Lamborghini's Forgotten F1 V12 Fires Again as Polo Storico Revives the Minardi M191B

Twenty-six years after its last Grand Prix start, chassis #003 completed more than 20 trouble-free laps with its original V12.

Lamborghini Polo Storico pulled the Minardi M191B from the Lamborghini Museum in Sant'Agata Bolognese and spent seven months bringing it back to running condition, marking the division's first restoration of a single-seater rather than a road car.

Mauro Forghieri's LE3512 V12 endures

The LE3512, a 3.5-liter naturally aspirated V12 designed by Mauro Forghieri, still delivers its factory-rated output of nearly 700 horsepower after more than 25 years, a testament to how well it was engineered and how carefully Polo Storico restored it.

The M191B returns to the track

The Minardi M191B completed more than 20 trouble-free laps during a shakedown organized by Lamborghini Squadra Corse, and collector interest in Lamborghini's overlooked F1 chapter is growing as the car joins the historic Formula One racing circuit.

The V12 lineage from F1 to Aventador

The M191B proves that Lamborghini's V12 engineering philosophy, the same lineage running through the Countach, the Diablo, the Murciélago, and the Aventador, once competed at the highest level of motorsport and still works exactly as designed.