I started to get interested in racing when I saw some images of Ickx - Oliver's victory at Le Mans aboard the Ford GT 40 in Gulf colours.
Helped by the fact that I live in Emilia Romagna, which is considered the Italian homeland of motors, where people follow motor sports much more than football, I started following both car and motorbike racing.
In those years, Beppe Gabbiani spent his holidays in my parents' hotel and we spent our days dreaming and drawing racing cars.
At the beginning, television gave us very little, just think that in '74 when Regazzoni with Ferrari played the world championship at the last race, Italian television didn't broadcast it. The few GPs that they did show were in black and white, but despite this, the cars had such personal lines that we were able to distinguish them anyway.
Then came color television, which made the beautiful liveries of the cars of those years stand out even more. As a boy, my friends and I always met at my house to watch the GP (my mother made delicious cakes), and although I was partial to Salazar and a friend of mine was partial to Slim Borgudd, both always in the back rows, in the first laps we could still see what position they were in, recognizing the cars by their colors. Try it now, you can't tell a McLaren from a Mercedes.
Despite this, I continue to follow the races, perhaps I hope to be able to experience again the emotions that Brambilla gave me when he overtook Hunt in the rain in Austria in '75, or to see again a GP like the one in Spain in '81, when Villeneuve, without making mistakes or zigzagging, kept Laffite, Watson, Reutemann and de Angelis behind him for almost the entire race.
A few years ago I also started racing karts and I still continue despite my age being no longer very young. I rarely receive compliments for my driving skills but often, and especially from people of my generation, for the colors of my kart, blue and orange like the GT 40
To share this passion for the world of racing with others, I decided to create this line of leisure bags, taking inspiration from the colours of racing cars and motorbikes from the 70s and 80s, because I believe that the liveries of that period are among the most beautiful and original.
In the description of the models I have not put any name or explanation because enthusiasts know perfectly well who they refer to.
If you choose one of my bags because you admire this or that car, I'm happy and it means that you share my passion, but if you choose it just because you like it, you will make me equally happy because it means that I have designed something beautiful.
Marco Zangheri
About me
My passion for races began when I saw some photographs from Ickx – Oliver's victory at Le Mans with his Ford GT 40 with Gulf colours.
Living in Emilia Romagna, the Italian home for motors, where motoring sports are very important for most people, I started following motorcycles and cars races.
At that time Beppe Gabbiani, who later ran Formula 1, used to come to our hotel on holidays and we spent a lot of time together dreaming and drawing racing cars.
At the beginning there wasn't much about races on TV. To mention one detail, when Ragazzoni risked the world cup at the last race with his Ferrari, Italian TV didn't show it. There were few races we could see and they were all black and white, but you could nevertheless distinguish any racing car, as anyone had its own line and personality.
Then came color TV and showed us even better the beautiful design of cars of those times. I used to watch races together with all my friends and you could perfectly see in which position was “your car” looking at the colors and lines. Nowadays it is really difficult to a McLaren from a Mercedes!.
I still follow races and hope to feel the same emotions as I felt when Brambilla was overtaking Hunt in the rain in Austria 1975 or when Villeneuve had Lafite, Watson, Reutemann and de Angeleis behind him for almost all the race.
Some years ago I started racing with Karts and I still do it know although I am not so young any more. I am not usually admired for may way of driving, but for the colors of my kart, which I have personalized like GT 40 (blue and orange)
I have created these bags to share this passion with other people. I took inspiration from cars and motorbikes from 70s and 80s, as for me they are the most beautiful and original.
I haven't written names from models, as motor fans know perfectly who are referred
If you choose one of my bags because you admire this or that car, I am pleased as it means you have my same passion, but if you choose it just because you like it I will be always happy because it means I did something beautiful.
Marco Zangheri
