Another new guest for ‘10 Questions’! This time, Swiss-Italian racer Elia Sperandio gives his take on the questions!
This year, Elia is racing in Italian Formula 4, his first year in single seaters after a stellar karting career, up against former ‘10 Questions’ guests like Alex Dunne, Nikita Bedrin and Nikhil Bohra.
📸 Italian F4 action for Elia.
Currently, Elia who is just 17 years old, sits 31st in the standings with three rounds to go as he races with Swiss newcomers Maffi Racing in the series.
📸 Elia is racing with the Maffi Racing team, a rookie team in Italian F4 this year.
Onto the questions!
1. Hairpins or chicanes? I really like hairpins to slow down the car and accelerate the car from low gears.
2. Long straights or slow corners? Definitely long straights, to feel the power of the slipstream.
3. Understeer or oversteer? For sure oversteer, with undeerster the car goes just straight. The oversteer you can handle with throttle and steering.
4. Fast circuits or technical circuits? I like fast circuits to have a high speed on long straights and as well the fast corners I enjoy a lot.
📸 Fast circuits are better for Elia.
5. Wet races or wet/dry races? I would say wet race but I like both a lot!
6. What’s your favourite circuit you’ve raced? For me it's definetly Vallelunga and Spa-Francorchamps.
📸 Autodromo Vallelunga…
📸 Or Spa?
7. Favourite you’ve NOT raced? There are a lot of very nice tracks but one of the coolest for me would be Abu Dhabi!
📸 F1’s season-ender destination is a ‘must-race’ for Elia.
8. Your favourite F1 livery ever? The white Red Bull livery.
📸 Red Bull’s Honda tribute livery was the second white livery the team has run after this one from David Coulthard’s last race with the team;
9. Your favourite helmet design ever? I liked the helmet of Sebastian Vettel in Abu Dhabi in 2010.
📸 Sebastian Vettel celebrates in Abu Dhabi after his 2010 title win.
10. Who is the best driver you’ve raced against? There are a lot of very good drivers from Karting and aswell from Formula 4 so it's very hard to choose one driver!
Huge thanks to Elia for chatting with me! I hope to do it again with him soon!
Elia’s next in action from the 9th to the 11th of September as Italian F4 heads to the Red Bull Ring, supporting the FRECA, Euroformula, International GT and Clio Cup Europe series at a busy race weekend.
Best of luck to Elia and Maffi Racing for the rest of the season!
📸 Image credit(s): Maffi Racing, Elia Sperandio, McLaren Racing, Oracle Red Bull Racing, Formula Motorsport Ltd, Autodromo Vallelunga.
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