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Bruno Deserti?

Started by Fiorentina 1 , Jan 11 2005 07:06

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#1 Fiorentina 1

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Posted 11 January 2005 - 07:06

Other then the fact that he was killed testing a Ferrari prior to Le Mans at Monza in 1965, and that Enzo Ferrari was at the test, what do you guys know about this young Italian driver? Was he a future star like Bandini, or was he just a good driver that Ferrari were testing to see if he was something special? Also, what happened in this accident? I know he went off on the front straight near the braking zone, but why?

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#2 Graham Clayton

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Posted 19 July 2011 - 22:50

Fiorentina 1,

According to the Motorsport Memorial website, Deserti was having trouble getting comfortable in the seat of the Ferrari, but Eugenio Dragoni, team manager of the Scuderia gave him a small pillow to get comfortable. Maybe he lost concentration due to the pillow and uncomfortable nature of the seat?

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#3 D-Type

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Posted 19 July 2011 - 22:53

Or perhaps the pillow moved

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#4 Ralliart

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Posted 20 July 2011 - 03:52

In his autobiography, John Surtees wrote, "A few days (after the Monza 1000 KM) we lost a potential Ferrari team driver on the same circuit during a period of private testing. This was Bruno Deserti, who had been quite successful in Formula Junior and was one of several drivers being given a trial in a works P2. He crashed heavily at the Curva Grande."

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#5 GMiranda

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Posted 25 August 2020 - 21:55

May I ask if anybody knows anything about his Sportscar career, please? From some infos I have from Italy, he started racing in 1961, probably on some local events.