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Abstract Starting from Minardi era, this article aims to underline the historical evolution of the Formula One team AlphaTauri and, at the same time, to stress the key points that makes this team one of the most valuable Italian excellence in Formula One.   The beginning: The Minardi era 80’s were part of the best years in Formula one history, a lot of legendary drivers and teams battled to get glory in some of the most famous and, at that time, dangerous circuits all around the world. In that period, due to a different and less complex regulation and to the ease with which it was possible to find sponsorships, a lot of brand-new teams started their journey in Formula One. One of these newcomers was Minardi, founded in 1979 by Gian Carlo Minardi, that made his entry in F1 only in 1985 after some years spent in learning the basics in the feeder series. The headquarter of this team was based in Faenza, a town located in Emilia Romagna (Italy), a place that is now known as Motor Valley,