You have to live in these moments to understand how good, how determined, how strong was Nihilau.

Nihilau was an incredible man.

Hi everyone and welcome to Beyond the Grid with me Tom Clarkson.

My guest this week is a man who for a time was one of the most sought after motorsport managers in the world.

He made a name for himself in Rallion before switching to Formula One as Ferrari sporting director in November 1975

on the eve of what would become one of the most tumultuous seasons in the sports history.

The man I'm talking about is Danieli Aldetto.

The timing of my conversation with Danieli is significant because this week marks 45 years since Nihilau does fiery crash at the Nürburgring on the 1st of August 1976.

That was the crash that left Nihilau staring death in the face and it also turned that year's world championship on its head.

And as the most senior Ferrari man attending races, Danieli had to navigate the team not only through that incredibly difficult weekend in Germany.

He had to guide it through the next few months as well which included the dramatic title decider in Japan at the end of the year.

But that's not all because Danieli's Formula One career didn't start and finish with Ferrari.

He also fronted Lamborghini's Formula One operations in the early 90s as well as working for Ligier, Arrows and most recently Super Aguri.

Remember the time that Senna tested a McLaren Lamborghini?

That was Danieli's doing. All the time when Takuma Sato's Super Aguri overtook Fernando Alonzo's McLaren at Montreal in 2007, well Danieli was a Gurui's managing director.

And in short, he's experienced so many different aspects of Formula One that his knowledge bank is almost unrivaled.

He's also a great storyteller which is fantastic for us.

I hope you enjoy our conversation.

Daniel, what a pleasure to have you on the show.

You've had a hugely varied career split largely between Formula One and rallying of those two disciplines in which were you happiest.

Well, to be very clear with you, without the rally, I was not able to be that good in Formula One because just to remember, Jean-Tort, Fiorio and many others, they had a very successful and long professional life in rally.

And you really have to organize like a battle, you know, like a war because talking 40, 50 years ago was really like a organized battle, really that last all one week, Monte Carlo, Safari, Acropolis.

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