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  • Achille Varzi, unarguably one of the great names in the history of motorsport, is not unarguably most famous for what he didn't achieve.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • He then overtook Varzi on the straight roads approaching the finish at Brescia, by pulling alongside and flicking his headlights on.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • Varzi, we might recall, is a Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, who is a world authority on the nature of holes.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • On the 1930 Mille Miglia, his great rival, the hugely popular and charismatic Tazio Nuvolari, was comfortably leading the race but was still behind Varzi (holder of provisional second position) on the road.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • Thus, at next week's hearing, I suggest that the plaintiffs (Ferrari, Renault, BMW and Red Bull) should call Achille C. Varzi as an expert witness.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • Varzi points out that holes are particular entities, with specific sizes and shapes, but they are made of nothing.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • In a right and proper world, Achille Varzi could conceivably determine the outcome of this year's World Championship.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • So you can, as I did the other day, drive or walk every inch of a 3.4‑mile track on which important races were won by the greats of the post-war era: Achille Varzi, Nino Farina, Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, José Froilán González.

    A walk down memory lane reminds us of Ferrari's snub to Stirling Moss | Richard Williams 2011

  • Whether or not the apertures used by the diffuser-gang are holes or not, is something that only Varzi can determine with authority.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • Achille C. Varzi, Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, is not unrelated to the former racing driver, is not unknown for specialising in the philosophy of holes, and did not refrain from writing a negative biographic sketch of himself.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

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