{"id":5608,"date":"2018-04-03T09:36:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T07:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internationalclassic.com\/signore-autodromo-monza-cap2\/"},"modified":"2018-11-20T14:53:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:53:09","slug":"master-of-monza-racetrack-ch2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/en\/master-of-monza-racetrack-ch2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Master of Monza racetrack \u2013 Chapter 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Mario Acquati: from the races to the Book &amp; Art Shop<\/h4>\n<p>That\u2019s right. We\u2019re talking about the sixties, the time of the Economic Boom. The years told by Pasolini, those where modernity\u2019s levelling bulldozer zeroed and redesigned the landscape. There has been a powerful metamorphosis, which maybe, can only be understood by those who breathed in and lived those years in their own skin.<br \/>\n\u2013 What was Monza like at the time? Well, I was born in Monza. But with my family we moved to Milan. I started going to the motor-racing track in 1955-1956. I don\u2019t even know how I managed to get there\u2026 They had just built the new high speed ring and I came straight away to have a look. Monza was already very busy. We all went there: it was the Sunday session and it stayed like that for many years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5608 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8280.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8280-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8280-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the time, there weren\u2019t as many races as there are today: the motor-racing track was free. I was 16 and I used to go with my brother, who had a driving licence\u2026<br \/>\n\u2013 What do you mean: was there free access?<br \/>\n\u2013 Yes, you only paid a few Liras. You signed a form to discharge the responsibility and you could stay there for half an hour. Motor-racing track aside, there was nothing else there at all: only four residential buildings. That is why our Book &amp; Art Shop was a much frequented place. Actually, when I opened it, I chose the premises of the one which used to be the barber\u2019s shop on purpose. Why? Because it had water, which other shops didn\u2019t have. Then, once I\u2019d obtained my permit, I built the one which would have been the first hospitality building overall, outside of the Monza motor-racing track. It was very busy with drivers and their entourage, because it actually had the only clean toilet in the whole motor-racing track.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5608 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-E-REUTMANN.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-E-REUTMANN.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-E-REUTMANN-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-E-REUTMANN-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-E-REUTMANN-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 You will have met a lot of drivers then! Or did you meet most of your acquaintances, in this industry, later, with your Book &amp; Art Shop?<br \/>\n\u2013 Well, no: I met many drivers when I started making the overalls\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5608 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Carlos-Pace.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace photo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-5576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Carlos-Pace.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Carlos-Pace-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Carlos-Pace-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Carlos-Pace-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-5576'>\n\t\t\t\t\tIn the middle, Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The art of being able to spread from one area to another, to grasp the needs of a specific industry and building a business on that, this is a matter of DNA: you either have it or you don\u2019t. And I believe that this the contact point between intuition and creativity: the thin red line which may make a common profession extraordinarily similar to a form of art. There, Mario Acquati owns this \u201cmagic weapon\u201d exactly. That is why I\u2019m not surprised when he starts talking about his season with the overalls.<br \/>\n\u2013 I was the first to sell the FTP Sports range overalls. I personally tested them for the homologation, in fire.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5608 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8182.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Homologation test in the fire\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-5578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8182.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8182-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8182-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8182-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-5578'>\n\t\t\t\t\t Homologation test\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Please wait, how did it work? Was it the company \u2013 such as Ferrari \u2013 which purchased the overalls for the whole team?<br \/>\nAcquati shakes his head. Of course not: it was a different world all together!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-5 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-5 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5608 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-ANDRETTI.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Mario Andretti photo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-5594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-ANDRETTI.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-ANDRETTI-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-ANDRETTI-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MARIO-ANDRETTI-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-5594'>\n\t\t\t\t\tMario Andretti\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The mentality was very different back then. For example: we supplied Villeneuve, who always asked us for very particular things. And he paid to get them. When he used to write to my wife, who\u2019s a French mother tongue, he used to tell her: \u201cI don\u2019t understand why I should pay out of my own pocket when there are people who, as well as donating me a lot of things, even pay for things for me\u201d, do you know what my wife used to answer? \u201cI make overalls for drivers: if I give them away for free, who will I sell them to?\u201d That was the last time that we saw him for overalls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-6 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-6 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5608 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8198.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8198.