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11/10/2026

10/10/2026

• A classic. An icon. A legend. 🏆 Simply Jeremy Clarkson!

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08/10/2026

• Before the legend, there was love. ❤️ Kerpen. A boy shoving everyone else off the track, a woman watching him. That’s how the greatest legend in F1 began.

Fast forward to Adelaide, 13 November 1994. A 25 year old in a Benetton B194, powered by the Ford Zetec-R, wins the title by a single point: 92 to 91. One point between myth and regret.

But the toughest laps were never on track. They had a swing where they’d sit and talk, and he didn’t always open up, because he wanted to shield her from his own worries. She stayed anyway. Always. And to this day, when their song comes on in the car, Paula Abdul’s “Rush Rush,” she cries quietly.

“My heart beats for him when he wins. And when he loses.”

Away from the helmet, he was a different man. First to arrive and last to leave every party, always ready to throw a friend into the pool. And among the fan mail, a girl named Jutta kept writing so often that “Come on, Jutta” became one of his catchphrases.

Then came 1 August 1995: a civil ceremony in Kerpen, and four days later, the church wedding in Königswinter. That same year he won nine races in the Benetton B195-Renault and took his second title. But he had already crossed the most important finish line: her heart.

In 2005, Michael said he loved her just as he did on the first day. “During all the time I was racing, she was my guardian angel.”

For their tenth anniversary, he gave her a ranch in Texas, where she raised her horses. He was never a big horse lover, but he shared her passion, because when two souls are that close, they share their dreams too. And after retiring, he wanted to give her back the time she had given to his racing.

No wonder Sabine Kehm calls them “such a perfect couple.” And still are.

“Michael always protected us, and now we are protecting Michael.”

No yellow flags. Seven world titles, a love with zero retirements.

Titles are won on track. Love is won by staying!

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07/10/2026

• Which weapon do you choose? 🚀 Lancia Delta S4, Renault 5 Turbo, Audi Sport Quattro or Peugeot 205 T16

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06/10/2026

• Scuderia Ferrari Starfighter 🚀 The Italian Air Force presented this Ferrari-liveried Lockheed F-104G Starfighter to Ferrari in 1989.

The decommissioned aircraft was painted to commemorate the 1981 ‘race’ between Gilles Villeneuve’s 126 CK and a Starfighter at Istrana military airbase.

Earth against sky. Piston against turbojet. One man, one car, and a kind of courage that knows no limits.

Today that aircraft is far more than a jet in a special livery. It is the story of how courage became speed, and how speed became legend.

Where the road ends, the sky begins!

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05/10/2026

• Who’s quitting their job tomorrow to do this? 🧐

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04/10/2026

• The curtain falls on Mugello, but the roar stays with us. 🇮🇹

Sunday, October 4, the final day of the first-ever Gran Premio Storico d’Italia. Three days, 18 races across eight grids, more than sixty years of racing history packed into a single weekend. Today’s programme kicked off early with the Formula Junior cars of the Lurani Trophy, a category created in 1958 by Italian Count Johnny Lurani, then moved on through F2, pre-1966 F1, BOSS GP and Masters Racing Legends. After that came Classic F3, Formula Ford and, to close the show, Masters Endurance Legends, with prototypes and GT cars many of us have driven a thousand times on a simulator.

At midday, Ferrari’s Golden Age 1996-2006 returned to the track, with some of the drivers who actually lived that history. René Arnoux was there, the man behind the 1979 duel with Gilles Villeneuve at Dijon, still remembered as one of the greatest battles in F1 history. So was Giovinazzi, who won the centenary 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2023 with the Ferrari 499P, Maranello’s first outright win there in 50 years. And Stefan Johansson, who won Le Mans in 1997 alongside Alboreto and Kristensen. The cars tell the rest of the story, from the 1996 F310 with its 760 bhp V10 to the 2006 248 F1, Schumacher’s last Ferrari, in which he took his 91st and final win in China.

