Francesco Bernoulli

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Francesco Bernoulli
Color Red, white and green
Occupation Formula 1 Racer
World Grand Prix Racecar
Main portrayer(s) John Turturro


Character information
Alias(es) Mr. San Francisco (mistaken by Mater)
Gender Male


Family Mama Bernoulli (mother)
""Francesco always-a wins. It's-a boring.""
—Francesco, [[{{{3}}}]]
File:Cars 2 - Francesco Bernoulli

Francesco Bernoulli is a World Grand Prix racer and Lightning McQueen's main rival. Though thought to be an antagonist, he is actually just rude to Lightning McQueen at certain points. By the end of the movie, he and McQueen become friends.

Bio

Cars 2

Francesco Bernoulli grew up in the shadow of the famous Monza race course in Italy where he and his friends would sneak onto the track and race the famous Pista di Alta Velocita bank turn. He was an instant winner on the amateur circuit and soon became an international Formula Racer champion. The ladies love Francesco's open wheels, youngsters look up to his winning spirit and fellow racers envy his speed. But Francesco's biggest fan is Francesco himself, as evidenced by his racing number. As the most famous race car in Europe, #1 Francesco is a favorite to win the World Grand Prix, which also makes him Lightning McQueen’s chief rival.

For some reason, Mater can't say his name right. He's always calling him "Mr. San Francisco."

Francesco being interviewed on the Mel Dorado Show

In Cars 2, he first appeared on the Mel Dorado show, when they talked about inviting Lightning McQueen to the World Grand Prix. Francesco then began insulting him. Being his best friend, Mater didn't take kindly to Francesco insulting McQueen, so he called the show, telling Francesco to stop speaking that way about Lightning. McQueen, seeing Mater on the phone, drags him out and instead deals with Francesco himself, telling him that he doesn't like his best friend being insulted either. The pair argue, ending with Lightning calling Francesco fragile because he is a Formula 1 car. He takes it as a serious insult and starts yelling in Italian when he is soon muted. Then Miles formally invites Lightning to join the World Grand Prix, to which he accepts and joins.

Francesco's bumper sticker

Later, Lightning and Mater meet Francesco at the party in Tokyo. Once they finished their conversation, Francesco shows Lightning a bumper sticker saying "Ciao McQueen", proving Francesco's arrogance. Soon after, Mater consumes some wasabi which he thinks was pistachio ice cream. Francesco laughs mockingly after Mater embarrasses McQueen and himself in front of the world when he drinks from the fountain.

Francesco mocking Lightning's catchphrase

At the beginning of the Tokyo race, he was announced to be good on the straight-aways. When the racers were lined up, he heard Lightning's catchphrase "I am speed!" He decided to mock McQueen again by declaring, "Francesco is triple speed." During the race, he fell behind to last place in the dirt section, but was able to catch up to 2nd place. Then when Mater was "going to meet his date," he accidentally gave Lightning some bad racing advice which was to race on the outside, and Francesco, who was shadowing McQueen, took the inside, passed McQueen and won the race, which only made their rivalry grow larger.

In the second race in Porto Corsa, Francesco hears about Lightning missing his friend Mater. Then he tells him that it's hard to be far away from home. However, Francesco was at home, and his mama was in the audience. He tells his mama that he will win the race. For most of the race, Francesco was in the lead, but then Lightning passes him and wins the race, with Francesco second.

"What is happening?! It's a bad dream!"

In the third race in London, he was at first seen in the lead, but then Lightning passes him. Then Mater, using a pair of rockets and had McQueen holding onto him, zoomed past Francesco, which makes him hope it was a bad dream. Then Holley, with her wings and afterburners, passes him, and he freaks out again.

By the Radiator Springs Grand Prix, the rivalry between the two had settled down a little, and they can be considered "friends" although they do seem to still be major rivals at times. Before the race, Sally meets him when Lightning introduces them to each other. Then Francesco sees Lightning's bumper sticker, which said "Ka-ciao, Francesco!" The race then started with Lightning in the lead (it was his home track), and Francesco following.

Cars 2: The Video Game

Francesco in the garage

In Cars 2: The Video Game, Francesco is one of the ten characters that are playable from the beginning of the game. A version with a black paint job, called Midnight Francesco, can be unlocked by collecting all spy cases in the game.

Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure

In Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure, he appears in the second Cars level as part of the main goal. He tells the player and Holley Shiftwell to keep off the Tokyo race course as he has a race to prepare for, only that the player and Holley were searching for a bomb that somebody planted on the course of the Tokyo Grand Prix. They see that the bomb is on Francesco, who doesn't even know about the bomb. The player has to catch Francesco and use a device to disarm the bomb before it explodes. In the ending cutscene, the player deactivates the bomb, only that when the player and Holley investigate the bomb, Francesco asks them what did they want with him. Holley explains that someone sabotaged him with the bomb, only that he's safe now, but he doesn't believe it, saying that it is ridiculous and that he is not easily fooled, before driving away saying to the player and Holley that they are just trying to get into his head, but it will never work.

