Luca Dal Monte Umberto Zapelloni Gilles Villeneuve
Forty years after his death, Gilles Villeneuve is more alive than ever. And it will be like this in another ten, twenty, one hundred years. Because some pilots never die.
Gilles Villeneuve is one of those names that ignite the imagination of fans like very few others. But his human and sporting parable is also known to the general public because his epic deeds in Formula 1, his intense relationship with Enzo Ferrari, his great humanity and his tragic and spectacular end have left a mark on the collective consciousness. Forty years after that May 8, 1982, this book traces the seasons the flying Canadian spent in Maranello - years in which the private Gilles dined at the court of the Great Old Man and the indomitable driver electrified audiences with his victories, but especially with the courage he showed in duels that became epic and never giving up.
Through the exclusive testimonies of those who were close to him in those years, this book also wants to shed light on the Villeneuve man with all his frailties in spite of the public image of an unrestrained and fearless driver. Gilles has gone away, but today he is still here to act as a term of comparison, as a benchmark, as those English who discovered him say, but did not value it because in all likelihood they did not understand it.
It took all the sensitivity of the old Ferrari to understand it. Forty years after his death, Gilles Villeneuve is more alive than ever. And it will be like this in another ten, twenty, one hundred years. Because some pilots never die.
"Villeneuve suits me just as he is, with his exuberance and the incomprehensible risks he runs. He satisfies the audience, he's like an actor who goes in search of applause: after all, this is what we play" Enzo Ferrari.
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