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What goes around, comes around 

An accomplished gentleman racer with a Giro d’Italia victory and no fewer than seven Targa Florios under his belt, Schön today heads Rossocorsa in Milan, one of the largest Ferrari and Maserati dealerships in Europe. But while it’s the prancing horses and trident-badged beauties that consume his day job, Schön loves nothing more than waxing lyrical about his racing days, especially his time spent in the fold at Lancia Martini Racing in the early 1980s – a period that ultimately kindled his incredible white, blue and red collection.

The new Amilcar C6 

Tamburello, Rivazza, Acque Mineralli – Monza might be Italy’s widely held ‘Temple of Speed’, but it’s Imola that truly commands racing drivers’ respect, not least because of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger’s fatal accidents there during the ill-fated San Marino Grand Prix weekend in 1994. Nestled against a backdrop of gently rolling hills characteristic of the Emilia-Romagna region, the high-speed circuit has a palpable sense of yore, the kind you feel at Le Mans and Spa-Francorchamps, both awe-inspiring venues that are steeped in motorsport history.