I was researching female race drivers when I had a look at Amati's Wikipedia page. It appears that Amati might actually be 3 years older than everyone thought (born in 1959). This new DOB was apparently edited into the article back in November, and it has been sourced, so I don't know.
The source.
ESPN are also using the revised DOB.
Now, I wonder if Amati is another case (assuming she was actually born in 1959) where a lower-level driver has claimed to be a couple of years younger than they actually are in order to make themselves more attractive to teams. The most well-known case is the late Roland Ratzenberger (he'd often claim he was born in 1962 rather than 1960).
Very interesting indeed...
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If im correct Boy Haye did this back in the 70's !
But he actually didn't care a thing.
But he actually didn't care a thing.
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Gilles Villeneuve also claimed he was younger than he was, by a year or two, I think.
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Wouldn't surprise me. But no sportsperson can possibly trump Taribo West for such shenanigans.
I do like how Indy stuck 'former AC Milan' player in the headline and very handily glossed over the fact it was Inter that brought him to Serie A to begin with
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East Londoner wrote:The source.
This source is extremely trustworthy in my opinion. And she wouldn't be the only one, as several others have already mentioned.
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Re: Giovanna Amati
A woman lying about her age? Whatever next.....
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Re: Giovanna Amati
As we already have a Giovanna Amati thread here, I thought I would stick this post here. 
Recently, I have been obtaining some old (depends what you mean by old) Autosports from the 1990s and I came across he following two articles from April 1992, while Ms Amati was a current, contemporary F1 driver (and therefore pre-Damon Hill!). I don't know how clearly these will appear on the forum, but I also have scanned these as PDFs, which I can email if requested. (Hope there won't be any copyright issues here?).
Recently, I have been obtaining some old (depends what you mean by old) Autosports from the 1990s and I came across he following two articles from April 1992, while Ms Amati was a current, contemporary F1 driver (and therefore pre-Damon Hill!). I don't know how clearly these will appear on the forum, but I also have scanned these as PDFs, which I can email if requested. (Hope there won't be any copyright issues here?).
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Re: Giovanna Amati
Wasn't she the girlfriend of Elio de Angelis back in the '80s?
I'm not completely sure but I believe they had a relationship for a while
I'm not completely sure but I believe they had a relationship for a while