Mario Lega The world’s fastest phone technician
Forty years ago, Mario Lega’s wardrobe was basically split into three sections, each equally representing parts of his life.
One part consisted of the work outfits he usually wore Monday-Friday, as a technician for the Italian telephone company, at the time called Sip. Another part had casual and elegant clothes for weekends and the final part had leather suits, gloves, boots and helmets. This was the part of his wardrobe that Mario Lega picked from after he’d asked for time off to go racing all around the globe.
On June 1, 1977, Lega had closed the door on his racing apparel for what he thought could be the final time.
A few days earlier, he was fourth in the French GP at the Paul Ricard circuit in the 250 class and despite that oh so close to a podium finish, he thought that was it – his last race.
The reason being, Morbidelli, the Italian manufacturer, had hired him a few weeks before
