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The Ferrari star who died for his passion

NIGEL ROEBUCK recalls the life of Michele Alboreto, the driver who loved Formula 1 too much to leave the championship when he should

Had I been a kid in the 1930s, there isn't a doubt in my mind that my hero would have been Bernd Rosemeyer.

He was ferociously quick in the treacherous rear-engined Auto Unions, single-handedly taking on the might of Mercedes, and always, apparently, with high good humour. Spectacular on track, charismatic off it, Rosemeyer had it all.

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