Imola, between present and past
One year after the cancellation of the last edition of Emilia-Romagna Grand Prixmade inevitable by the dramatic flood that hit the region of the same name, the circuit ‘Enzo and Dino Ferrari’ Of Imola will finally return to welcome Formula 1 this weekend. A weekend on a historic track that will also feature two moments in which we will see leaps back in the history of F1 over thirty years. The first, as well as the most awaited, will be the one featuring the protagonist Sebastian Vettelon track at the wheel of the 1993 McLaren MP4/8 to pay homage to the memory of Ayrton Senna, who ended his experience in Woking with that very car.
The return of a small team
The second will allow spectators to see with their own eyes a small reality of the late ’80s, listening again to the roar of a single-seater which, unlike the McLaren, had no luck at all in Formula 1. This is the EuroBrun ER188 from 1988 powered by Ford-Cosworth, which will return to the track with its former Argentine driver during the Imola weekend Oscar Lallauri: “I had the chance to get in the car at one of the iconic circuits in Europe, but I chose Imola for its characteristics, it’s an old school track – explained the 69-year-old to soymotor.com – I’m very excited, especially because I will be able to show my children what their dad did“.
Lallauri’s career and the history of the team
European F3 champion in 1982, Lallauri made his F1 debut with the Italian-Swiss team EuroBrun in 1988 as Stefano Modena’s teammate. The car, however, immediately presented several technical difficulties, to the point that there were rare occasions in which the Argentine driver managed to qualify or reach the finish line. Not surprisingly, Lallauri concluded only two racesachieving the best seasonal and career result of 13th place in Mexico. Recalled by the team in the second half of 1989 to replace Gregor Foitek, that was also his last spell in the top flight, while the team based in Senago, in the province of Milan, played its last season in 1990 before surrendering to numerous difficulties economical.
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