Yellow | Mild Seven, Roces | Doimo, Fondmetal, Magneti Marelli, COCIF, Beta, Valleverde | Mild Seven changed to Mild Seven logo |
| 1998 | Blue | White | Fondmetal, Roces, Avex Group | Doimo, Ventura, Telecom, Bossini | |
| 1999 | Silver, Blue | None | Telefónica, | Roces, Fondmetal, Quilmes, Magneti Marelli | |
| 2000 | Yellow | Blue | Telefónica | PSN, Doimo, COCIF, Fondmetal, PDP | |
| 2001 | Black | White | European Aviation | Magnum, LeasePlan, Gericom, PDP, LG | |
| 2002 | Black | None | Go KL (Kuala Lumpur), European Aviation, Magnum | Asiatech, Magneti Marelli | |
| 2003 | Black | White | Trust, Wilux, Muermans Groep | Gazprom | |
| 2004 | Black | White | Trust, Wilux, Muermans Groep | OzJet | During the 2004 United States Grand Prix, Minardi's livery featured logos of Mandemakers Keukens and Goldenpalace.com. |
| 2005 | Black | White | OzJet | co2neutraal.tv, Lost Boys |
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Minardi raced variations on this original black-and-gold livery in the period 1985-1992. This is a Minardi M185 being raced at Brands Hatch in 2005.
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A Minardi M187 from 1987
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The absorption of the BMS Scuderia Italia team into Minardi for 1994 resulted in sponsorship from many Italian companies. This is Pierluigi Martini driving the Minardi M194 at the 1994 British Grand Prix.
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Luca Badoer at the 1995 British Grand Prix
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Shinji Nakano racing at the 1998 Spanish Grand Prix
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Mark Webber's Minardi PS02 features "Go KL" branding at the 2002 French Grand Prix due to the identity of his Malaysian team-mate, Alex Yoong.
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Zsolt Baumgartner in Indianapolis 2004 racing with his Minardi PS04
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Christijan Albers driving the Minardi PS05 at the 2005 Canadian Grand Prix. OzJet is an aviation company owned by the CEO of Minardi from 2001 to 2005, Paul Stoddart.
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