There is a Red car with the number 27 crossing the finish line of the Belgian Grand Prix. We are not going off the road (indeed, off the track) to disrespect the unforgettable Villeneuve. Because on 29 April 1984 Michele Alboreto (who in the Maranello seasons had the same number as the Canadian) won his first victory with Ferrari.
A race to remember also for the statistics, considering that it was the last held at Zolder, the circuit that cost Gilles his life. And where Didier Pironi achieved his first success. “Ferrari + Alboreto, an all-Italian triumph”, was the headline in the Gazzetta dello Sport on the front page the following day.
Also because it had been eighteen years since a driver from the Bel Paese had won a Grand Prix driving the Prancing Horse, as he recalled. Sports Week in the issue of last March 2nd. We propose some lines from Candido Cannavò's editorial:
“Closed to the TV, we all felt like we were on a motorway, with the red light on for a while, counting the kilometers that separated us from a mysterious petrol station, from a sort of oasis in the desert. Millions of Italians ran the last kilometers with Alboreto, pushing him towards that finish line that was ideally his from the start”.
Crediti foto: Scuderia Ferrari
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