Known as "The Monza Gorilla" Brambilla began racing motorcycles in 1957 and won the Italian national 175cc title the following year. He also raced go karts before becoming a mechanic for his brother Tino. Vittorio returned to racing in 1968 in Formula 3 and won the Italian title in 1972, by which time he was already racing in Formula 2 with March. He won several F2 races and with backing from Beta Tools he bought his way into F1 in 1974 with the March factory team. Vittorio's great day came at the Osterreichring in 1975 when he surfed to victory in the rain-shortened Austrian Grand Prix in a works March 751 which also had taken him to pole position earlier in Sweden. He is best remembered for spinning off and wrecking the nose of the March as he took the chequered flag in Austria, completing the slowing down lap with the front of the car askew, waving madly to the crowd as he did so.
A subsequent three year stint with Team Surtees produced a succession of stirring performances, but all too frequently he overdrove the machinery and paid the price with accidents and mechanical retirements. he also drove for the Alfa Romeo sportscar team in 1977 helping the company win the World Championship for Sportscars with the T33SC/12.
He suffered serious head injuries in the multiple pileup at Monza in 1978 which cost the life of Ronnie Peterson, but he recovered to drive briefly for the Alfa Romeo works team in Formula 1 in 1979 and 1980 before drifting into retirement. His son Carlo tried racing in Italian Formula 3 but never made the grade.
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Al final conseguiremos el campeonato del mundo
Menudo año llevamos...
Descanse en paz el "Monza Gorilla". Sus coches con el inconfundible patrocinio naranja de Beta Utensili son uno de los primeros -borrosos- recuerdos que tengo de F1.
Affermiamo che la magnificenza del mondo è estata arricchita da una nuova bellezza: la bellezza della velocitá
RIP
a cascao mi primo el de Puerto Hurraco, aficionado como el que más a la F-1 ruego por él una oración y si pude ser una contribución modesta para su primo viudo, que soy yo, a la cta cte. 2000.5050.55.2233445566.
sin otro particular..... la lala la lalala..
Mushas grasias por su contribushion ....tra larala lalala larala......
Saludos
Jaimeb-bcn
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Os opero y yo reposo
Que triste tiene que ser la vida de algunos que ante la muerte de una persona (en este caso la de un ex-piloto de F1) tenga que poner un mensaje con "gracia".
Descanse en paz
Vamos a llorar to los dias por el Urruti, el Brambila, el Alboreto, y nos dejamos a parte los treinta y pico de cada fin semana,(si no hay puente que entonces son ochenta y pico).
Vamos hombre bo seamos cínicos
LA UNICA ENFERMEDAD MORTAL ES LA VIDA
Saludos
Jaimeb-bcn
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Os opero y yo reposo
DEP
CONTINUA EL AÑO TRAGICO.
Q TODOS LOS EXPILOTOS TOQEN MADERA.....
taluego
Descanse en paz.
Menuda mierda de racha llevamos!!
En fin,Descanse en Paz el "Gorila de monza".
E.P.D.
Por Vittorio
( Por JaimeB )
Yo estoy con Magu.
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"Te daba una satisfacción fantástica, pero cualquiera que te diga que lo amaba o era un mentiroso o no iba bastante rápido". Jackie Stewart.
Me acbo de enterar que Vittorio Brambilla ha fallecido esta tarde de un ataque al corazón. Otra putada...
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