Disney Infinity

Francesco during a battle race in Disney Infinity

In Disney Infinity, Francesco is one of the four playable characters from the Cars franchise. His exclusive adventure is Francesco's Rush, which is a race that you need to beat in a certain time to get a gold medal. His abilities are the same as the other cars, which are drifting, and an additional square to the turbo boost meter.

During the story of the Cars Play Set, after completing the "Double Back Dash" mission, he arrives at the Radiator Springs International Race Invitational hosted by Luigi. Later, Francesco challenges the player's character to a race with trick barrels scattered around the track. After Chick Hicks says to the other racers that he is plotting to win the race and that it will be the "last time you'll be seeing my grill," Francesco states to The King that he almost likes Chick and that he would have said it better. After the player wins the race, Francesco watches as Finn McMissile plans to have Chick sent to the impound lot, and leaves with Finn, The King, Ramone and Flo as they instead take Chick away to be painted red with lightning bolts.

Cars: Fast as Lightning

In Cars: Fast as Lightning, Francesco was confirmed as a playable character, although no gameplay footage has been released of him yet.

Other Appearances

Francesco has made many appearances in books, most of which re-tell the story of Cars 2. He also appears occasionally in the comics, most notably in Francesco's New Look!, Francesco has decided to visit Radiator Springs, to see his friends Lightning and Mater. However, Mater accidentally swings his tow hook into Francesco's hood, giving him a tiny dent. Francesco claims that a high-media celebrity like himself could never be seen with a dent like that. He asks Ramone to fix him up, but Ramone gets carried away and gives him a flame job.

Personality

Francesco is cocky and self-centered, as proven on numerous occasions with Lightning McQueen. In Cars 2, Francesco serves as the main antagonist on Lightning's part of the film, and has a similar persona to Chick Hicks. However, unlike Chick, Francesco seems to have a good side to him somewhere in his transmission. 

Livery

Francesco is painted red, white and green. He has red rims, as well as black rubber tires that read "Pasta Potenza" and "Rotelli Tires" (with "Pasta Potenza" replaced by "Rotelli Tires" in Disney Infinity).

Model

Francesco is based on a Formula 1 race car, as noted from specifications such as open wheels and a long hood. His top speed is 220 mph, with a 0-60 of 2.5 seconds. His engine is a 2.4-liter V-8, 18,500 rpm redline, with a horsepower of 750.

Occupation

Francesco is a world-renowned racing champion.

Creation and development

While developing a Formula One character for the film, the developing team realized that a such open-wheeled car could make much more gesture than normal cars with fenders. Director John Lasseter said: "We don’t typically lift the tires off, partly because of the fender. But I thought, “Wow. To have an open wheel car, like Francesco, it gives us a lot more gestures.” And so we thought, “Well this guy’s going to be gesturing like crazy. Let’s make him Italian, an Italian Formula 1 car. This will be perfect.”"

Bernoulli’s design took four months to be finalized as the team worked out where to put the mouth and how to give an F1 car a “windshield” for the eyes. Indeed, F1 cars do not have a windshield. Additionally, they are very long. As says Character Art Director Jay Shuster, "Formula cars have long snouts, so we had to really inflate his form to get the real estate we needed." Ultimately, the eyes were placed on a sort of helmet that is integrated with the body. The mouth is at the end of a foreshortened nose, and not underneath it as originally envisioned.

The fact that Francesco, as an open-wheeled car, has his suspension visible, posed some unusual problems to the animators. According to Shuster: “Francesco was the hardest design to complete because of his exposed suspension”. As supervising animator Dave Mullins said: "We always have fenders covering the wheels. So we can hide our dirty little secrets underneath the hood, because the chassis is moving around and stretching around. All you really see is the hard body of the car, and the wheels acting. With Francesco, we can see the connection between the wheels and the body. It was one of the big challenges trying to figure out how to support everything that’s going on with the body."

The original suspension had to be reinvented in order to support all the stretchings that Francesco's gestures would cause, and the team had important struggles to achieve a believable suspension. Jay Shuster said: "We realized that when he takes off his front wheels, he's stretched like a rubber band and it's really ugly. Something like that took about two months to figure out what was going on—we developed a whole telescoping arm that had a pivot point." “The kind of physical expression we were able to get from Francesco’s movement took a lot of work but really looked great in the end. He was able to achieve these really extreme poses.”

According to Story Supervisor Nathan Stanton, Francesco's character constantly reminded the development team of the character John Turturro played in The Big Lebowski. Consequently, John Turturro was chosen to voice Francesco.

