“After the pit straight, my lap starts with a single-file fast up-hill approach to the Hella Licht chicane. This is a second gear corner which used to be a lot quicker before the advent of the chicane…”
The eldest of a wealthy Roman family of four children, Elio received an education as complete as it was refined: architecture, law, economics and music (he excelled at the piano)….
È l’italiano di turno. Ma senza rimpianti per le occasioni perdute in patria. All’intelligenza di sempre ha saputo unire i frutti dell’esperienza, risultando finalmente pilota di primissimo piano…
He is the Italian on duty. But with no regrets for lost opportunities at home. He has been able to combine the fruits of experience with his usual intelligence, finally becoming a top-class driver…
Elio de Angelis with his sister Fabiana, his great friend and confidant. But that’s not all: Fabiana was also Elio’s manager and she negotiated on his behalf with car manufacturers and sponsors.
“After the pit straight, my lap starts with a single-file fast up-hill approach to the Hella Licht chicane. This is a second gear corner which used to be a lot quicker before the advent of the chicane…”
My sincere thanks to Elio’s big fan Carlo Peruch for kindly send me his personal pictures of Elio de Angelis taken at the Canadian Grand Prix in 1983 and 1984.
He looks like a tennis player. He’s shown many times that he has the skill and the inclination to win Grands Prix. For goodness’ sake, he’s also an accomplished pianist, who adores the work of Stevie Wonder.
Il tempo non ha affievolito l’affetto e la stima che Elio aveva guadagnato. Riviviamo la sua carriera nelle testimonianze di personaggi che ne riassumono stile e qualità.
Elio de Angelis meets Ayrton Senna at the 1984 Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort. They would be team mates at Lotus in 1985. Photo by Johan van Elk, that kindly authorized me to publish this picture here.
El italiano Elio De Angelis ganó el pasado domingo, en el circuito austriaco de Zeltweg, la primera carrera de su vida. A sus veinticuatro años de edad De Angelis es ya un veterano…
Many thanks to the photographer Philip Kozloff who kindly authorized me to publish in this website his photos of Elio de Angelis taken in 1982, 1983 and 1984.
Some time ago a user posted in the Facebook group “Elio de Angelis: Il Pilota Gentleman“ a recipe that she said it was Elio de Angelis’ original: Sedanini alla Elio. She said she had this recipe since Elio…
Aîné d’une riche famille romaine de quatre enfants, Elio reçut une éducation aussi complète que raffinée: architecture, droit, économie et musique (il excellait au piano)…
Uscendo dall’aeroporto Ilha do Governador, Elio de Angelis si trova davanti ad una sgradita sorpresa. «Acelera Ayrton» (Ayrton vai più forte), questo c’era scritto su un cartello pubblicitario…
Mr. Andrea Gallignani, Elio’s very good friend, published in the Facebook group ELIO DE ANGELIS ” IL PILOTA GENTLEMAN ” an interview with Elio from the start of the 1986 in which the questions…
There will never be a definitive answer to the ongoing question of who is the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time, but a significant percentage of people would go for the iconic Ayrton Senna…
I’d like to thank Photographer Gilles Diotte for allow me to publish in this website his photos of Elio de Angelis taken at the Canadian Grand Prix in 1979, 1981, 1983 and 1984.
