His granduncle Lucien was born in Milan, Italy and won the '68 24H of Le Mans...
...but raced under the Belgian flag.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Bianchi
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His granduncle Lucien was born in Milan, Italy and won the '68 24H of Le Mans...
...but raced under the Belgian flag.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Bianchi
He was born in Nice, France. His grandfather on his dads side was Italian. Not sure if his dad is Italian...but with his birthplace, his accent and his first name, I'd say he is more French than Italian. I thought hampers would have known that as he likes statistics and facts.
I'm sure I read or heard something (probably on SkyF1) that DiResta's grandparents are Italian so I think DiResta wins this round
He
is also related to Dario Franchitti a great sportscar driver. A Scottish Italian Family i believe.
Yep, his cousins/brothers also do kart racing up here in Scotland. Franchitti is an IndyCar champion I believe?
Damn, for years i have thought Bianchi was Italian and that Ferrari was waiting for him to get experience so that they finally could hire him and have a truly Italian team.
Apparently his great uncle was born in Italy but moved to Belgium.
And his name Bianchi originates from Italy.
It seems his family origins is from Italy but he is French.
Apparently his great uncle was born in Italy but moved to Belgium.
And his name Bianchi originates from Italy.
It seems his family origins is from Italy but he is French.
I look at the title of the thread and at the last two pages of posts... I thought this was the FA thread?!
Flavio won't accept such things !plus why leave Ferrari when they got Rory back in 2014 along with James Allison...
Alonso to Lotus......Hmmmmmm, interesting. With Massa?
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If Lotus dose not work for Kimi why would it work for Alonso. Nice car but not good enough for Alonso. Im thinking Red Bull or AMG Mercedes, Maybe McLaren if they can fix issues form this year
If Lotus doesn't work for KImi why would it work for Alonso? I don't know why would it not? Maybe another team on the grid...but they might not work either, so what then?
Pointless post I know.
Chris Jenkins
Driving til the wheels fall off
Alonso has Santander, Kimi does not.
That would transform the Lotus team
That would transform the Lotus team
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Yeah, well, he also said it was his lifelong dream to drive for McLaren when he arrived there in 2007, and the same thing after being announced at Ferrari in 2010. People are fickle, he might still end up at Red Bull one day for all we know.
I would actually love to see him and Vettel at Red Bull
He will be back at McLaren in 2015.
In that case, hopefully McLaren has a car that can win races again. Alonso can battle at the front, but his car cannot, at the moment at least.
Persistent headaches after the incident in Abu Dhabi, he should really put health before driving afterall his second place is secure. I guess Ferrari want him to try and get second in the constructors.. even I as a Ferrari fan can't see that happening.
