{"id":459391,"date":"2001-01-01T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2001-01-02T02:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=119964"},"modified":"2024-02-13T14:48:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T14:48:31","slug":"bruno-giacomelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/bruno-giacomelli\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Giacomelli"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Bruno Giacomelli was born in Brescia, Italy, in 1952. He was always enthusiastic about racing and especially about single-seaters, working his way quickly into Formula Two, where he won the European F2 Championship in 1978 driving a works March-BMW. He managed to break into F1 in a 3rd McLaren in 1977 and 1978. Then in 1979, he started his career with Alfa Romeo as a works driver and brought the factory back to F1 as an official team with the new 177. European Editor Ed McDonough had a chance to catch up with Giacomelli at this year\u2019s Goodwood Festival to learn more about his star-crossed F1 career.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>VRJ: First of all, what is your impression of the Goodwood Festival?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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Then in 1979, he started his career with Alfa Romeo as a works driver and brought the factory back to F1 as an official team with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":814005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11272,18114],"tags":[18322,18435,16462],"class_list":["post-459391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-members-only","category-people","tag-2000s-all","tag-people","tag-interview"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bruno Giacomelli<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ed McDonough speaks with Bruno Giacomelli about his days in Formula One and whether he has a future in historic racing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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