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8198-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8198-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8198-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then the sponsors came. Up until them, overall this is how it worked: the least visible drivers used to buy the overalls by paying for them out of their own pocket, while we used to donate them to the stars \u2013 like Fittipaldi and Graham Hill, as it was an advertising investment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-7 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-7 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-7 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-7 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-7' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5608 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/graham-hill-e-Jochen-Rindt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Jochen Rindt and Graham Hill photo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-5582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/graham-hill-e-Jochen-Rindt.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/graham-hill-e-Jochen-Rindt-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/graham-hill-e-Jochen-Rindt-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/graham-hill-e-Jochen-Rindt-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-5582'>\n\t\t\t\t\tJochen Rindt and Graham Hill \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Previously you mentioned homologations\u2026<br \/>\n\u2013 The Linea Sport was the very first homologated overall worldwide: it was homologated by both the FIA and CSAI. When the homologation was introduced, nobody had overalls with their \u201cpapers in order\u201d. To make it short, we basically slaughtered the other companies\u2026 only in England, we sold around four or five thousand overalls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-8 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-8 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-8 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-8 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-8' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5608 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Giacomo Agostini&#039;s overalls card\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-5584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8234.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8234-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8234-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8234-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-5584'>\n\t\t\t\t\tGiacomo Agostini&#8217;s overalls card\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Of course, I assume they were fireproof overalls\u2026<br \/>\n\u2013 Yes, there were two kinds of overalls. One in the Linea Sport and Nomex. The Linea Sport overall was called FPT (fireproof textile): it was a fabric made with three fibres: one was vegetable-derived, one was animal-derived and one was mineral-derived. The mineral-derived fibre was a glass wool fabric. These overalls actually never burned, but if you used under-overalls in isolating materials, you risked dying like a roast chicken, which was not due to the fire but to the heat. This overall dominated the industry for a year and a half, then DuPont stepped in with Nomex, a Swiss fireproof fabric which was used for army clothing. However, the Nomex overall didn\u2019t pass the homologation test.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-9 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-9 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-9 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-9 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-9' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5608 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8244.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Lella Lombardi&#039;s overalls card\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-9-5586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8244.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8244-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8244-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8244-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-9-5586'>\n\t\t\t\t\tLella Lombardi&#8217;s overalls card\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 What was the actual homologation about?<br \/>\n\u2013 It was to do with resisting fire for twenty seconds, during which the internal portion of the arm, which is the most sensitive to heat, shouldn\u2019t present burns. I resisted for even twenty-five or twenty-six seconds\u2026 Whereas, the Swiss didn\u2019t succeed and Nomex didn\u2019t pass the homologation test. Over time though, this kind of homologation test wasn\u2019t considered valid anymore, as it was based on a person\u2019s body. It is actually true. To the extent that, when I did the homologation test for these overalls, I went to the Seychelles and I spent one full month there to sunbathe, so that I would tan enough because dark skin endures fire for at least two seconds longer.<br \/>\n\u2013 When was that?<br \/>\n\u2013 I started in 1968. In 1970, Clay Regazzoni won in Monza with our overalls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-10 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-10 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-10 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-10 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-10' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-5608 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1728\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Regazzoni-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Clay Regazzoni photo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-10-5588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Regazzoni-1.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Regazzoni-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Regazzoni-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Regazzoni-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-10-5588'>\n\t\t\t\t\tIn the middle, Clay Regazzoni\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>By International Classic, written by Martina Fragale<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Keep on following the story <a href=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/en\/master-of-monza-racetrack-ch3\/\">The Master of Monza racetrack \u2013 Chapter 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read also:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/en\/master-of-monza-racetrack-ch1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Master of Monza racetrack \u2013 Chapter 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Acquati: from the races to the Book &amp; Art Shop That\u2019s right. We\u2019re talking about the sixties, the time of the Economic Boom. The years told by Pasolini, those where modernity\u2019s levelling bulldozer zeroed and redesigned the landscape. There has been a powerful metamorphosis, which maybe, can only be understood by those who breathed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":5590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-meetings","category-186","description-off"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Master of Monza racetrack \u2013 Chapter 2 - International Classic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mario Acquati owns this \u201cmagic weapon\u201d exactly. 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