Comunicato stampa n. 26/2020 Formula 1, GP Toscana Ferrari 1000: caccia Eurofighter dell’Aeronautica Militare volano sul Mugello Una formazione velivoli caccia Eurofighter con il cavallino rampante sulla fusoliera sorvoleranno domenica 13 settembre la griglia di partenza prima della partenza della gara
For around 100 years, the prancing horse binds the stable inextricably Ferrari and the’Italian Air Force, a union that has its historical roots in the First World War, with the deeds of the Ace of Aces of aviation, the Major Francesco Baracca.
Per questo, per celebrare il Gran Premio numero 1000 della scuderia Ferrari in Formula 1, domenica 13 settembre l’Aeronautica Militare aprirà il GP di Toscana Ferrari 1000 con il sorvolo di una formazione di caccia Eurofighter che, proprio come lo SPAD S.XIII At Baracca, they painted the prancing horse on the fuselage, a symbol that still characterises the Air Force's flying units today, which daily ensure the Air defence national and NATO.
In particolare si tratta di caccia intercettori Eurofighter appartenenti al 9° Gruppo Volo del 4° Stormo di Grosseto ed al 10° e 12° Gruppo Volo del 36° Stormo di Gioia del Colle (BA).
Ancora una volta il legame tra il mondo dei motori della Formula 1 e l’Aeronautica Militare si rinnova. Solo lo scorso 6 settembre, infatti, i velivoli MB-339PAN delle Frecce Tricolori hanno steso il Tricolore sul Gran Premio d’Italia 2020 a Monza poco prima della partenza della gara.
Motori e velocità, ma anche tecnologia, innovazione e soprattutto spirito di squadra, elementi cardine che accomunano i Reparti di volo dell’Aeronautica Militare e le scuderie della Formula 1. FACT SHEET – The story of the Prancing Horse The prancing horse – silver in colour on a red field, facing left and with its tail lowered – was the heraldic emblem of the “Piemonte Reale Cavalleria”, one of the most prestigious units of the Italian Army, which Francesco Baracca served in at the beginning of the twentieth century. The young horseman soon wanted to become an aviator, and it was precisely his love of horses that led him, in the following years, to choose to adopt, albeit with some variations, the same emblem as a symbol for his aeroplanes. The black prancing horse first appeared on an aeroplane piloted by the ace in early 1917 and definitively became the insignia applied to the fuselage of the aircraft he piloted within the newly formed 91st Squadron. On 19th June 1918, Francesco Baracca did not return from a war flight over Montello, and his body was found only a few days later next to the burnt wreckage of the SPAD he was flying. From that moment on, it was the parents of the Ace who kept his memory alive, and it was a meeting – on 16 June 1923 during the Savio Circuit – between Francesco Baracca's father, Enrico, and a young Enzo Ferrari (at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo at the time) that paved the way for what would become a worldwide legend. That meeting was followed by one between Francesco’s mother and the Modena-based manufacturer, to whom Countess Paolina Biancoli donated the precious emblem, accompanying it with these words: “Ferrari, put the prancing horse of my son on your cars. It will bring you luck.”. “I still keep the photograph of Baracca, with the dedication from his parents who entrusted me with the emblem” – Enzo Ferrari wrote on 3 July 1985 to the historian from Lugo, Giovanni Manzoni – “The prancing horse was and remains black; I added the canary yellow background, which is Modena's colour”. The Prancing Horse reappeared as the emblem of the 91st in the 1920s, before being definitively consecrated as the insignia of the 4th Stormo of the Regia Aeronautica by order of Amedeo d'Aosta, who commanded it at the time. The same emblem was also used for a period on Ducati motorcycles, at the request of the then designer Fabio Taglioni, originally from Lugo di Romagna. The Prancing Horse still flies on the tail fins of the Italian Air Force's Eurofighters and, as is well known, races on Maranello's cars.
For around 100 years, the prancing horse binds the stable inextricably Ferrari and the’Italian Air Force, a union that has its historical roots in the First World War, with the deeds of the Ace of Aces of aviation, the Major Francesco Baracca.
Per questo, per celebrare il Gran Premio numero 1000 della scuderia Ferrari in Formula 1, domenica 13 settembre l’Aeronautica Militare aprirà il GP di Toscana Ferrari 1000 con il sorvolo di una formazione di caccia Eurofighter che, proprio come lo SPAD S.XIII At Baracca, they painted the prancing horse on the fuselage, a symbol that still characterises the Air Force's flying units today, which daily ensure the Air defence national and NATO.
In particolare si tratta di caccia intercettori Eurofighter appartenenti al 9° Gruppo Volo del 4° Stormo di Grosseto ed al 10° e 12° Gruppo Volo del 36° Stormo di Gioia del Colle (BA).
Ancora una volta il legame tra il mondo dei motori della Formula 1 e l’Aeronautica Militare si rinnova. Solo lo scorso 6 settembre, infatti, i velivoli MB-339PAN delle Frecce Tricolori hanno steso il Tricolore sul Gran Premio d’Italia 2020 a Monza poco prima della partenza della gara.
Motori e velocità, ma anche tecnologia, innovazione e soprattutto spirito di squadra, elementi cardine che accomunano i Reparti di volo dell’Aeronautica Militare e le scuderie della Formula 1. FACT SHEET – The story of the Prancing Horse The prancing horse – silver in colour on a red field, facing left and with its tail lowered – was the heraldic emblem of the “Piemonte Reale Cavalleria”, one of the most prestigious units of the Italian Army, which Francesco Baracca served in at the beginning of the twentieth century. The young horseman soon wanted to become an aviator, and it was precisely his love of horses that led him, in the following years, to choose to adopt, albeit with some variations, the same emblem as a symbol for his aeroplanes. The black prancing horse first appeared on an aeroplane piloted by the ace in early 1917 and definitively became the insignia applied to the fuselage of the aircraft he piloted within the newly formed 91st Squadron. On 19th June 1918, Francesco Baracca did not return from a war flight over Montello, and his body was found only a few days later next to the burnt wreckage of the SPAD he was flying. From that moment on, it was the parents of the Ace who kept his memory alive, and it was a meeting – on 16 June 1923 during the Savio Circuit – between Francesco Baracca's father, Enrico, and a young Enzo Ferrari (at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo at the time) that paved the way for what would become a worldwide legend. That meeting was followed by one between Francesco’s mother and the Modena-based manufacturer, to whom Countess Paolina Biancoli donated the precious emblem, accompanying it with these words: “Ferrari, put the prancing horse of my son on your cars. It will bring you luck.”. “I still keep the photograph of Baracca, with the dedication from his parents who entrusted me with the emblem” – Enzo Ferrari wrote on 3 July 1985 to the historian from Lugo, Giovanni Manzoni – “The prancing horse was and remains black; I added the canary yellow background, which is Modena's colour”. The Prancing Horse reappeared as the emblem of the 91st in the 1920s, before being definitively consecrated as the insignia of the 4th Stormo of the Regia Aeronautica by order of Amedeo d'Aosta, who commanded it at the time. The same emblem was also used for a period on Ducati motorcycles, at the request of the then designer Fabio Taglioni, originally from Lugo di Romagna. The Prancing Horse still flies on the tail fins of the Italian Air Force's Eurofighters and, as is well known, races on Maranello's cars.