‘Tifone’ – or ‘Typhon’, in English – is the name of the trophy that will be awarded at the end of the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2023 to the top three drivers and the winning constructor. The trophy is a unique piece of sculpture created by Italian artist Ruth Beraha, inspired both by Greek mythology as well as the shap.
Milan-born artist Patrick Tuttofuoco has been given a very special mission for this weekend – creating the trophy that the Italian Grand Prix victor will hold aloft on Monza’s iconic podium. And it’s a project that he tells me has been “epic”, when we speak in Pirelli’s motorhome in the Monza paddock ahead of Sunday’s race.