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General => Press/Media: Lancias mentioned, seen or wanted! => Topic started by: rikardo on 17 December, 2020, 02:03:50 PM



Title: Books: Lancia Delta Gruppo A Vol.1 and Potenza in punta di piedi - Carlo Facetti
Post by: rikardo on 17 December, 2020, 02:03:50 PM
The new Delta book (in Italian and English) is co-written by our good friend Sergio Limone. Here is a link to a synopsis of the book on Sportfahrer-zentral, who are also sellers of AUTOMOBILSPORT, a superb magazine I thoroughly recommend, having featured articles on Lancias several times (look through the back-issues)....
https://www.sportfahrer-zentrale.com/en/books/english-books/lancia-delta-group-a-vol.-1

That is where I discovered a new book about Carlo Facetti (also in English and Italian). He raced in many Lancias and Alfa Romeos from the early 60's onwards (amoungst other marques), but didnt attract my attention until he joined the driver squads racing the Group 5 Montecarlo Turbo, most frequently with Martino Finotto, who then both moved up to Group C Junior which became Group C2 in OSELLAs and then ALBAs. Here is another link (from the same seller) to the book....
https://www.sportfahrer-zentrale.com/en/books/english-books/power-on-tiptoe-carlo-facetti-preparer-test-driver-and-driver

And here is a good reference source for all things sportscar related, in this case Mr Facetti....
https://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/Carlo-Facetti-I.html