I have just been reading the 'Auto Italiana' report of the 1964 Circuito del Mugello road race - half-forgotten cousin of the Targa Florio, run on that magnificent 41-mile road circuit through the Tuscan hills.
It mentions a driver using the pseudonym 'Fortinbras' - presumably from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' - who lay fourth at the end of the opening lap before crashing his 'Ferrari GTO' on the first corner after the crest of the Giogo Pass...
Can anyone tell me the true identity of 'Fortinbras'? I've heard the pseudonym before but have never known his proper name; nor - just now - can I find it.
And was his car, indeed, a GTO? He reportedly spun off the road and came to rest with the car balanced on a wall. Happily he emerged unhurt.
DCN
Edited by Doug Nye, 26 February 2020 - 10:10.