File: Pilots
What they have in common the design of the form of a paste with a car?
And the answer is ... both, among other things, were designed by an Italian who at age 17, after studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Turin and simultaneously perform engineering design courses, is when they see their work in the "Centro Stile "from Fiat and is there when you wake up in his passion [...]
Elio de Angelis - a memory to 24 years after his death
Elio de Angelis was born in Rome (Italy) on March 26, 1958, his father Giulio was a great pilot boat "Offshore" and motorboats and perhaps he inherited his passion for speed. It began very young to run in karting, before moving on to the Italian Formula 3 which establishes [...]
Gilles Villeneuve in the recall
Today May 8 met 28 years recalled the death of Gilles Villeneuve Villeneuve. He was born in the city of Quebec, January 18, 1950 and was baptized as Joseph Gilles Henri, but always knew him by the characteristic "Gilles." He began racing in his native Canada, motorized snow sleds, with [...]
Alfonso De Portago: The last "Gentleman Driver"
Its origins came into the world in London, an October 11, 1928, his father Antonio Cabeza de Vaca y Carvajal, Marquis de Portago XVI was a Spanish elite athlete, hero of the civil war and even actor in films, was always His example to follow, but died take a cold shower after [...]
The Napoleon of Rally
If someone asked that pilot has had and still maintains a dominant presence in rallying since 2004 to date, I believe unequivocally that most people say it's the Frenchman Sebastien Loeb. He was born on February 26, 1974 in Haguenau (Alsace) a small town [...]
Juan Manuel Fangio
He was born in Balcarce a June 24, 1911, he ran 51 races valid for the F1 World Championship, of which won 24, making an efficiency of 47%, the highest in the history of the sport, took off 28 times since the "pole" and had 23 records back and [...]
Vic Elford
Perhaps many people when you ask them ... "tell me who would know Vic Elford" I could not answer ... not many people, I would say ... almost nobody. This is just the beginning, Victor Henry Elford was born in London on June 10, 1935, ie it's about to turn 74. His teammates nicknamed him "Quick Vic" (Vic [...]
Tazio Nuvolari
He was born on November 18, 1892, in the village of Casteldrio near the Italian city of Mantua, so his fans called him the "Flying Mantuan". As his uncle was a renowned distributor of Bianchi bicycles, introduced his nephew at the races, first bike, and later, when this was [...]
Champions of the Mille Miglia
The champions of the Mille Miglia • 1957: Piero Taruffi - Ferrari or Charlie Lohmander / Harald Kronegård - Saab 93 (750cc Preparatory Tourism) • 1956: Eugenio Castellotti - Ferrari 290 MM Spider Scaglietti • 1955: Stirling Moss / Denis Jenkinson - Mercedes-Benz 300SLR • 1954: Alberto Ascari - Lancia D24 Spider, Economy [...]



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