Gianni on the field of Juventus with Boniperti, in the center, the manager Sandro Zambelli
Gianni talks with some Juventus players, in the 70's at the Combi range, historical training camp
Gianni meets Juventus players Zoff, Anastasi, Altafini, Marchetti and Cuccureddu, in Turin, in 1972
We have always owned Juventus . It’s not a business; it’s a passion;
it’s a personal passion, which is shared by many people.
The Avvocato, with “le roi “ Michel Platini in 1988. Their relationship has continued even beyond the experience with Juventus.
Platini is no doubt one of the greatest players of all time, like Pelè, Cruyff, Di Stefano. It was a great loss when he left Juventus: we miss him.
Gianni Agnelli with the Juventus players in 1993. Among them Baggio, Torricelli, Platt, Di Livio, Ravanelli and Vialli
The Avvocato with Filippo Inzaghi and Zinédine Zidane before a game
Who wins, Juventus or the best team? I am lucky, usually the two things coincide.
Everyone else talks about Juventus style, not us
Gianni Agnelli with Alessandro Del Piero, the juventus player nicknamed “Pinturicchio” by the Avvocato.
Football has changed, but I wouldn’t say for the best. I preferred how football was in the past. Above all, football is broad casted, extremely debated and commented on a lot by newspapers. It leads to a certain dysfunction on the sporting side of football.
The Avvocato in Villar Perosa in 1985. The football game in August in Villar has always been kind of the official opening of the football season.
The Avvocato presents the New Ferrari 310 model, in 1986. With him the F1 drivers Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine.
At Maranello, in 1993 with Luca di Montezemolo, and the Ferrai F93 A model.
Ferrari has been present on the race track for many years, with a very high percentage of success, and this has contributed to create the image which people have of Ferrari today. I have the impression that even without Enzo Ferrari, Ferrari would achieve just as much enthusiasm.
With Michael Schumacher during the test drive of the F310 B, in 1997, Monza.
I’ve always considered him the best Formula1 driver in the world, even when many people didn’t think so. In one occasion I had to reprimand him because during a race he had done something I didn’t approve of, but I don’t remember what. I have a very good relationship with him. I put him on the same level as Fangio.
During Zeno Colò’s time, his downhill skiing was like a horse race: hitting the slopes, if not plowing, huge gaps, a surreal atmosphere, almost like conquering the wild West. Today no more: today Tomba, Ghedina and Compagnoni are “machines” and “ ski boats” that are very sophisticated to make one single comparison plausible: one with Formula1 and another with speedboat racing. You can win or lose in just a hundredth of a second. And just like in Formula 1 racing, very often one wonders what comes first, man or machine, heart and legs, or car and computer.
The Avvocato on the most secluded part of the mountain in Val Chisone.
His passion for the mountains. Gianni on his skis with his brother-in-law Tassilo Furstenberg (right side on photo).
The Avvocato ready for a downhill slope with a brace, in spite of a leg injury.
Going upside down on a skeleton sled along the icy walls of the Cresta Run is one of those experiences that is impossible to forget. [...]. The spirit of the Cresta is not only in the inebriation of men who dare to defy danger by rushing headlong down a narrow track of ice. The spirit is everything that is around: the place, rules, rituals, anecdotes, records, symbolic awards, in short, everything that makes up a more than a century-old tradition of courage and passion which is updated from time to time with a few requirements or just fearless innovations.
Gianni in a Skeleton race on the Cresta Run ski slope.
On the snow in St.Moritz after participating in the historic Cresta Run Race.
But above all there is one thing that makes the experience of the Cresta Run and the atmosphere of the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club something that is truly unique: it is the spirit of camaraderie that unites people from different countries, walks of life, age, professions, different social classes whose taste for the challenge cements friendships to last a lifetime.
The Avvocato on his sailing boat “Capricia” in 1975. It is a “Yawl” sailing boat, Marconi type, built entirely of wood.
Before the war, as a young boy, I did regattas with sailors and lifeguards in Forte dei Marmi. Then the boats were six meter long, small boats. My experience at sea started in this way.
Seeing a boat on land does not mean anything. Boats are to be seen at sea and in competition with one another...
The Avvocato with a group of technicians on a ski boat designed by Renato “Sonny” Levi.
The Avvocato at the helm of his boat Extrabeat. His other boats were Agneta and Stealth.
