♪ A great racing driver, a talented musician and a gentleman. A gentle soul, I admire him so much and wanted to do a little tribute to him… Welcome to Unfinished Symphony, my tribute to Elio de Angelis. ♪

Elio, dove vai se la Lotus non ce l’hai?
La telefonata di Colin Chapman lo aveva raggiunto il martedì sera, quando gi stava preparando la valigia per Imola. «Elio – gli ha detto il padrone della Lotus – domenica prossima non corriamo…

Elio, where are you going if you don’t have Lotus?
The phone call from Colin Chapman reached him on Tuesday evening, when he was already packing his suitcase for Imola. “Elio,” the owner of Lotus told him, “We won’t be racing next Sunday…

Bollito Misto
Amici miei, non so se ridere o piangere! Certo il terzo posto alle spalle di campioni come Lauda e Prost è un bel risultato. Rimane però il fatto che l’anno scorso avrei lottare di più per il titolo…

Hot Pot
My friends, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry! Of course, third place behind champions like Lauda and Prost is a good result. However, the fact remains that last year I would have fought more for the title…

Photos by Antonio Pizzi
Many thanks to Mario Pizzi for kindly authorize us to publish photos taken by his brother Antonio from 1981-84 Canadian GPs on the website! The photos will be also on our regular galleries soon.

Elio Prima e Dopo
Ad Interlagos abbiamo colto due personaggi che in questi ultimi tempi hanno fatto coincidere appieno i loro interessi; proprio alla vigilia di quella che poi doveva essere la gran domenica…