Fogarty later became famous for his pre-race stare, but before Foggy the man with the staring eyes was Falappa.
They still call Giancarlo Falappa the lion from Jesi.

Falappa was testing a new swing-arm on the 916 Ducati at Albacete when something went very wrong and he was highsided off the machine, suffering grave injuries. For weeks news filtered back to the US and other parts of the world that Falappa "would not last the night" but he did, but was in a coma for four weeks. Some feared it would be forever. While under the care of Dr. Costa at the Bellaria hospital in Imola, Neurologists were not hopeful of Giancarlo ever regaining consciousness.

Dr. Costa knew that to bring Giancarlo back he must draw on Falappa's racer instinct, the one that instills that 'nobody is going to beat me, nobody is going to pass me'. Every day he put headphones on Falappa's head and played recordings of his best races, of him beating the world at Monza, Misano and Brands Hatch. When they did this, Falappa's face would contort and his eyelids would flicker. However, Giancarlo would not regain consciousness. After a month, some started to lose hope.

On July 19, 1994, famous Italian television commentator Giovanni Di Pillio stopped by Giancarlo's hospital room in Imola. He had been the Italian broadcaster for many of Falappa's World Superbike races; he sat next to Falappa's bed, talking to him like he was announcing a very dramatic race. "Giancarlo," he said, "wake up! You must wake up, Scott Russell is coming too close to you! He's going to pass you, speed up! Speed up!"

And, at that moment, 33 days after his shocking crash in Spain, Giancarlo Falappa regained consciousness. He had a very long recovery period and never raced again after that day at Albacete, but Falappa now works for Ducati Corse, signing autographs at the World Superbike races and putting in appearances at Ducati dealers and clubs.

True story.