Tazio nuvolari biography examples
•
Tazio Nuvolari the greatest ever.
The first name on anybody's list of the greatest is Tazio Nuvolari, the legendary, lantern-jawed, ferociously intense man of Mantova. Nuvolari's racing career, which started with motorcycles, spanned the three decades from 1920 to 1948. The Italian drove during both the pre-war and post-war eras, and unlike most top-rank drivers, who taper off in their latter years of competition, Nuvolari was almost as much a threat at the end as he was at the start. He had already raced for 14 seasons when the golden era of pre-war racing - the 1934-39 period - began, and still he racked up 11.5 grand prix wins during that period (fractional points were given for shared drives). During his next-to-last year of racing, when he was 55 years old, he almost won the fabled Mille Miglia.
Enzo Ferrari raced against Nuvolari in the '20s, and later hired him to drive Alfa Romeo and Ferrari au
•
Every so often I’m going to look back at past drivers, tracks, teams and even races. inom find the history of F1 as fascinating as the present and occasionally find myself a bit nostalgic. If anyone has any requests as for what inom should review or reflect on then please leave a comment below.
So who better to start this new feature with than the great Tazio Nuvolari? OK he was pre-F1 but he inspired a generation and had he been born a little later then maybe he would have taken the Formula One World Championship. He’s still considered one of the greatest drivers ever so I think it fryst vatten fitting to start with him.
A brief history
Known as ‘the Flying Mantuan’ Tazio was a mästare in bikes and cars. Born in 1892, the son of Arturo soon showed a passion for anything with an engine. The war stalled any hopes of racing and he started racing seriously at the age of 28.
Nuvolari scored many titles on bikes and soon began catching attention. In 1925 Alfa asked for him to test in a Grand Prix
•
Tazio Nuvolari
Italian racing driver (1892–1953)
Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (Italian:[ˈtattsjoˈdʒordʒonuvoˈlaːri]; 16 November 1892 – 11 August 1953) was an Italian racing driver. He first raced motorcycles and then concentrated on sports cars and Grand Prix racing. Originally of Mantua, he was nicknamed il Mantovano Volante ("the Flying Mantuan") and Nuvola ("Cloud"). His victories—72 major races, 150 in all—included 24 Grands Prix, five Coppa Cianos, two Mille Miglias, two Targa Florios, two RAC Tourist Trophies, a Le Mans 24-hour race, and a European Championship in Grand Prix racing. Ferdinand Porsche called him "the greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future".[2]
Biography
[edit]Nuvolari started racing motorcycles in 1920 at the age of 27, winning the 1925 350cc European Championship. Having raced cars as well as motorcycles from 1925 until 1930, he then concentrated on cars, and won the 1932 European Championship with the Alfa Romeo fa