Well, how I started..
I can say I always had passion for 
engines, since I was a kid
when my father teached me how to drive the 500
So, taking the 500 inside out our garage
in the end I was always around with that 500
after a Citroen and that's how I had fun when I was twelve
always with engines and cars
unlike other pilots who started all on karts
I liked more the motocross
So I first started racing on motocross, than rally a couple years
and on track with Formula Abarth in 1981.
First three years with Lancia
and at the same time Formula2 with Minardi
in 1986 I was racing Formula2 championship
meanwhile I did 4 years in LC2
with Lancia, 24 Hours, 6 Hours
2 Hours races
and after that I started Formula1 always with Minardi
So, there was the proposal from Ferrari
the famous Ferrari's proposal
which shocked all motorsport world because
it would be very ..
Let's say I disagreed with Fiorio
who I already knew since twenty years
racing with Lancia, obviously
He could warn me about what was going to happen
Ferrari did an economic reasoning about
selling more in France
(talks about Jean Alesi)
Sometimes teams pick pilots according to selling laws
so an italian pilot, in Italy ...
ok Alboreto, Capelli but
it's hard for an italian pilot to join Ferrari just because
italian market is already "Ferrari"
having here the factory
they pick often foreign pilots
it could be difficult to understand but
there's a lot of economic factors behind a pilot
So there was some misunderstanding and then
with Flavio Briatore we decided to continue
and not to go on with the deal with Ferrari
a little confusion but
not that much confusion, you know..
just that thing between me and Fiorio.
Ok, then comes the DTM experience with Larini
two italian pilots
yes, at the time we had a lot of fun with Nicola
he also won in Germany, in DTM
and, curiously, winning in Germany not only
Alfa sold 40.000 more cars
but Italy also sold more salami, hams, everything
why? Because italians were considered as spaghettiers
and when those spaghettiers won against Mercedes
that was there as the Pope in Italy
they said "maybe these spaghettiers are not that bad
It was a very good time, a lot of fun
if it was still the same I'll be racing today
even if I'have a certain age
Nicola is a bit younger but gray hair, ugly
(laughter)
now I'm in relax
I like having fun on hillclimbs, frontrunning
rally, on the dirt, with some Subaru
Today the fact Alfa and Lancia don't race anymore
how does affect the italian economy?
Well, I see the youth
those who are starting now racing
and there's this F4 for the 15 years old
and they land in F1 very young, 18, 19
they race very soon
after the F4 there's nothing
and they have to go abroad
costs, I think, are going higher
that's what they say because I don't follow much
It's a fact that before there was "mama" Fiat
or Alfa Romeo
Who when you won the Formula Abarth
or the A112 Abarth championship
 they put you in the official racing team
and that means racing next to Bob Wollek
Patrese, Alboreto..
some F1 drivers
so you can learn something
that was all a big experience with those guys
nowadays there's no more mother company
"mama"Fiat of the time
or Alfa Romeo, that raise this youth
the CSAI does its job
in Italy for young pilots
there is Minardi who keeps raising
new talents
but after, where could they race?
this is the problem
that's true, today you do spots
there's a storyboard, it has a cost
after a few days you see the sales
and then who has to keep his job in Fiat does that
from another point of view, how can I say
an investment for the brand,
as the Alfa Romeo has always been a sport brand,
a bit more farsighted
So..
I give you an example
when Lancia stopped racing in rallies
lost 50% of its sales.
These are numbers
money is money, business is business
this is not phylosophy, this is math.
Always about DTM years
There is an episode every italian remembers
and which is rare to hear from you in person
Singen? Yes! (Laughter)
Singen, yes, the video appeared on the internet
when I get angry with Asch
I didn't get angry with Asch out of the blue
problem was that..
that was the second time
so, team order
the race before he gave me a little push
and I don't like this karting style of pushing
You know, in a 10 km/h corner, you touch me to
make me go out..
Come with me at 300 km/h
then we'll see.
I was so angry also because it was the second time
Video is not that clear, I've seen it a couple times
I really went out of the car
unhooked the belts, I came out to chase him
My mind was not ok at all
I wanted to chase a car running
Then I understood, went back in the car
no reverse, only first gear, hit the guardrail
back to the box
and so on..
Race director blamed us, even Cantarella went mad
Another time, because the first time
I tell you a story with Larini
someone gave us a sex doll
and we put it out the motorhome when
Cantarella was coming
so he took us apart and
gave us
let's say..
a..
how can I say
a scolding.
And now the Giulietta QV Giudici team
at the Nurburgring?
At the 'ring there will be 10 races
Nurburgring is my favourite track
for many reasons
23 km, very beautiful.
Racing there with a "normal" car sincerely
does not attract me much
as I said, I prefer doing some dirt driving, hillclimbs
I have fun going sideways, drifting
and
even with a group N
nothing special
rather than one or two races at the 'ring
with those long straights
23 km, hard to overtake
not many curves to pass at the old 'ring
so with a normal car you get hungry
4 km straight (car sounds)
I don't think.. You know
being accustomed to LC2 and similar
I'd not have satisfaction
even if they asked me to race, maybe I'll do 
if I have the time, just one race..
Going back to Formula one
old times and new
I gave up watching it, I admit
and
why everyone is giving up?
Why don't they change rules in order to 
amuse audience and drivers?
Well, this is a business fact in general
these questions were asked even to us at my time
when we used to have electronic suspensions
and some other electronic parts in the car
looking back to Regazzoni and Lauda 
going ahead there's always more technology
nowadays it is maybe too much
for management costs
about teams
so big teams go ahead, not the small ones
I must be sincere, was the same at my time
with McLaren giving one lap to everyone
it was really an entire lap
with Prost and Senna
so there's always been
I don't watch it so much because I don't like watching
I like racing, not watching.
"I play or I lay" as we say in Tuscany
So I never watched F1 even before
I hear a lot of people complaining
overtakes are very rare..
at the box often
that concerns even the breaking
for exaple, if before at San Donato curve you had 
to brake at 70/80 mt, today you breake at 35/40 mt
and it's way more difficult to try an overtake
so we should go a little back
but technology has gone so much far
that's hard to go back
Americans do it
stock cars and so on
simple, cheap
business oriented
still using disc breaks
ok, they go quite always in rounds
but when they race in some circuit, even city tracks
you have to push down and
and they're still 100/200 kg on the breakes
then, workout and so on..
Also the Indy championship has not the same 
technology the F1 has
so in theory they could do rules
for real driving cars
At my time, when cars had sideskirts
cars were glued on the track
1.200 Hp
sideskirts
they quit them not for a technical reasoning
but because pilots can't bear 
G-force over 6 g 6,5 g
on the curves
so they could no longer drive those cars
A real cut should be necessary
very difficult
when today they're talking about batteries, stuff
then..
that's true everyday's cars' technology 
derives from racing cars at 80%
in general
but, you know
a little come back
in everything
going back to patriarchal families
a coming back of genuineness
wouldn't be that bad
in racing, and life.
(calls his little son)
sorry, you cut this
Andrea, the f**k did I say?!
you can use this, it's fun.
that's my little son.. I said f**k, not good..
pussy? No?
Watch also Nicola Larini's interview
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I took Larini with me at Frankfurt
I said to him "I have a girl for you"
he took her
and the morning after
you owe me 500 euros
she was a whore.
