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20 May 2004, 06:37 (Ref:976136)
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Inept facilities, and a very unsafe car.
Once he got the chance to drive a fast one, a sh**ty destiny really. 
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26 Jun 2006, 22:15 (Ref:1642124)
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Elio was the last of his kind sadly - a gentleman and a great driver. I was 17 when he died - I remember seeing him at Silverstone in '79 in the Shadow, I remember him coming into The Bell in Brackley with his crew on GP Saturday night in '85 for a glass of Chianti (could you imagine an F1 driver doing that nowadays?) and the day he died was the start of one of those horrible periods we have to occasionally endure in motorsport; within days we'd lost Toivonen, Surer's co-driver, Gartner...
Rarely is the death of a driver a true tragedy in my view, desperately sad, yes - but to die doing what you were born to do - that's no tragedy is it? But Elio's death was different - so unnecessary, so worthless. For the want of some properly equipped marshall's he might still be with us. |
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27 Jun 2006, 21:10 (Ref:1642936)
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6 Jul 2006, 01:25 (Ref:1649303)
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One of my all time favourites.
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15 May 2008, 03:40 (Ref:2202697)
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Elio would have been 50 years old this year if it weren't for that senseless tragedy 22 years ago this morning. RIP Elio.
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Always nice to remember him. My last favorite driver, after his death I decided to never support a driver again.
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