Ex-Juan Manuel Fangio, ‘Toulo’ de Graffenried, Ottorino Volonterio, Erwin Sommerhalder
* chassis no. 2038 as an A6CGM 1952-1953, chassis no. 2510 as a 250F 1954-1955, chassis no. 2518 as a 250F 1956 onwards
“Under the anxious eyes of the Orsis and their senior designers, Bertocchi took the 250F out on the Modena track. When he returned after its baptismal laps, the burly veteran prolonged the suspense. Climbing out, he pulled off his skullcap and goggles and tucked them neatly away with his gloves. Finally Adolfo Orsi [Snr.] broke the pregnant silence: “Guerino, what?”
““Gentlemen,” Bertocchi replied, “at last we have an automobile deserving of the name.””
Ex-Juan Manuel Fangio, ‘Toulo’ de Graffenried, Ottorino Volonterio, Erwin Sommerhalder
* chassis no. 2038 as an A6CGM 1952-1953, chassis no. 2510 as a 250F 1954-1955, chassis no. 2518 as a 250F 1956 onwards
“Under the anxious eyes of the Orsis and their senior designers, Bertocchi took the 250F out on the Modena track. When he returned after its baptismal laps, the burly veteran prolonged the suspense. Climbing out, he pulled off his skullcap and goggles and tucked them neatly away with his gloves. Finally Adolfo Orsi [Snr.] broke the pregnant silence: “Guerino, what?”
““Gentlemen,” Bertocchi replied, “at last we have an automobile deserving of the name.””