Everything was slower in the Italian cities of the 1960s. The scene changed suddenly when uphill racing drivers arrived. They drove sinuous and fascinating bolides like Ferrari Le Mans, Porsche Carrera 6, Abarth 2000, Alfa 33 and Ford GT40, and raced on the poor roads of the time, crumbling the asphalt and racing through the crowds.
The one who won the most in Ferraris was the Lombard industrialist Edoardo Lualdi Gabardi who, in this book, tells the story of an epic, while Italy emerges from the nightmare of the post-war period and caresses the first years of the economic boom, of the well-being at hand, of mass motorisation.
Even the cinema celebrates cars with famous movies and director Roberto Rossellini nearly divorces Ingrid Bergman when he wants to experience the thrill of the Mille Miglia, racing in a Ferrari, of course.
Volanti & Tornanti interweaves the tale of those races with that of a society that awaits tomorrow with a smile, watching the Kessler twins, Lelio Luttazzi, Mina and flying with Domenico Modugno on the ali del blu dipinto di blu.
An optimistic and somewhat naive season, where everything seemed possible, even landing on the moon…
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