Senna Gets The Warhol Treatment: like Elvis, Monroe or a Campbell’s Soup Can; the ultimate accolade in pop iconography ? Imola, start finish, taken from the Variante Alta: Driving from the hotel onto the Via Emilia, and out of Castel San Pietro Terme to Imola in a eurobox rental car,...
Jon Summers Lectures...
posted by Jon Summers
I am not usually one to blow my own trumpet too loudly, but recently being asked to lecture on Stanford’s “Cars, Past, Present and Future” course was extremely flattering. The topic I chose was the 1955 Mille Miglia, and Motor Sport magazine’s reports on Moss,...
Mille Miglia North A...
posted by Jon Summers
At the end of last year I was lucky enough to be invited to co-drive the Mille Miglia North American Tribute, alongside none other than Le Mans and “Victory By Design” legend, Alain de Cadenet. The car we used for the event was a 1956 Ferrari 250GT, with a Boano body, and the...
At the Targa Florio
posted by Jon Summers
Sicily stands apart from the Italian mainland in more than simply geography. Always strategically significant, Sicily has experienced a continual stream of invaders over the past few thousand years, each leaving their own distinctive layer. There are spectacular Greek and Roman ruins, and in...