But the real magic of the Gran Premio Storico isn’t only on track. It’s the open paddock, where you can wander between garages and awnings, watch the mechanics at work, chat with the drivers and chase an autograph. It’s the sound of engines you almost never hear anymore, unfiltered V8s and V10s alongside 3-litre DFVs and tiny Formula Juniors. It’s a celebration that brings generations together.

Which moment from this weekend will stay with you? Let me know in the comments!

Thank you to Mugello, the drivers, the mechanics and every fan who filled the circuit.

This was the first edition: here’s hoping it won’t be the last. ❤️

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03/10/2026

• Today, Mugello shifted up a gear and not only in red. 🇮🇹

Saturday, October 3, Day Two of the Gran Premio Storico d’Italia, was a day of proper racing, one session after another, across grids spanning more than sixty years of history. On track were the pre-1966 F1 cars of the HGPCA, from an era when national colours mattered more than sponsors. Then came the F2 cars of the sixties and seventies, 500 kg single-seaters that launched the careers of Ickx, Jabouille and Arnoux, the same René Arnoux you’ll find here this weekend behind the wheel of a Ferrari. And then BOSS GP, Europe’s fastest racing series, with unfiltered, naturally aspirated V8s and V10s, from the Toro Rosso STR1 to the Williams FW25. The result is an orchestra of sounds you simply won’t hear anywhere else. 🎶

Then, at 1:30 pm, the moment everyone had been waiting for: Ferrari’s Golden Age 1996-2006 took to the track at the circuit the Prancing Horse calls its own, where many of these single-seaters were developed. Behind the wheel were drivers who lived those seasons first-hand, including Berger, Irvine, Fisichella, Salo and Giovinazzi. One detail worth remembering: the 1996 F310 was the first Ferrari to race with a V10, 760 bhp of it, after decades of V12s. ❤️

In the afternoon, the spotlight turned to Masters Racing Legends: F1 cars from 1966 to 1985, the legendary 3-litre Cosworth DFV era, with Mugello hosting the European final of the championship. The Lotus 78, the Williams FW07C, the shapes that defined ground effect. And through it all, an open paddock for everyone, no extra pass needed: wander between the garages and awnings, watch the mechanics at work, take a spin on the F1 simulator in the Fan Zone. Here, history isn’t behind glass. You can almost reach out and touch it. 🛠️

Which grid moved you the most? Let me know in the comments

I’m at Mugello until the very end, so see you tomorrow for the final chapter.

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03/10/2026

• On his birthday, we want to celebrate Andrea de Adamich, the man who brought Alfa Romeo back to Formula 1. 🐍🏁

Born in Trieste on October 3, 1941, he would have turned 85 today, and his story deserves to be told properly.

It all began in 1962, in a Triumph TR3 at the Castell’Arquato–Vernasca hillclimb. Three years later he was Italian Formula 3 champion, a title that opened the door to Autodelta. Behind the wheel of the Giulia GTA, he won the European Touring Car Championship in 1966 and 1967. In 1968 he moved to Ferrari and took the Temporada Argentina in the Dino 166 V6 Formula 2 car.

But his greatest legacy lies elsewhere. In 1970 he brought the 3.0-litre Alfa Romeo V8, derived from the Tipo 33/3, to McLaren, and in 1971 he fitted it to the March 711. Without him, the Biscione would never have returned to the F1 paddock. He finished his career with 34 Grands Prix, 6 points and two fourth places: Jarama 1972 in the Surtees TS9B, and Spa 1973.

Then came Silverstone 1973. Scheckter’s spin at the start triggered a ten-car pile-up, and Andrea was trapped in his Brabham BT42 for about an hour, with both legs broken. His racing career ended there, but his passion never did. He became the voice of “Grand Prix” on Italian TV, sparking a love of motorsport in an entire generation, and in 1991 he founded the Centro Internazionale Guida Sicura in Varano de’ Melegari, teaching others how to stay on the road.

Thank you for everything, Andrea. Happy birthday! 🇮🇹

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