Appearances

Feature Films

Video Games

Comics

Merchandising

Trivia

  • Francesco's last name, Bernoulli, is a reference to Daniel Bernoulli, a Dutch/Swiss mathematician who published ground-breaking theories on fluid dynamics and the conservation of energy.
  • Francesco's pit crew chief is Giuseppe Motorosi.
  • On Francesco's side is a logo presenting the letters FR in a design similar to the F1 logo. It is the abbreviation of "Formula Racer", his racing league.
  • Francesco's tires are "Rotelli Tires Pasta Potenza". "Potenza" alludes to Bridgestone's Potenza tires, which were used by all Formula One teams from 2007 to 2010. "Pasta Potenza" would literally mean "the power of pasta". "Rotelli" is a play between Rotini, a type of pasta, and Pirelli, which is the current official F1 tire supplier. It is possibly also a reference to Italian sports cars being called "Pasta Rockets". However, in Disney Infinity, "Pasta Potenza" is replaced by a repeat of "Rotelli Tires".
  • Francesco, similar to Luigi, often refers to himself in the third person.

Quotes

""Women respect a car that has-a nothing to hide.""
—Francesco, at the party in Japan., [[{{{3}}}]]
""Grazie di arrivederci!" (Thank you, goodbye!)"
—Francesco passing Lightning in Tokyo, after Lightning thinks Mater told him to go outside., [[{{{3}}}]]
"Darrell Cartrip: "Hey, what was your strategy today?"
Francesco Bernoulli: "Strategia?" (Italian for "Strategy?") "Francesco needs-a no strategy! It's-a very simple. You start the race, wait for Lightning McQueen to choke, pass him, then win. Francesco always-a wins. It's-a boring.""
—Darrell Cartrip asks Francesco what strategy he used to win the race in Tokyo., [[{{{3}}}]]
"Francesco Bernoulli: "This is impossible!"
Lightning McQueen: "That's what I'm talking about! Ka-chow!"
(A bunch of ambulances pass them with their sirens on.)
Lightning McQueen: "Wh- What happened? Where are all the other cars?"
Francesco Bernoulli: "What is going on?"
(They look at the screen to see the huge pileup.)
Lightning McQueen: "Oh, no!""
—Francesco and Lightning, after the race in Italy., [[{{{3}}}]]
""What is happening?! It's a bad dream!""
—Francesco, after Mater zooms past him with his rockets., [[{{{3}}}]]
""WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!""
—Francesco, after Holley Shiftwell zooms past him., [[{{{3}}}]]


