News Details

F1's super Mario: Back on the frontline

Mario Isola is an atypical F1 hero.  In fact he's more fictional superhero: responsible day job; costume change and special missions by night.  Only he's for real.  Pirelli's Head of F1 first volunteered as a paramedic at 18 and has served for 30 years in Milan ambulances.  After a fortnight in isolation on his return to Italy (a Pirelli employee working in Melbourne tested positive for coronavirus) he was quickly back on the frontline as the epidemic in his homeland reached its height. "Last Sunday I was on my night shift and starting at 7pm," he tells me. "We never came back until five in the morning. We had one mission after another mission and after a...
Full Story »
5y ago from SkySports.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mario Andretti taps Colton Herta as 'the next me'

The 1978 Formula 1 world champion Mario Andretti has revealed the young...
5y ago from F1i.com

LIVESTREAM: Not the... GP Versus - Head-2-head

Veloce Esports continues the Not the... GP series. This time there will...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Pirelli boss Mario Isola on Italian COVID-19 frontline

Pirelli's boss of Formula 1 operations, Mario Isola, is out on the...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

The five most spectacular races of the last ten years!

In the past ten years there have been a lot of exciting races. Think of...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Honda confirms Jorge Martin ‘an option’ for 2026...

Honda Team Manager Alberto Puig has reiterated its interest in signing...

Gresini reveals extent of Alex Marquez's injuries...

Gresini Racing team manager Michele Masini revealed the extent of Alex...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Scott Dixon bet on two stop strategy after he saw...

Scott Dixon took victory in Sunday’s IndyCar race from Mid-Ohio,...

IndyCar Mid-Ohio – Race Results

IndyCar visited Mid-Ohio over the weekend for Honda’s home event and a...

Alex Palou chooses to view costly Mid-Ohio mistake as...

Alex Palou was not the winner of Sunday’s IndyCar event from Mid-Ohio,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg goes Rally1 – Sebastien Ogier enters...

After dominant victories in WRC2 in Rally Sweden, Portugal and most...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Major Arsenal signing has 'stalled' with club unhappy...

Arsenal's potential deal to sign Valencia defender Cristhian Mosquera has...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Sources: Arsenal closer to agreeing payment structure...

Arsenal are closer to reaching an agreement with Crystal Palace over the...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Wednesday bits: Norgaard, Gyokeres, Mosquera, Heinze

Morning all. It's a day of snippets. First is that Christian Norgaard was...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

“I think they're worried' - Former PL star claims...

Former Watford striker Troy Deeney believes that Arsenal are not convinced...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.