1992. INSIDE THE CIRCUS.Formula 1 was the height of glamour.
They brought chance.
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Tired of spending his Sundays driving around Porto Sant’Elpidio’s industrial estate in an old Ferrari-red Coloni, Sassetti decides to take the big leap.
Into madness.
On one side, the champions. On the other, a little team from Le Marche. The same championship. Two worlds miles apart.
The season runs from Kyalami to Adelaide. Nigel Mansell wins his first title with Williams-Renault: 108 points to teammate Riccardo Patrese’s 56. Williams also wins the constructors’ championship, ahead of McLaren and Benetton.
Ayrton Senna wins in Monaco, ahead of Mansell and Patrese’s Williams cars. For Andrea Moda, it is the day of their only race start of the season: Roberto Moreno qualifies, then retires.
On 30 August at Spa, Michael Schumacher takes his first Formula 1 victory in a Benetton-Ford. That same weekend, Andrea Sassetti is arrested in the paddock.
One celebrates his first victory.
The other is taken away by the police.
Welcome to the 1992 championship.
Andrea Moda will be excluded from the championship by the FIA, ending its adventure without a point.
Some make history by winning.
Others find their own way.
Facts and results: Wikipedia — 1992 Formula One World Championship; 1992 Belgian Grand Prix; Spa race report — Grandprix.com. Photographs from the Andrea Moda archive supplied by the filmmakers.
“Do you know why so many fans remember us, even though we are considered the worst team in F1?
Because we failed.
But we did it
in spectacular fashion.”
PERRY McCARTHY / ANDREA MODA DRIVER
“Racing in Formula One is difficult.
Racing and winning in Formula One is incredibly difficult.
Racing in Formula One in an Andrea Moda is a miracle,
and I’m the only one who did it.”
ROBERTO “PUPO” MORENO / ANDREA MODA DRIVER
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Three filmmakers from Le Marche.
Four years of research.
An idea that got seriously out of hand.
In 2019, Massimiliano Sbrolla, Cristiano Coini and Giordano Viozzi stumble upon this story. It all starts in a bar in Servigliano, listening to two people recalling a fellow local’s adventures in Formula 1.
They decide to tell it. A project that started for fun becomes a hunt for people, photographs and footage that seemed to have disappeared. The team was looking for a place on the grid. Thirty years later, we were looking for a screen.
A group chat, the first notes, a meeting with Andrea Sassetti. Then the first interview with Alex Caffi, and the world comes to a halt because of Covid. The research keeps going.
It all starts over drinks.
Lanfranco Silenzi gives the filmmakers two tapes, unsure of what is on them. They contain footage from Misano and behind the scenes in the Monte Carlo garages. The archive starts coming back to life.
Never throw anything away. Ever.
Phone calls, research, word of mouth. In April 2022, Moreno comes to Italy for the interview. A trip to Monza also leads to a chance meeting with the engineer Borko.
Sometimes chance lends a hand.
A WHATSAPP GROUP. A PROJECT THAT GROWS.Ideas, contacts, discoveries: the three filmmakers’ group chat follows the journey. From drinks in a small town to Formula 1’s offices in London.
The obstacles to accessing the official archives seem to bring everything to a halt. Then Franco Panariti, the longstanding editor of Rombo and a friend of that 1990s Formula 1 world, comes to our rescue. He manages to arrange a meeting in London with... Stefano Domenicali.
It was as if we had gone to Cupertino to talk to Tim Cook about buying an Apple computer.
The filmmakers arrive at Liberty Media’s London offices. Domenicali listens to the story, gives the green light and even agrees to an interview. The documentary can finally happen.
To tell Andrea Moda’s story,
we became a little like Andrea Moda ourselves.
Some felt they were back home. Some watched it all in one sitting. Some laughed, some were moved, and some want to watch it all over again.
Audience comments translated from the original Italian.
“Watched it all!! Really well made, watched it in one go. I’m from a small village near M.S. Pietrangeli... it felt like coming home!”
“Well done, guys... you made me cry...”
“Wonderful work, congratulations!
And above all, THANK YOU!”
“You can see all the passion you put into it, and you conveyed it perfectly. All I can do is thank you. Thank you.”
“Dear production team, I’d like to watch it another eight times in a row. Would that be possible??”
“I’ve never seen a documentary that flows so well and is so engaging. Great work, perfect storytelling, gripping every second.”
“MASTERPIECE. Pupo Moreno is uniquely genuine. The long wait was worth it for the quality of what you’ve created!”
“A masterpiece! Thank you so much for this experience!”
“Watched it in one sitting. Congratulations on the production, a brilliant piece of work.”
“MOVING, passionate, fantastic!! This work is a masterpiece!!! Thank you for all the emotions you gave us...”
“I have no words — actually, one: congratulations. An exceptionally made documentary. It was worth waiting all this time. Well done, well done, well done!”
“Beautiful! A dive into Formula 1 for everyone. A very entertaining story with a romantic feel! Go Sassetti, and long live Andrea Moda Formula!”
“I saw the preview and it’s absolutely worth it... you watch it all in one sitting!”
“Goosebumps.”
“Just finished watching it... I have no words. CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU SO MUCH, FANTASTIC!”
“Let’s bow before the Breaking Bad of F1 series. Now make the spin-off Better Call Pupo Moreno”
“Already planned a rewatch with my dad this Sunday. Never been so happy about the rain!”
“Bought it last night and watched all three episodes with my son. Amazing!!!!!”
“Brilliant, brilliant, three times brilliant. Well done, truly well done. Thank you for all the tremendous work...”
“We waited, but it was worth it!!! You were amazing, and above all you told the truth about this story!!! Endless respect for Sassetti for what he managed to do in that world”
THE CRAZIEST TEAM EVER
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