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Guido Forti aged 72 founder of the Forti Grand Prix team has died. The Forti cars were in F1 in 1995 and 1996. They were bright yellow with green wheels , sponsored by Parmalat and driven by Moreno and Diniz.
"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe."Murray Walker, San Marino 1985
Thx for the pics guys. It's amazing to see how simplistic the F1 cars of that era were. Also, striking to see all those blue chip sponsors brought by Brazilian Diniz ( Parmalat, Marlboro, Gillette, Arisco, STP). In the second year when Diniz switched to
Ligier the financial situation was far different at Forti.
I used to love the battle at the rear of the field with these guys, Minardi, Simtek, Pacific. Its a shame F1 coverage of the time wasnt as good as it is today, as these guys were hardly seen on tv. Atleast today there is multiple camera's to watch from and endless highlights and re-runs.
GoLandoGo
Lewis v2.0
King George has arrived.
New found love for GT racing with Assetto Corsa Competizione on PS5 & PC
I know a couple of guys who worked for his F1 effort in the 90s and I saw his slow bright yellow-green-blue cars racing back in 1995. Maybe the last true privateer F1 effort, there is a fine F1 team history written in F1rejects:
