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#can the stars align for charles already?#charles leclerc#luca di montezemolo#about charles#winter break 2023-24
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NIKI LAUDA and LUCA DI MONTEZEMOLO at the 1975 DUTCH GRAND PRIX
#yes i did make this for luca's hair softly blowing in the wind. i'm not immune to a pretty italian.#like patrese.... de angelis....... other italian men in cars..........#niki lauda#luca di montezemolo#f1#formula 1#classic f1#f1 1970s#1970s
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Ferrari GG50 by Giorgetto Giugiaro
Concept cars are usually made before those who go straight into production. That is the reason why they are called so. Concepts do not limit the imagination of designers, but when the car comes into production, engineers take a more important role. As a result, a lovely concept of a car can sometimes become an ugly duck.However, that is the case about Hyundai, Nissan, Opel and other manufacturers that are producing millions of cars per year. It does not include the exclusive ones – Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, etc.This is a story about a car which life has been turned upside down. The production model came at first and the concept was shown off just a year after. This is a story about Ferrari GG50 – the concept car that Giorgetto Giugiaro made himself in 2005 while celebrating the 50th anniversary of creating stunning car designs.
The GG50 is based on Ferrari 612 Scaglietti series production car – a four-seater with a front engine and rear wheel drive - a true Italian prancing horse. It has a twelve-cylinder, 5,7-liter engine under the hood, which generates 540 bhp and 588 Nm. At the time, turbochargers became extremely popular, but Ferrari tried to remain as traditional as possible. However, most engines manufactured in Modena were still highly revolutionary.
Like the original 612 Scaglietti, the following concept has the same 6-speed sequential rear-mounted gearbox, Brembo brakes, and other equipment. The main difference hides is design – the place where Giorgetto feels best.
Giugiaro took the idea a year before official presentation of GG50 and received all the support from Ferrari President at that time, Luca di Montezemolo. He gave the designer just one condition: no restrictions on creativity, but the concept must keep up with Ferrari tradition.
Giugiaro started working on the concept half a year after. He did everything just like 50 years ago: sketched every detail entirely by hand, with a pencil. Finally, he created a 1:10 scale concept from four views: side, nose, tail and bird’s view. Later, the concepts were rendered in a 3D project. In April, a full-scale plaster model has been made. In June, a running prototype has been completed already! The concept has made its way from a scratch to running car in less than just five months. That’s the spirit when you’re in a hurry for your own birthday present.
Almost all technical details mentioned above remained the same except for some minor exceptions. The prototype’s wheelbase is the same, but overall length is shorter by 9 centimetres than the original 612 Scaglietti (4.81 meters vs. 4.9). The concept car is also lower – Giugiaro cut 2 centimetres of front overhang and nipped the rear by 7.
There are more differences that we cannot see from outside. For example, a modified position of the 95-litre fuel tank that created a larger boot (270 vs. 240 litres). Also, a flat platform when rear seats are lowered (and a total capacity of 500 litres). The concept is more practical, no matter how funny the word “practical” sounds when we are talking about Ferrari.
Nevertheless, there are many stories about the concept’s appeal and originality. Ferrari GG50 is a true masterpiece because of the story of its creation. A very few production cars in history can boast that they have been a base for a concept car, but 612 Scaglietti is one of them.
#Ferrari GG50#Giorgetto Giugiaro#Hyundai#Nissan#Opel#Ferrari#Lamborghini#McLaren#Luca di Montezemolo#612 Scaglietti#concept car
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Niki Lauda crosses the line for his first Formula One victory as Ferrari team manager Luca di Montezemolo jumps for joy
- Spain, 1974
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New dad lore unlocked, what the fuck do you mean your friend knew Luca di Montezemolo so you did a test drive with a Ferrari once
#begging my dad to stop being so much cooler than me#me: I get into f1#dad: Have I ever told you about that time I drove a Ferrari on Circuito di Fiorano#f1#formula 1#ferrari#luca di montezemolo#I guess#my dad if I ever became religious: Have I told you about that time I met God#me at 21: maybe vroom vroom cars can bring me out of depression#my dad at (almost) 60: oh yes minor anectodote I met the guy Niki Lauda won two championship with#I can't stress enough how this is so fucking unreal my family does not come even close to the kind of money LdM makes#We are NOT the kind of people who would casually hang with a millionaire#Also I genuinely believe my dad's friend must have been sketchy to know LdM#I also feel like I can never read my two eye anymore like even the tag of an ao3 fic with Luca di Montezemolo#'Luca di Montezemolo/Niki Lauda' you mean my dad's friend's friend?????????#now I feel like I have a weird distant relationship with this guy#like I know I don't know him and maybe it's my problem that I think of old formula 1 people like that#but I sort of divorce mentally from the fact that old formula 1 grid are actual people they're like distant characters from a complex#mythology#and now I feel like if I was a paesant in ancient Greece and my dad just told me he partied with Dionysius once#does it make sense#rip LdM I don't feel comfortable watching your pictures from the 70s thinking slay twink anymore#I will miss saying you have American Next Top Model hips#do you think it's ethically correct to objectify some twink from the 70s if your dad met him#I know he is still alive now and he's old and stuff I don't care there ard two Luce di Montezemolo in my head one is the one still alive#and I don't give a fuck about him the other is still photogtaph from the 70s and gives me gender envy
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2010 Season in 10 Photos: Michael Schumacher
#michael schumacher#mercedes#formula 1#f1#nico rosberg#sebastian vettel#john travolta#luca di montezemolo
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Luca di Montezemolo, Niki Lauda - Österreichring 1975 Copyright - Sven Simon, Imago. - source Born in the turbo era.
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Seeing Montezemolo say that Brawn must have cheated in the Brawn documentary
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"[Michael Schumacher] and [Niki] Lauda had one thing in common: when you win, you all win together. When you lost, you all lost together. Often, there are drivers who think it is their merit when they win. When they don't win, it is the fault of the team or the car."
"[Charles] Leclerc is very good. He is a very fast driver, especially on the flying lap. He is a driver who is experiencing a very delicate moment in his career. He is still very young, but the years go by, and he has to try to win. To do that, he needs a competitive car… "
Former Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo on Piazzapulita | 30 March 2023
#fingers crossed we're a step closer to Red Bull in Baku#and no mishaps please#car was competitive early on last year#abd look what happened#luca di montezemolo#charles leclerc#michael schumacher#niki lauda#scuderia ferrari#ferrari#formula 1#f1
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LUCA DI MONTEZEMOLO celebrating NIKI LAUDA's first win at the 1974 SPANISH GRAND PRIX
#was i a little upset that niki didn't jump into luca's arm like a happy bride#yeah. yeah i was.#niki lauda#luca di montezemolo#classic f1#f1#formula 1#1970s
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Montezemolo.
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Pope John Paul II receives as a gift from Ferrari President Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Jean Todt and mechanics a 1:5 scale model of the car that won Ferrari both the championship and constructor title in 2004 during a meeting at the Clementina Hall
January 17, 2005, in Vatican City
Source: Arturo Mari-Vatican Pool/Getty Images
#I shouldn't be laughing as hard as I am at this#fave f1 crossover#Pope John Paul II#thats now a tag I have#michael schumacher#rubens barrichello#jean todt#Luca Cordero di Montezemolo#f1#formula 1#ferrari#2005
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Niki and Luca
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Niki and Luca read a magazine
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