THE CLUB · MODENA · MMXXVI

A quiet agreement between drivers.

The Gospocchis Club was founded in the winter of MMXXVI by twelve drivers and one engineer. Its purpose is simple and stubbornly held: to curate the occasions on which the world's finest road-going chassis are actually driven — not displayed, not auctioned, not garaged.

The charter · seven principles

What the club is.
What it refuses to be.

Principles hold longer than policies. The charter is revised only on unanimous membership vote. It has been revised once, in MMXXVIII, to strike the word "curated" from principle IV.

I
The car is the reason, never the point.
No member may use a Club event for promotion, commerce, or social-media distribution. Photography is permitted only through the Club's own archivist.
II
Every chassis must be driven.
Members who enter a chassis into the Club's concierge programme must drive it at least one thousand kilometres per calendar year. Storage-only holdings forfeit their membership seat.
III
We do not sell cars.
The Club operates no dealership, brokerage, or auction arm. Chassis transfers between members are handled by private notary, outside the Club.
IV
Routes are hand-selected.
Every driving event follows a route written by the Club's road captain, on linen paper, in ink. The route sheet is returned to the archive after the weekend.
V
Membership is capped at 1,500.
A seat opens only on a resignation or a passing. Applications are held in the order received. The waiting list is, at present, at 247.
VI
No tiers. No private class.
All members pay the same dues. All members share the same access. The founder's seat, vacated in MMXL, is permanently retired.
VII
The engineer has the final word.
On matters of chassis preparation, track safety, and mechanical intervention, the Club's chief engineer is unappealable. This has been so since principle I was written.
HERITAGE · FOUR MARKS

Four dates. One lineage.

MMXXVI

The founding winter

Twelve drivers and one engineer sign the charter in a garage outside Modena.

MMXXXI

First Fiorano day

The Club runs its first closed-circuit event. Twenty chassis, one weekend, zero incidents.

MMXXXVII

Tokyo chapter

The first territory outside Europe. The Hakone route sheet is still the most-used document in the archive.

MMXLII

The atelier program

Members may commission one-off coachwork through a single atelier partner in Modena.

FROM THE CHARTER · PRINCIPLE I

The car is the reason, never the point.

— Founding charter · Modena · MMXXVI
THE OFFICE · MMXXVI

The small desk
that runs the club.

Nine people. One archivist. One engineer. One road captain. The rest handle correspondence, route planning, and the concierge line.

Enzo Lombardi, Chief Engineer, Gospocchis Club

Enzo Lombardi

Chief Engineer
Giulia Fontana, Road Captain, Gospocchis Club

Giulia Fontana

Road Captain
Henrik Bauer, Archivist, Gospocchis Club

Henrik Bauer

Archivist
Sofia Rinaldi, Concierge Modena, Gospocchis Club

Sofia Rinaldi

Concierge · Modena