Dino, I bow to your ability to find these snippets of tech news!
I can't find
ANY reference to a revolutionary Minardi wheel rim.
The only thing I can see
might be done with the rim would be to increase its depth, so that (with a little more support) the tyre sidewall would deflect
less, and hence allow correct, predictable suspension control and movement.
Sound feasible? The downside? It would be a B*itch getting the tyres on!
If not... Hit me with it!!!
By the way, I was very impressed with the Brunner 'Insight' feature in
RaceTech #31, where he confessed to using such things as 'out-of-the-box' Sachs shocks and steel wishbones. He even divulged the fuel tank capacity at slightly less than 140 litres. He mentioned the Ti gearbox that we knew about thanks to Desmo, and the use of the f+r third spring (with only two shocks) and f+r anti roll bars.
And I had no idea that ATR made the Minardi monocoques for them - the same people that made the Audi Le Mans cars.
It must be great to be able to discuss your own teams tech development without a massive viel of secrecy.
Great feature.