Regazzoni

Number 60 to this collection!
I cant believe how far we've come
And a HUGE thank you to novastellaris for letting me buy this boy!!

Those of you who have seen Rush may recognise him as Niki's teammate
The man with the moustache

And yes I know, it took me a while Im sorry

While I have put him with Ferrari- I have given him a Williams coloured familiar. This is because Clay gave the team their first ever victory at 1979 British GP at Silverstone (I also made it a scorpion due to one quote said of Clay (by Jody Scheckter) "[if] he'd been a cowboy he'd have been the one in the black hat." And scorpions are often associated with the Wild West).

Again, there is such a lack of gifs for poor Clay. I put in the final image because personally I think it looks like Niki and Clay are sharing a joke and James is trying his hardest to ignore them. Its really funny.

And sadly all of the gifs of the 312t (the car) are of Niki's so Im sorry Clay.

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Formula One World Championship career Nationality: Swiss Active years: 1970–1980 Teams: Ferrari, BRM, Ensign, Shadow, Williams Entries: 139 (132 starts) Championships: 0 Wins: 5 Podiums: 28 Career points: 209 (212) Pole positions: 5 Fastest laps: 15 First entry: 1970 Dutch Grand Prix First win: 1970 Italian Grand Prix Last win: 1979 British Grand Prix Last entry: 1980 United States Grand Prix West Gianclaudio Giuseppe "Clay" Regazzoni (5 September 1939 – 15 December 2006) was a Swiss racing driver. He competed in Formula One races from 1970 to 1980, winning five Grands Prix. His first win was the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in his debut season, driving for Ferrari. He remained with the Italian team until 1972. After a single season with BRM, Regazzoni returned to Ferrari for a further three years, 1974 to 1976. After finally leaving Ferrari at the end of 1976, Regazzoni joined the Ensign and Shadow teams, before moving to Williams in 1979, where he took the British team's first ever Grand Prix victory, the 1979 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. He was replaced by Carlos Reutemann at Williams for 1980 and moved back to Ensign. Following an accident at the 1980 United States Grand Prix West he was left paralyzed from the waist down, ending his career in Formula One. Regazzoni did not stop racing, however; he competed in the Paris-Dakar rally and Sebring 12 hours using a hand controlled car during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1996, Regazzoni became a commentator for Italian TV. He was known as a hard charging racer; Jody Scheckter stated that if "he'd been a cowboy he'd have been the one in the black hat." Regazzoni died in a car accident in Italy on 15 December 2006. Lacking an offer for a competitive drive in 1980, Regazzoni re-joined Ensign. His season came to an abrupt end only four races into the year. He crashed during the 1980 United States Grand Prix West, held at Long Beach, when the brake pedal of his Ensign failed at the end of a long, high-speed straight travelling at approximately 280 km/h.

Ricardo Zunino's retired Brabham was parked in the escape road. Regazzoni later recalled, "I hit Zunino's car, then bounced into the barrier. For about 10 minutes I lost consciousness. Then I remember terrible pain in my hips...". The crash left Regazzoni paralyzed from the waist down, ending his competitive career. On recovery, Regazzoni sued the race organisers, claiming their safety procedures were sub-standard. The race organisers won the case.

After this accident, Regazzoni became known for his activities in helping disabled people get equal opportunities in life and society. Despite his disability, Regazzoni was determined to live as full a life as possible.

Regazzoni won back his racing licence and became one of the first disabled drivers to participate in high-level motor sports. Although his injuries made a Formula One return impossible, Regazzoni raced with some success in rally raids (e.g. the Dakar Rally) and sportscars (e.g. the 12 Hours of Sebring). These achievements paved the way for the wider acceptance of disabled persons in motoring and motorsports. Regazzoni's last competitive race was in 1990, although he was occasionally offered test drives in racing cars during the 1990s. In 1994, he returned to the Long Beach Grand Prix (at that point an IndyCar race) to compete as a Pro in the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race.

An account of his life can be found in his autobiography È questione di cuore ("It's a Matter of Heart") published in the mid-1980s. His post-Formula One career occasionally saw him as a commentator for Swiss and Italian television.

He once commented to Niki Lauda, his ten years younger teammate: "if you drive as tensed up as you behave yourself towards women, you will never become great".

In the 2013 Ron Howard film Rush, which depicts the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda in the 1976 Formula One season, he is portrayed by Pierfrancesco Favino.

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