Giorgio Piola
{{Short description|Italian journalist (born 1948)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Giorgio Piola
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|11|01}}
| birth_place = Genoa, Liguria, Italy
| occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|illustrator|commentator}}
| years_active = 1969–present
}}
Giorgio Piola (born 1 November 1948){{Cite web|url=http://www.odg.it/files/pubblicisti_m_z_02.pdf|date=30 November 2011|title=Pubblicisti|work={{ill|Ordine dei giornalisti|it}}|access-date=14 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021155942/http://www.odg.it/files/pubblicisti_m_z_02.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2012|url-status=dead}} is an Italian Formula One journalist, illustrator, and sports commentator.
Career
Piola first began reporting in 1969 for Italian magazine La Gazzetta dello Sport, where he was appointed the chief editor of the magazine's car section. That year's Monaco Grand Prix was the first Formula One race Piola attended, and by 1972 he had begun reporting for various other publications, including the Italian magazine Autosprint, British magazine Autosport, and French magazine Sport Auto.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/the-big-interview-giorgio-piola-on-his-f1-career-861853/861853/|work=Motorsport.com|title=The Big Interview: Giorgio Piola on his F1 career|first=Олег|last=Карпов|date=1 January 2017|access-date=14 May 2023}} Since then, Piola has attended over 800 Grands Prix, continuously providing illustrations and technical drawings of Formula One cars.{{cite web|url=https://automobilist.com/magazine/featuring-giorgio-piola|title=Giorgio Piola: Formula 1's Artist in Residence|work=Automobilist|date=4 February 2021|access-date=24 May 2023}}
Piola told the German magazine Autosport in 2020 that his passion for drawing began at an early age. Later in life, he dedicated his drawings solely to Formula One cars, of which he considers his drawing of the Lotus 72 the most significant.{{cite magazine|magazine=Autosport|url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/giorgio-piolas-incredible-career-in-motorsport-4978768/4978768/|title=Giorgio Piola's incredible career in motorsport|date=25 September 2020|access-date=14 May 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/video/giorgio-piola-the-most-important-f1-drawing-in-my-life/455785/|title=Giorgio Piola: The most important F1 drawing in my life|date=25 October 2019|access-date=24 May 2023|work=Motorsport.com}} From 1994 to 2018, Piola biennially published a book dedicated to analysing the technical details of Formula One cars of the past two seasons.{{cite press release|title=Motorsport.com Acquires Giorgio Piola's F1 Technical Archive: World-famous F1 illustrator also joins Motorsport.com editorial team exclusively in 2016 as F1 Technical Expert|agency=PR Newswire|id={{ProQuest|1709359865}}|date=4 September 2015|location=New York}}
Piola has also provided commentary for Rai Sport, joining the channel in 2013 as a technical analyst until his departure in 2017.{{cite news|url=https://messaggeroveneto.gelocal.it/udine/cronaca/2014/03/12/news/sky-tutto-in-diretta-e-cinque-canali-dedicati-alla-gara-1.8842260|work=Messaggero Veneto – Giornale del Friuli|date=12 March 2014|title=Sky, tutto in diretta e cinque canali dedicati alla gara|language=it|access-date=24 May 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.digital-news.it/news/sport/43571/f1-monaco-2017-prove-libere-diretta-su-sky-sport-f1-hd-e-rai-sport-hd|language=it|date=25 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2023|work=digital-news.it|title=F1 Monaco 2017, Prove Libere – Diretta su Sky Sport F1 HD e Rai Sport + HD|first=Simone|last=Rossi}}
Personal life
Works
- Piola, G. (2018). Formula 1: technical analysis 2016–2018. Milan: Giorgio Nada Editore. {{isbn|
9788879116848}}, {{oclc|1063534584}}.
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Category:Italian sports journalists
Category:Formula One photographers
Category:20th-century Italian journalists