A ‘Younger’ Jarno Trulli

Italian born Trulli was born in Abruzzo, Italy. Parents of hardcore motorsport fans and named their son after Jarno Saarinen the only Finn to win a road racing World Championship later killed at Monza in 1973. When trulli first entered formula many fans didn’t initially realise he was Italian. Some say his father was a driving factor in trullis success getting him involved in karting from an early age, Which is a familiar story around the f1 circuit.

His 2005 season went well. Wins at the beginning of the season meant the confidence was there and on the Indianapolis he took first F1 pole driving for toyota. For the majority of the year some comment ‘he outclassed highly paid team-mate Ralf Schumacher’, but things took a turn for the worst and in the latter part of the season a dip in form saw him slip to seventh in the championship, two points behind the German.