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Emotions in red

23. Apr 2022 
by Ziv Knoll
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In 1982, French driver Patrick Tambay was offered a seat at the Scuderia Ferrari after the death of his close friend Gilles Villeneuve during practice for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder.

Tambay won the 1982 German Grand Prix held in Hockenheim, his first Grand Prix victory, after his team mate Didier Pironi was badly injured in practice. It was just his fourth race for the Maranello based team.

The Frenchman took a popular victory in his Ferrari at the 1983 San Marino Grand Prix, in front of delighted tifosi (the Italian supporters). Driving the #27 car, Tambay dedicated his win to the man he replaced in the Ferrari team, his friend, the late Gilles Villeneuve.

It was almost a perfect week-end for the Maranello-based team with René Arnoux qualifying on pole and finishing third. Renault’s Alain Prost finished in second place, passing Arnoux with three laps left after the #28 Ferrari spun at the Acque Minerali chicane.

This would be the last time that Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari  saw his Formula One team score a victory in person. Enzo never attended races outside Italy at the time, and Ferrari would not win on Italian soil again until after Enzo died in 1988.

 

 

Source: DR

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