Willy Collignon: “Motorsport means a lot of sacrifices”

Hello Willy, a Belgian who does rallying and finds himself at the Luc circuit doing Formula 1, how does one get to this point?

Houla, it's a very long story, I don't know where to start!

So let’s go back in time and tell me how you got into motorsport!

My father and grandfather were true enthusiasts and raced themselves, with good results. They also followed the major events on television, and my father even organized a rally near Andenne (Belgium(Editor's note) where we lived. I remember going to see a Grand Prix at Zolder with the 6-wheeled Tyrrell. So, since I was very young, I've thought of nothing else.

To what? To become a pilot?

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