15 Memorable Monza Moments - Badger GP
Think of Mika Hakkinen and you’ll probably think of a cool customer who was never phased though battles with rival Michael Schumacher. Emotions were running high in Italy with the passing of the legendary Enzo Ferrari, but they would run even higher just a few weeks after his death when Gerhard Berger would lead home teammate Michele Alboreto for a Ferrari 1-2 on home soil. The all conquering McLaren’s of Alain Prost (engine failure) and Ayrton Senna (collision with a backmarker) would only fail to win one race in all of 1988, and this was it. It’s a name that’s now synonymous with historic Formula One, but in 1954... And it was definitely a whisker – 0. 01 seconds split winner Peter Gethin from second placed man Ronnie Peterson. The events that transpired in New York in September 2001 shook the world, and sporting events that month were either cancelled, or took on a far more deeper meaning. Ferrari decided to run a bare red livery with a black nosecone on both Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello during the weekend as their tribute to those who tragically lost. Source: badgergp.com
