Formula One Features — March 1991

Enzo Coloni is a dreamer. Since entering Grand Prix racing in 1987 his team has competed in only 13 GPs, the last successful qualification coming in Portugal in 1989 with Roberto Moreno behind the wheel. If anything, Coloni is proof that there is no room in Formula 1 for such dreamers.

Emanuele Pirro was a star in qualifying in Phoenix but in the race the Roman was less fortunate. It was symptomatic of a Formula 1 career full of highs and lows.

After 11 seasons in Formula 1 with few results, the old Osella team was taken over at the end of last year by Italian industrialist Gabriele Rumi of the Fondmetal wheel manufacturing company, which had previously sponsored the team. Team founder Enzo Osella and Osella designer Antonio Tommaini both left the outfit and the race team was relocated in new workshops at Palosco near Bergamo in northern Italy. Rumi, it seemed was serious.