Goodbye to Michael Brian Wilsonlegend of kartingthe only six-time FIA world champion between 1981-1989. He had beaten rivals such as Ayrton Senna, Terry Fullerton and Tom Kristensenwith truly epic duels, like those seen in motorsport a few decades ago.
Chi era «Mike The Kart»
Absolute record holder, celebrated as «Mike the Kart» due to his superior talent, he was born in Barmsley, England, in 1959 and after having played a few seasons in competitions across the Channel between 1972 and 1977, as soon as he came of age he moved to our country with an agreement as a professional driver for Iame, the karting team of Bruno Grana based in Zingonia. He remained employed there until 1990, when he himself became a builder of karting chassis by opening his own workshop in via Lisbona di Ciseranoalmost opposite the headquarters of the team for which he had raced for years.
Precisely those chassis, between 1992 and 1999, had the privilege of being used in various championships by the promise of motorsport Fernando Alonsothus reaching the most important tracks around the world. But that of the Spaniard is certainly not the only famous name comparable to the career of “coach Wilson” who, over the years, has had the burden and honor of following the preparation of many other famous names in the paddock including Juan Pablo Montoyathe Canadian Lance Stroll, James Wharton e Alex Powelljust to name a few.
His competitive career – embellished with successes obtained on tracks all over the world (6 world championships, 5 Asian championships, 3 European championships, 3 champion cups, all obtained in the 1980s) – is accompanied by an equally important one for the contribution made to the conquest of his 28 world titles by Iame which, let’s remember, bears the names of steering wheel aces such as Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Jarno Trulli, Alain Prost, Riccardo Patrese, Giorgio Pantano, Terry Fullerton and Kevin Jan Magnussen. After “adopting” him, Ciserano will say goodbye to him on Thursday in the parish church, at 10.
