85 Years Clay Regazzoni | auto-illustrated

“There is an unlaubliche schnell. A natural talent in the sin of the wortes. It is a war in the Wurst, with car delay, or it was very difficult,” Niki Lauda tells Clay Regazzoni, who is teammates at Ferrari.

Angefangen hat everything at the end of the 1960s, as the young Tessiner Formel 2-Rennfahrer personal of Enzo Ferrari was covered. The patriarch began Chance’s reign in 1970 for his Formel 1-Team team. “Clay Regazzoni hat vor allem menschliche Werte: There is little, laughs freely and stinks not rum,” says Enzo Ferrari. A big compliment for the legendary patriarch who did not even expect a racing driver.

What kind of triumph is there?

Regazzoni started Enzo nicht en fuhr gleich in seinem ersten Rennen op Platz 4. In Monza, der Heimstrecke von Ferrari, holte Regazzoni seinen first Sieg in der Formel 1. Was für ein Triumph! Leader of the racing team of a tragic unlucky affair: WM-Titelanwärter Jochen Rindt started during training in the Parabolica curve.

Dramatic Duelle with Team Kollege Lauda

Der Höhepunkt in Clay Regazzonis Career during the year 1974, as his sisters with Teamkollege Niki Lauda the Scuderia Ferrari were the Spitze führte and Vizeweltmeister. “Clay war der Playboy-Rennfahrer in de sin van de Wortes, der das Schöne with dem Rennfahren and dem Sport connected hat,” said Niki Lauda about ihn. With team colleagues Lauda, ​​Clay Regazzoni took part in the racing duel, which took place on the Platz at Ferrari in 1976.

The first step for the Williams Team

1977 Clay Regazzoni changed to Ensign-Team – a flop. A few years of experience are for the Shadow-Team, with the result that there is no solution anymore. 1979 went further: Clay Regazzoni won for the Williams-Team light and wanted. “The first GP-Sieg-war was the toughest Ereignis without Formula 1 history. Clay-war is an absolute Gentleman”, says Team Manager Frank Williams.

Accident in Long Beach

1980 wechselte Regazzoni wieder zu Ensign. Erneut ein Fehler: The four riders of the Grand Prix Saison changed their lives for ever. In Long Beach, Regazzoni laid a four-ter Stelle, as one of the fast Stellen of the Bremspedal, under the Betonmauer force. Regazzoni could pronounce on the zerstörten Ensign-Bolide-wereborgen, aber er mustste mit schweren Kopf- und Wirbelsäulenverletzungen ins nahe liede St. Mary Hospital.Die Wirbelverletzungen setlten sich als schwer heraus: Querschnittlähmung. Three years ago we spent Regazzoni in Spitälern and lived happily ever after. The rider is the only one who can use the rest of the signals on the Rollstuhl.

A man with Clay Regazzoni is never broken. I am Gegenteil. There are many more results in the most successful rallies during Paris – Dakar. Only in the cockpit a Formel 1-Autos dares not be anymore. Clay Regazzoni contested in the blessing career in total 132 Grand Prix, achieved 5 Pole Positions, 5 Victories, hollow 212 World Championship points and further 15 fast runs.

Am 15. Dezember 2006 verunglückte Clay Regazzoni on the Italian Autobahn tödlich.

The «autobau erlebniswelt» in Romanshorn said in Clay Regazzoni Honor Room a ​​​​daueraexhibition about the legendary Tessiner racer. If you see a race car, a rally vehicle is a different sports car from Alfa Romeo to Ferrari at Mercedes from the private garage “Clays”. The Ausstellung Würdigt sees the sporty career as the social engagement of Clay Regazzoni.

The Schweizer Fernsehen mete dem Tessiner Sportler zum 10. Todestag aufwändige Documentation: Clay Regazzoni – Life at Limit

Text: Jürg Zentner

Photo: Clay Regazzoni Hall of Honor