{"id":79877,"date":"2013-09-19T15:42:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T13:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=79877"},"modified":"2013-09-19T10:15:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T08:15:52","slug":"former-f1-champ-giancarlo-fisichella-slides-alfa-romeo-4c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2013\/09\/19\/former-f1-champ-giancarlo-fisichella-slides-alfa-romeo-4c\/","title":{"rendered":"Former F1 Champ Giancarlo Fisichella Slides Alfa Romeo 4C"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alfa Romeo is continuing with its relentless marketing campaign for the brand new 2014 Alfa Romeo 4C<\/a> and Giancarlo Fisichella was the latest man to take a promotional spin in the market redefining sports car!<\/p>\n

As you may or may not know, Fisichella once raced for the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team and is consequently quite versed in performance cars. Despite the Alfa Romeo 4C being significantly slower than the F1 cars he\u2019s used to, the smile on his face during the drive at Balocco Circuit tells us all we need to know: that the Alfa Romeo 4C is an excellent driving machine!<\/p>\n

[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CpCaCcxLihE#t=138[\/youtube]<\/p>\n

While speaking with Automotive News Europe a week ago, Fiat\u2019s European product development head, Mauro Pierallini revealed that the Alfa Romeo 3C will weigh more in the U.S. \u201c[Alfa Romeo] had to respect different regulations. The car is about 100kg heavier because we had to add some aluminium inserts in the carbon fiber chassis. The U.S. crash test requires a different structure to absorb different impact forces. We also had to comply with rules covering the gasoline tank, the fuel lines and emissions\u201d.<\/p>\r\n