About the Author

Class of 1964, born in Lodi but a resident of Piacenza, Gaetano Derosa is a journalist contributing to the automotive magazines Ruoteclassiche and Quattroruote as well as numerous national newspapers. He has published a number of titles with Giorgio Nada Editore, including Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider, Ferrari Sport e Prototipi, Fiat 124. Spider, Coupé e Abarth. In 2002, he contributed to the Treccani Encylopaedia of Sport, edited by Gianni Cancellieri, one of the most authoritative Italian automotive historians.