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The world of motorsports has never been an men only “exclusive”, there are and always have been a good number of women drivers successful both on and off the circuits. We’ve had the honour of dressing many of them, including the young and highly promising Vittoria “Vicky” Piria.

Vicky discovered her talent purely by chance: her father bought a kart for her brothers, but it was she who showed she had speed in her blood.

So she started out from the junior kart championships and gradually worked her way up to KF3, and in 2008 made her debut in Formula Ford. It hasn’t been an easy career, because even in motorsports there’s still a great deal of prejudice against women. But her tenacity and talent got her through it and this year she’s going to be the first women driver to take part in the GP3 series.

Vicky drives for Trident Racing and has every intention of making a name for herself. The trials that have just finished in Barcelona went extremely well and both she and her team are very optimistic.

Her goal? Formula 1 obviously, and with all her spirit and determination we’re pretty sure she’s going to make it.
The best of luck to you Vicky!

How many uses are there for a fire-proof racing suit?
Would you put space missions on the list?
Well, now you can.

For some years now, Sparco has been supplying technical clothing for the scientists, astronauts and space tourists that train at Spaceland, the world’s first-ever privately-funded zero-g, lunar and Martian space flight research centre.

Spaceland is the only place you can get certificates officially qualifying you as an astronaut through training courses just like the ones they do at NASA, and then get to fly into space.
The courses are held at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral and at the European Space Center.

Check out the schedule at www.spaceland.it and catch the next training missions “on the fly”!

So, want to be a space pilot?
If you’ve got a Sparco suit you’re already half way there.

Have you ever wonder what’s like being a driver in the days of an important competition?
Brumos Racing team member Leh Keen wore a camera on his chest, filming the whole experience of Rolex 24 at Daytona: from the landing to the podium.
After seeing this video, your racing fever will get worse and worse.

Sparco thanks the Petronas – De Rooy – Iveco team for this extraordinary enterprise.

Special thank go to the drivers Gerard de Rooy, Hans Stacey, Miki Biasion, Pep Vila Roca and Jo Adua who gave us the chance to feel part of this splendid adventure.

Miki Biasion, Gerard de Rooy and Hans Stacey are the drivers for the Petronas-De Rooy-Iveco team that’s running in Dakar 2012 with Sparco as technical sponsor.
The race started on the first of January from Mar del Plata in Argentina and will be finishing in Lima on the 15th.

The Team is racing with four Iveco Trakker 4×4 and a prototype Strator built in Holland. The talent and experience of the drivers is really holding the Team standard high, despite some problems at the start: Gerard De Rooy has managed to win three consecutive stages and is now leading the general classification.

If we wanted to put the word “legend” alongside the name of a rally driver, then Veneto-born Miki Biasion would certainly be among the few worthy of that accolade. His experience in cars (Opel, Lancia, Subaru and many others) has proved to be extremely valuable in trucks, too, with which he has collected a good number of victories. Seven times at the Dakar, three times in cars and four in trucks, he’s now a true veteran.

Thirty-one year old Dutchman Gerard de Rooy was ‘born to the trade’ when it comes to racing trucks. His father is Jan de Rooy, winner (among other things) of the Dakar in 1987. Gerard is running in this year’s rally and currently holding the lead after 8 stages.

Hans “Racey” Stacey, Dutch and a real Dakar ‘expert’, won the rally in 2007 as navigator-mechanic along with Belgian Charly Gotlib and Dutch Bernard Der Kinderen.

Naturally, all three of them are great friends of Sparco.

We told you there was something new in the pipeline and here it is: the new Ergo suit, ready to race more safely and comfortably than ever.

The Ergo is a new ergonomic suit developed to offer maximum comfort during the race. It was designed directly on a driver in the driving position, sitting in a car or kart, which means there’s no excess fabric especially in the abdominal zone, and what’s more, without the zip on the chest like a traditional suit, there’s more space for sponsors logos, meaning you can customise it even more.

The Ergo suit comes in three versions:
Ergo M-9F, top of the range
Ergo M-5, entry level, always fireproof
Ergo K-9F, top range kart

Perfect for any race, safe, good-looking and above all comfortable. This is Sparco’s new suit.

Ready to give it a try?

Finally! the Monza Rally Show is back!

This year we’re not only there, but we’re official partners too.
You’ll find us at the Sparco stand, where you can ask us everything you want to know and get a really important exclusive preview of 2012. What’s in it? Come see us and find out

Then, if you stay around, there’s the chance to meet all the various champions who’ll be visiting, like Miki Biasion, who’s doing a photo and autographs session on Saturday the 26th. And not only, if you send us your questions, we’ll pass them on to Biasion and publish them on this Blog. 
So come on then, unleash your curiosity and ask us everything you ever wanted to know about this great champion!

Seeing as we’ve decided to really splash out this year, we’re also giving you Expo Rally 2012!
Anyone with a ticket for the rally can win free entry and a lap around the circuit with Miki Biasion for the next Expo Rally. All you have to do is fill in the card we’ll be handing out at the Sparco stand, or at the Expo Rally stand, and write a sentence that sums up your passion for rally. The best 50 phrases will win a ticket, and if you’re lucky enough to write the number one phrase you’ll have the chance to do a lap of the circuit alongside a real champion.

What else do you need to entice you to the Monza Rally Show?
So, warm up your engines, get your kit ready and don’t forget to visit Sparco!