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It was no longer my F1

It was no longer my F1
The day Senna left us I realized I had to stop, it was no longer my F1

Translated by the Webmaster


To Libero: "In my day we were 13 out of 32 Italians, today 0 out of 20 ... Formula One is very different today, the driver is in the hands of the pits."


On Libero an interview with Riccardo Patrese. Today he is 68 years old, he was vice-champion of the world in 1992. In his career he has won 6 GPs and has raced 256.


“I remember that one year, among the 32 drivers involved in the Circus, we were 13 Italians! Do you think about it? Today 0 out of 20…”


They asked him if he likes the current F1:


It's very different from mine. Just think, I used to race when there was not even the on-board radio. Today it's all science fiction, the driver is in the hands of the pits and, if he has to change the tires, the wall forces him to do so.

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