Formula One: Driver profile- Jarno Trulli, more to the man than just racing
Jarno Trulli talks about his activities besides racing on the Official Formula 1 website. The Italian driver has never driven for Ferrari but has managed to score 246.5 points in his 14-year long career in the Formula 1. His first and only victory was at the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix. Jarno was able to raise almost 670,000 Euros for Abruzzo since the devastating earthquake hit the plain in April 2009. We probably know all these things about the Italian including his ownership of a vineyard. However, let’s see what Jarno Trulli has in store for us besides racing.
Jarno Trulli believes that he is not the kind of guy who has a plan B and is definitely a “Plan A” guy. The Italian looks forward to seeing his bicycle every Thursday when he arrives at the paddock. Quite shocking, isn’t it? Moving on, Jarno’s dream date is his wife, as he believes that she is the perfect woman for him. Many movies made the 36-year-old cry however; he does not like watching romantic movies, as he prefers to watch action movies more, movies that involve crime scenes etc. Trulli is afraid of flying because he feels that once the aeroplane’s door is shut, you are a dead person and when they open it again, you become alive. That was quite deep and weird at the same time.
His wife gave the last book he read quite a while ago but he could not remember the name of the book. Jarno likes doing sport, being with his family and being away from Europe, as people keep calling him when he’s in Europe; hence, he likes hanging out in Miami. Trulli does not plan to dye his hair anytime soon and does not like tattoos or piercings either. He hates snakes, being late, when things are unjust, screaming and pepper on his food and his childhood hero used to be Niki Lauda.
The Italian loves gadgets a bit too much and it is like a guilty pleasure for him. He loves to collect old jukeboxes, as he is passionate about all sorts of things. The 36 year old does not miss home when he is away, as he knows that he will be back soon. The worst buy the Italian ever made was a Hummer keeping in mind people like it. Jarno does not like drinking coffee and his ideal Sunday morning is getting up early, going out for some training and then coming back home to watch some sports.
The first vehicle Trulli bought was a go-kart and he is never embarrassed, as he does not regret anything he does, so there is nothing to be embarrassed about. The best thing Jarno can cook is Salt fish, which is fish cooked in a salt crust. The last time Trulli was angry was at Spa this Saturday, when he felt that he was blocked during qualifying.
Jarno Trulli joined the Formula 1 in 1997 with Minardi and scored 3 points to secure the 16th place before joining team Prost the following year. The Italian was not able to make a pint in his two-year journey with the team and proceeded to join Jordan in 2000 for two years. Jarno still was not able to score some decent points before joining Renault, where he had the best time of his career statistically, as he won the race in 2004 at the Monte Carlo circuit.
The 36 year old stayed with Renault for 3 years before joining team Toyota for 5 long years. The best performance the Italian was able to give was in the year 2005, as he scored 43 points to secure the 7th place. Jarno Trulli is currently in team Lotus and has not been able to make his mark this season. Jarno scored a total of 11 podiums, 1 win and 4 pole positions to score a total of 246.5 points.
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