Respect first - Alessandro Piccini & Gianluca Beggio

During the second round of the FC European championship on the fast French track of Carole, where the maximum speed was over 170 km/h, Alessandro Piccini (CRG-TM) after the win in the first race was unable to repeat himself in the second race because of an engine failure. 

In this picture the reigning world champion and race winner Gianluca Beggio (Birel-TM), Piccini's rival, after the race pushes Piccini to the finishing line...

It was May 17th 1998.