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"Alea iact a est ". The die is cast . Coming back
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Images speak mor e t han wor ds.
Behind a st or y t her e is much mor e t han a simple "click ". Ther e is dedicat ion t o what was, is and w ill be our f ir st love: mot or spor t . But our nar r at ion of images does not st op at t wo or four wheels: we like dynamism and st yle behind ever y single spor t s discipline. That
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Mot or spor t ": we do not want t o be joined t o only one cat egor y, but we aim t o show you many aspect s of spor t s f r om pr epar at ion t o act ion. This is t he philosphy of "Not Just Mot or spor t ". Enjoy!
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Rally Italia Sardegna 2017
OV ERTURE 2019 Rome E-Prix - Fia Formula E
OV ERTURE Rally Di Roma Capitale 2019
OV ERTURE WRC.Corsica Linea Tour De Corse 2019
OV ERTURE 2019 Rome E-Prix - Fia Formula E
OV ERTURE WRC.Croatia Rally 2021
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Nikon D4sNikkor 16 Fisheye 2.8 iso2500 f4 800s+sb900
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Nikon D850 Nikkor 70 200 2.8 iso400 f3.2 1/1000s+ Elinchrom elb 500
Nikon D850 Nikkor 70 200 2.8 iso500 f5.6 1/2500s+ Elinchrom elb 500
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It 's not ever y day t hat you see an F1 spinning t hr ough t he st r eet s of a cit y. Of cour se, some might ar gue t hat t her e ar e cit y cir cuit s such as Mont e Car lo and Bak u (and now also Jeddah and Miami) wher e single seat er s meet , but her e is somet hing else. We ar e t alk ing about a ver y special event t hat Red Bull held in a suggest ive place like t he cent er of Paler mo. Max Ver st appen gave t he cit y w ings, dr iving t hr ough some iconic places of t he Sicilian capit al. The beaut y of hist or ic buildings, t he color s of t he local mar ket s, t he blue and cobalt sea of Mondello beach wer e t he per fect chor eogr aphy for t he For mula 1 bull, who allowed himself an unusual for ay out side his usual ar enas, t he r acet r ack s.
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TEX T : LORENZ O V A NNONI
Var iet y is what makes our wor ld unique, it is int r insic in t he sur r ounding r ealit y, it is par t of nat ur e and consequent ly of man as par t of t he whole. The t r aces of nat ur al beaut y, but also of man-made beaut y ar e t hings t hat sat isf y our senses: wor k s of ar t , hist or ic cit ies, car s, or simply t he coor dinat ed movement s of t he body in a spor t discipline, ar ouse sat sfact ion and admir at ion in who obser ves t hem. But somet imes t he most dif f icult challenge is not t o r each cer t ain height s of per fect ion (if it exist s), but t o r espect t his mult ifor mit y of ar t ist ic expr ession. And t he event s of our pr esent t ime her e t o give t est imony of how dif f icult it is, even t oday, t o accept t his ver sat ilit y of t he human being.
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Few t ennis player s - and mor e gener ally few spor t smen in t he wor ld can boast a sequence of r ecor ds like him. "The lef t -handed of Manacor ", "King of r ed clay", "Sun King of t ennis": t he names t hat have been coined for him dur ing his car eer , Rafael Nadal, ak a "Rafa", ar e almost wast ed. A r acquet champion w it h a number of hit s w it h for ehands and power f ul t opspin hit s on t he ball, Nadal's hallmar k . A t echnique - obvious t o say - of a champion, which allowed him t o become, at t he age of 24, t he youngest player t o conquer t he covet ed Gr and Slam.
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Roma M aster Seri es 2005
2019 A ustral i an Open
2019 US Open
2019 Dav i s Cup
US Open 2017
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Th e Ch ampi onsh i ps Wi mbl edon 2018
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Ther e ar e spor t s t h being par t of a comm being a mix bet ween light s of daw n, publi of t his discipline. A "gods" cr eat ed for t h "pleasant r ies" bet we which r equir es not o endur ance and men t hickens w it h sweat dif f icult t o descr ibe i
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hat ar e synonymous w it h convivialit y and give t he sense of munit y. The FIM Abest one Har d Endur o is one of t hese, despit e n endur o and t r ial pushed t o ext r emes: wake up at t he f ir st ic t hat is ar r anged along t he t r ack and incit es t he champions All t his w it hout bar r ier s. In t his spor t t her e is no place for he use and consumpt ion of t he gener al public. But af t er t he een audience and r ider s, t he challenge begins, t he har d one, only a lot of concent r at ion and "hammer gas", but also physical nt al st abilit y. St ones, t r unk s, boulder s, dit ches, mud t hat , ar e just some examples of a spor t whose spect acle is r eally in wor ds. Har d Endur o cannot be t old. You have t o live it .
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EDI TOR Lorenzo Vannoni TEX T Lorenzo Vannoni PHOTO Luca Barsali Gabriele Seghizzi Ray Giubilo LA YOUT & GRA PHI C Luca Barsali
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