Gallery

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Songs You Might Think • Collision of Worlds • Mon Cœur Fait Vroum • Nobody's Fool • Polyrhythm
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Cars 2: The Video Game
Playable characters Lightning McQueen • Mater • Finn McMissile • Holley Shiftwell • Francesco Bernoulli • Raoul ÇaRoule • Carla Veloso • Jeff Gorvette • Nigel Gearsley • Shu Todoroki • Miguel Camino • Max Schnell • Fillmore • Sarge • Luigi • Guido • Professor Z • Grem • Acer • Tomber • Miles Axlerod • Chuki • Daisu Tsashimi • The Queen • Flo • Sheriff • Ramone • Chick Hicks • Wingo • Snot Rod • Boost • DJ • Uncle Topolino • Victor Hugo
C.H.R.O.M.E. Missions Unwelcome Aboard • In Plane Sight • Fast Friends • Airport Invasion • There's No Place Like Chrome • Oil Rig Showdown • Hit the Road • World Grand Prix • Runway Invasion • Porto Corsa Invasion • Objects in Mirror • Airport Showdown • Burning the Midnight Oil • Coastal Invasion • Runway Runaway • Harbor Hassle • Power Surge • London Showdown • Foe Interior • Hit or McMissile • Unfriendly Competition • Air Power • Rush Delivery • Italy Showdown • Tokyo Invasion • Save the Queen • Sour Lemons • Lightning the Mood • Home Security • Tokyo Showdown
Techniques Drift • Boost • Jump • Side-bash • Tilt
Further info Beta elements • Staff
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Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure
Characters Lightning McQueen • Mater • Sheriff • Holley Shiftwell • Francesco Bernoulli • Finn McMissile • Professor Z's Helicopter • Professor Z
Levels Fancy Drivin' • Bomb Squad! • Convoy Hunt!
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Disney Infinity
Playable characters Lightning McQueen • Mater • Holley Shiftwell • Francesco Bernoulli
Non-playable characters Luigi • Guido • Fillmore • Ramone • Flo • Finn McMissile • Chick Hicks • The King • Shu Todoroki • Carla Veloso • Pace Car
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Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition
Characters Francesco Bernoulli • Holley Shiftwell • Lightning McQueen • Mater
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Cars: Fast as Lightning
Characters Playable Todd Marcus • Chick Hicks • Fillmore • Mater • Flo • Luigi • Guido • Sheriff • Snot Rod • Wingo • DJ • Boost • Miguel Camino • Carla Veloso • Shu Todoroki • Raoul ÇaRoule • Holley Shiftwell • Finn McMissile • Francesco Bernoulli • Lightning McQueen • Max Schnell • Pyotr Racinov • Long Ge • Yokoza • Komodo • Sandy Dunes • Shifty Sidewinder • Blue Grit • Idle Threat
Non-playable Sarge • Lizzie • Frank • Tractors • Bessie • Bob Cutlass • Darrell Cartrip • Dexter Hoover • Rotor Turbosky • Dinoco Girls • Muggsy Liftsome • Chuy • Bulldozers • Hiroaki • Takeshi
Tracks Todd's Track • Chick's Track • Fillmore's Track • Mater's Track • Flo's Track • Luigi's Track • Guido's Track • Sheriff's Track • SnotRod's Track • Wingo's Track • DJ's Track • Boost's Track • Miguel's Track • Carla's Track • Shu's Track • Raoul's Track • Holley's Track • Finn's Track • Francesco's Track • Lightning's Track • Max's Track • Pyotr's Track • Long Ge's Track • Komodo's Track • Yokoza's Track
Buildings, Decorations and Track Pieces Buildings Luigi's Casa Della Tires • Radiator Springs Curios • House of Body Art • Flo's V8 Cafe • Todd's Pit • Cozy Cone Motel • Chick's Pit • Nightclub • Fillmore's Taste-In • Mater's Towing & Salvage • Shu's Pit • Francesco's Pit • Courthouse • Miss Piston • Guido's Italian Ice Shop • Rusty Bumper • Police Station • Wimpy's Wipers • Emporium Repair • SnotRod's Gym • Office Building • Wingo's Digs • Hospital • Pop N Patch Tire Repair • Boost's Nitro Shop • Visitor Center • Miguel's Pit • Sparky's Spark Plug • Carla's Pit • Fire Station • Raoul's Pit • Racing Museum • Holley's Hideout • McMissile's Pad • Sarge's Surplus Hut • Ornament Valley Airport • Lightning's Pit • Max's Pit • Long Ge's Pit • Komodo's Pit • Yokoza's Pit • Ice Shop • Igloo
Decorations Mega Screen • Neon Sign • Radiator Spring • Street Light • Flame Fountain • Spy Relay • Arcade Games • Organic Oil Stand • Red Flowers • Mailbox • Mator Statue • Motorama Girls Billboard • Blue Flowers • Gear Statue • Wind Turbine • Water Tower • Graffiti Wall • Clock Tower • Super Subwoofers • Weather Vane • Solar Panels • Cherry Blossom Tree • Poster Kiosk • Turbo Fan • Parasol • Doc Hudson Statue • Souvenir Tent • Blue Blimp • Inflatable Arch • Dinoco Tent • Dinoco Sign • Piston Boulder • Skybox • Japanese Arch • Flaming Arch • Big-O-Vision • Loudspeakers • Bleachers • Gear Balloon • McMissile Banners • Gearsley Banners • Rust-eze Tent • Grand Prix Banner • Floodlights • Paris Banners • Francesco Balloon • Leaderboard • Gameloft Tent • V8 Café Sunset Banner • First Aid Tent • Rocky Arch • Tokyo Banners • Lightning Balloon • Francesco Banner • AV Tower • Tokyo Street Lights • Celebration Lanterns • Motor Mobile • Kremlin Clock • Pretzel Stand • Neon Pavilion • Pile o' Presents • Tire Wreath • Tire Tower • Lantern String • Russian Flag • Matryoshcars • Candy Canes • Motor Monument • Chinese Lantern • Hockey Banner • Fountain Square • Friendship Pagoda • Victory Arch • Festival Gate • Overpass • Subway Entrance • Tokyo Tower • Glowing Neon Sign • Frozen Puck Award • AV Tent
Track Pieces Hot Springs • Steep Curve • Oil Field • Surplus Storage • Crazy Loop • Frozen Loop • Pretzel Loop • Desert Curve • Barrier Turn • Oil Spill • Whipsnap Raceway • Steep Hill • Cliffhanger • Construction Site • Stunt Cannons • Zigzag • Toll Booth • Car Wash • Rocky Loop • Rocky Half-Pipe • Corkscrew Loop • Geyser Jump • River Jump • Neon Panel Jump • Russian Bridge • Hockey Rink • Roundabout • Two-Level Curve • Geyser Loop • Breakneck Ridge • Rocket Road • Rock Wall • Beijing Raceway • Cactus Road • Frozen U-Turn • Show-off Ramp • Wunderplatz • Roller Coaster • Dragon Loop • Christmas Miracle • Wild Well • Palace Swirl
Further info Beta elements • Staff

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