Wankel engine

The German engineer Felix Wankel patented the Wankel engine in 1957. This engine is different because it haven't pistons.

Wankel engine

The car in comics

The start of the raid

10 June 1907. Borghese,Barzini,Guizzardi,the princess Anna Maria and Don Livio Borghese left from Beijing. At the start there weren't also a Contal(6 Hp), two De Dion-Bouton(10 Hp) and a Spyker(15 Hp).

Now an original passage from the book:

"Una elegante signora, Mme Boissonnas, moglie del primo segretario della Legazione francese, assume con graia l'incarico di starter. Essa solleva la bandiera. Segue un istante di silenzio nella moltitudine, durante il quale non si ode che la voce dei motori. Il fumo a tratti ci circonda e ci isola. La bandiera si abbassa. Scoppia un fragore di petardi e di mortari. Ci moviamo in mezzo a questo rumore di battaglia. Partiamo. Siamo partiti." 

Car and legend: Senna.

Friends, now i want to talk about one of my idols and examples of life: the legend, Ayrton Senna! 19 years ago he lost the life during the San Marino gran prix on the Autodromo "Enzo e Dino Ferrari". Now I want to celebrate this figure with a video. Good vision!

Art and car 2

Today i want to talk about a film that marked my life when i saw it. The Italian title is "Adrenalina blu" while the orginal title is "Michel Vaillant". It talks about the French comic created by French cartoonist Jean Graton. I advise the vision to who loves the 24H hours of Le Mans ,my favourite race. Some advice you can  find in this link:  Adrenalina Blu .

Scipione Borghese

He was born in Migliarino (Ferrara) in 1871. He is important for us trip in the world of cars because he is the protagonist of the book and the hero of this story. 

However , he was famous for a long journey in Asia from Beirut to the Pacific Ocean. Also he was a policitan, in fact he was a deputy of the "Partito Radicale" in the Italian Parlament of 1904 to 1913 and he fought in the First World War. Finally he began the reclamation of "Agro Romano". 

Borghese(left) and Barzini(right)

Something about the book

A challenge of French journal "Le matin", a impossible venture: in a car, for 15.000 kilometers, from Beijing to Paris. 

Luigi Barzini, journalist of the italian journal "Corriere della Sera", joins at this historical event with the prince Scipione Borghese and the mechanic Ettore Guizzardi. On 10 June 1907 they started from Beijing and after 60 days they crossed the finish line with their "Itala", the real star of the journey.