A Lap with Elio • Zandvoort
11 November 2023
Zandvoort is a high speed circuit and I really love to race on quick tracks – I prefer them to slow tracks like Detroit and Monte Carlo because I love the high-speed corners…
Zandvoort is a high speed circuit and I really love to race on quick tracks – I prefer them to slow tracks like Detroit and Monte Carlo because I love the high-speed corners…
It’s a mad dash along the pit straight in fifth gear towards the Variante del Goodyear before you begin the great big slowing down process, selecting second gear just before you turn…
The Italian Elio de Angelis won last Sunday, at the Austrian Zeltweg circuit, the first race of his life. At twenty-four years of age, de Angelis is already a veteran, with four seasons in Formula 1.
“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…”
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.
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…
Elio with Stefan Johansson, 1985
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Team Lotus presentation 1981
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Elio with Ute Kittelberger, 1981
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Elio with @michele_alboreto27 and @stefanjohanssonofficial 1985
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🇬🇧 Soccer game in Montreal, Canada (1984)
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🇮🇹 Partita di calcio a Montreal, Canada (1984)
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🇮🇹 "Seguivo da molto tempo Elio e sono rimasto impressionato nel vederlo impegnato a cavarsela egregiamente con una macchina come quella che guidava l’anno scorso, Già avevo annotato il suo nome sul mio taccuino vedendolo correre in Formula 3 sia a Silverstone che a Montecarlo. A Silverstone mi aveva impressionato il suo modo di rimontare e a Montecarlo la sua determinazione nel voler vincere ad ogni costo.
Ritengo queste due doti molto importanti per un pilota che vuole guidare la mia macchina, il resto me lo ha dimostrato nel programma di prove al “Paul Ricard”. Una volta assodato che Elio era il pilota giusto per la mia scuderia, non ho esitato a tentare tutti i mezzi per portarlo alla Lotus. " - Colin Chapman (1980)
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🇬🇧 "I had been following Elio for a long time and I was impressed to see him doing so well with a car like the one he drove last year. I had already written his name down in my notebook when I saw him racing in Formula 3 at both Silverstone and Monte Carlo. At Silverstone I was impressed by his way of recovering and at Monte Carlo by his determination to win at all costs.
I think these two qualities are very important for a driver who wants to drive my car, he showed me the rest in the test program at “Paul Ricard”. Once I had established that Elio was the right driver for my team, I did not hesitate to try all means to bring him to Lotus." - Colin Chapman (1980)
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📸 Monaco 1981 by Arthur Till
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🇬🇧 Site update...
Autosprint interview with Elio before and after the 1980 Brazilian GP where he got his first podium. Plus a short interview with Colin Chapman, hope you like!
In Italian with English translation. The link to my website is in my bio. 😊
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🇮🇹 Aggiornamento del mio sito...
Intervista di Autosprint a Elio prima e dopo il GP brasiliano del 1980, dove ottenne il suo primo podio. Più una breve intervista a Colin Chapman, spero che vi piaccia!
In italiano con traduzione in inglese. Il link al mio sito web è nella mia bio. 😊
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