Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin 1984, Minardi ya yanke shawarar shiga Formula One a shekara mai zuwa. Caliri ya tsara M184, samfurin motar Formula One na ƙungiyar (wanda aka yi niyya a matsayin ƙirar manufa biyu don sabon Formula 3000) a kusa da injin V8 na Alfa Romeo amma lokacin da injiniya Carlo Chiti ya bar Alfa Romeo don kafa Motori Moderni, Minardi ya zama abokin ciniki kawai don sabon ƙirar injin V6. Injin bai kasance a shirye don fara kakar ba, don haka ƙungiyar ta canza tsarin M185 ɗin su don karɓar injin Cosworth DFV don tsere biyu na farko. Tawagar mota guda ba ta yi nasara ba a shekarar farko, ba ta ci maki ba. Sabon injin ya kasance mai rauni kuma direba Pierluigi Martini ya gama tsere biyu kawai, kodayake an kuma sanya shi na 11 a gasar.
Gasar tseren Jamus duk da tsayawa saboda matsalar injin. Matsayi mafi kyau na Martini shi ne na 8 a cikin Grand Prix na Ostiraliya na 1985, a bayan Huub Rothengatter a cikin Osella.