{"id":459965,"date":"2003-07-01T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2003-07-01T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=106891"},"modified":"2024-02-20T09:41:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T09:41:57","slug":"testing-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/testing-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing, Testing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Giorgio Pianta started racing in the 1950s, raced and rallied at international levels through the 1970s, and has held important leadership positions in the competition, research and development departments at Alfa Romeo, Fiat and Lancia. He is a Commissioner of the CSAI in Italy, rep to the FIA, and continues as a consultant to the industry. He is, above all, an open and friendly person, and always a great host in Italy.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_698606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-698606\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/07\/LS200307-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-698606 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/07\/LS200307-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Giorgio Pianta \" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/07\/LS200307-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/07\/LS200307-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/07\/LS200307-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/07\/LS200307-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-698606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giorgio Pianta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are many, many good testing stories. The best one is that I am here telling you about them!<\/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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Giorgio Pianta There are many, many good testing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":817975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[17152,17143,17220],"class_list":["post-459965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-car-culture","tag-special-feature","tag-vrr-column-legends-speak"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Testing, Testing!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former head of Alfa Romeo\u2019s factory racing efforts, Giorgio Pianta, recalls his many harrowing escapades while testing.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/testing-testing\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/testing-testing\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Testing, Testing!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former head of Alfa Romeo\u2019s factory racing efforts, Giorgio Pianta, recalls his many harrowing escapades while testing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/testing-testing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2003-07-01T15:00:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-20T09:41:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/07\/LS200307-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/testing-testing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/testing-testing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SportsCarDigest Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa\"},\"headline\":\"Testing, Testing!\",\"datePublished\":\"2003-07-01T15:00:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-20T09:41:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/testing-testing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1120,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/testing-testing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2003\\\/07\\\/LS200307-p2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Special Feature\",\"VRR Column (Legends Speak)\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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