Ivan Capelli: “I arrived for my first GP by public transport!”

Hello Ivan, this is very beautiful Mercedes Benz CLE Coupé. Shall we take the top down?

The weather is nice, let's not deprive ourselves! (Laughs) Mercedes has done a superb design job with this model. Its line is well balanced, which is never easy with a four-seater coupe. Another incredible thing is the 2-liter four-cylinder diesel with mild hybridization that allows you to do more than 1 km on a tank. A great success.

How does motorsport fit into your life?

In 1969, my father started working for Parmalat. The dairy company would soon start supporting drivers, including Niki Lauda, ​​from the time he joined Classic Ferrari for sale in 1974. One day I accompanied my father to the Fiorano circuit (Ferrari test track. Ed.) for an advertising film. Lauda was on the track; when he stopped, his chief mechanic, Ermanno Cuoghi, looked at me and called me to