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…
… And this is how we all should remember him… Photo from 1985 by Lotus World Magazine on occasion of the announcement that Elio de Angelis was leaving Lotus…
Team Lotus published the following message in their Lotus World Magazine (December 1985 issue) when the italian driver announced he was leaving the team at the end of the 1985 season…
Thirty-five years ago Elio de Angelis lost his life after a fiery accident at Paul Ricard that should have had a less serious outcome – and from which the sport learned valuable lessons…
F1’s Fiat Pack – Eddie Cheever, Elio de Angelis and Riccardo Patrese – strode the pit lanes of the world in the 1970s and ‘80s. They all grew up in Italy; They all raced karts – for fun at first and then…
Elio de Angelis è uno dei più grandi piloti che l’automobilismo italiano abbia prodotto sul finire degli anni ’70 e i primi anni ’80. Elio non ha potuto dimostrare tutto il suo valore per il tragico incidente…
Looking back at the career of Elio de Angelis, the popular Italian who became synonymous with Lotus but was needlessly killed in a testing accident with Brabham 20 years ago.
Elio De Angelis. 23 anni, romano (ma residente a Montecarlo come molti colleghi di Formula 1), scapolo insidiatissimo, è entrato nel gran circo grazie ai quattrini del padre ma ha saputo rapidamente…
È ancora lontano dal record di Carlos Reutemann che riuscì nella sua lunga ed abbastanza sfortunata carriera ad entrare in zona punti (cioè fra i primi sei classificati) quindici volte consecutivamente…
Il de Angelis più vero, più sincero, parla della «sua» Formula 1 e si candida al successo nel mondiale ‘84. Nelle tasche cinque anni di Formula Uno. Nel piede e nella testa…
Elio de Angelis could not only out-qualify Senna in an identical car, he was also a virtuoso pianist. Mark Hughes remembers this complex man and asks why he never realised his potential.
