Great racing news!

Yes, even in this weekend of bloodshed and violence there is space for some good news.
More specifically, I am talking about the Japanese Grand Touring car championship, now called Super GT, as this year, for the fourth time, Italian racing driver Ronnie Quintarelli has been crowned champion, together with his teammate, Tsugio Matsuda of Japan. Both drivers shared a factory-backed Nissan GT-R, competing in the series' GT500 class. With four championship wins (2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015), all of which obtained at the wheel of a Nissan GT-R, Quintarelli has now become the most successful foreign driver to ever compete in the Super GT, formerly known as JGTC. I would like, then, to congratulate with him, and wish him all the best luck for all the years to come. As well as I wish I could ever have a chance to meet him!
There is, however, a problem. If you live in Italy, you will never see these news on any sports newspaper. They are all too busy covering that nasty shit called football! An Italian driver who wins in Japan is, in my opinion, a lot more deserving of coverage than a stupid twat of a footballer moving from one team to another for the sake of money! But here we are. The average Italian bloke thinks it's so interesting to watch 22 others chasing a ball for one and a half hour...
Sometimes they might show a modicum of interest in Formula One, but only if Ferrari scores any points, and also in motorcycling, especially when their idol (that one with number 46, I know his name but won't name him because he is extremely far from my idea of a good sportsman) has a clash with someone else, they must defend him, even if he is clearly, and undeniably, wrong. But a true Italian excellence in international motorsports? No thanks, and he even drives a Japanese car! (Needless to say, this last sentence is not my thought, I just want you to see how stupid people can be!)
Yes, of course we do have magazines which specialise in motorsports, and they luckily provide good coverage of these stories. But, as I said some time ago on this blog, who is interested in racing anymore? We are not many, but we are still passionate. And every time I meet another racing enthusiast, I realise we are actually a lot more than I was expecting.