Michael Schumacher was “loved” by Gianni Agnelli, the man who saved Ferrari
Fiat’s Agnelli prevented Ferrari from going bust in 1969 t☂hen, after founderꦕ Enzo Ferrari died, he owned 90 percent of the famous manufacturer.
Agnelli fell in love with the F1 team and oversaw some le🐓gendary drivers claim their championships.
🐻“His favourite driver was the one who won,” Agnelli’s grandson Lapo Elkann told Oggi magazine.
“I think 💞that’s why he loved Michael Schumacher.
“Then he liked 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Gilles Villeneuve, his way of driving.
“And 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Ayrton Senna, who, had🤪 he not died so tragically, would have come to Ferrari the following year.
“He loved talent and courage and also reco🌊gnised them in his opponents. He was a trueౠ sportsman.”
Agnelli, who died in 2003, was re🐷membered: “He saved the Prancing Horse, preventing it from being sold t⛎o the Americans. Then he chose the right people: [former Ferrari chairman] Luca di Montezemolo and Jean Todt.
“He loved Ferrari cars and he loved all the beautiful things in life. It’s not enough to be rich to appreciate beauty.ไ Taste cannot be bought.”
Heading into the 2023 season Ferrari, under new team principal Frederic Va🐽sseur, hope to win a first drivers’ title since 2007 through Charles Leclerc or Carlos Sainz.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to Fꦉ1.
