The coupe that Vaccarella and Giunti were driving was an older, heavier car than the Spyders. They were out and Revson and McQueen went into the lead and we moved into second with a realistic chance of winning. Then all of a sudden the leading Porsche, which was Siffert and Rodriguez, encountered trouble. Peter Revson and McQueen were driving one of the Porsches, and Revson had been driving his heart out and all they were talking about was McQueen this, McQueen that. I remember Vaccarella had a very disappointed expression on his face when I took over from him but right then I wasn't bothered by that.Īt that point to be honest, I was motivated by the fact that the actor - what was his name? - Steve McQueen, that's it, he was getting all the credit over the PA system for being in second place. So Vaccarella drove his last stint and I took over with about two hours to go. He was quite knackered anyway and he had no problem with me driving the car. I talked with Giunti and he said it was OK for me to drive in his place. I didn't really want to, but they asked so I stepped forward. They were running third at the time, and I was asked by Mauro Forghieri to take over their car for the final stint. Merzario and I were in one of the Spyders and started on pole and led the race, until my car broke near the end.Ĭoming down to the end of the race only one of the Ferraris was left, and that was the coupe driven by Ignazio Giunti and Nino Vaccarella. It's hard to remember all the details, but as I recall Arturo Merzario was my team-mate and there were three Ferrari 512 Spyders, and one coupe. From my standpoint that race was very memorable. I probably recall the Sebring 12 Hours - of 1971 was it? No, it was 1970.
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