Carlo Bottoni

 

It is said that Ugo Bottoni, the legendary "Amiral", father of Carlo Bottoni, used to take up position on the hill surmounting the old Roman racecourse of Villa Glori when he was not racing. Such a choice to be able to observe better from this privileged position, those that would have been sooner or later his adversaries in course. He was studying, learning to know their qualities and weaknesses, so that then face them in horse-races without ever being catched unprepared. Carlo Bottoni, expert tactician, certainly inherit this horse-races’ approach from his father. Indeed, his interpretations, unique because of the intuitive ability he showed, apart by the complete knowledge of the possibilities offered by his position during events and the systematic and instantaneous analysis of the position of his adversaries, thus succeeding in anticipating their strategies. Therefore, we can say that Carlo Bottoni, thanks to an intuition peculiar to the only great drivers and to his perfect knowledge of his adversaries, still is a lenght ahead. He is able to foresee the progress of a horse-race and to stave off the attacks with the tactical actions that are systematically the most suitables. His favourite strategy is based on a speed start to follow the leader, then he stalls to the utmost to keep the efficiency of a final stunning rush. Whereas he lets believe that after a long waiting his horses would may not have the energy requested to attack, he launchs a victorious s during the latest beats, giving greater importance to the course on the inside. Together with Marcello Mazzarini, he represents the talents of the Roman drivers of the second half of the last century. Since the last years, Carlo Bottoni is no more so active but when he appears in few programs, he proves he did not loose anything of his powers nor of his huge talent.