The race saw Achille Varzi and Tazio Nuvolari exchange the lead many times before being settled in Varzi's favour on the final lap when Nuvolari's car caught fire.

| Tazio Nuvolari

* 1892 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racing driver ( d. 1953 )

Memorable pre-war races at the circuit featured the talents of early Ringmeister ( Ringmasters ) such as Rudolf Caracciola, Tazio Nuvolari and Bernd Rosemeyer.

* November 16 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racing driver ( d. 1953 )

Tazio Nuvolari started out in motorcycle racing in 1920 at the age of 27.

Coppa Consuma 1930, Tazio Nuvolari driving Alfa Romeo 6C | Alfa Romeo 6C1750GS.

* The Palazzo del Podestà which hosts the museum of Tazio Nuvolari

* Tazio Nuvolari " The flying Mantuan " World famous racing Driver.

Drivers Enzo Ferrari ( 1st from left ), Tazio Nuvolari ( 4th ) and Achille Varzi ( 6th ) of Alfa Romeo with Alfa Romeo Managing Director Prospero Gianferrari ( 3rd ) at Colle Maddalena

Rumours circulated that Villeneuve was one of several drivers in whom the Italian team was interested, and in August 1977 he flew to Italy to meet Ferrari, who was immediately reminded of the pre-war European champion Tazio Nuvolari: " When they presented me with this ' piccolo canadese ', this minuscule bundle of nerves, I immediately recognised in him the physique of Nuvolari and said to myself, let's give him a try.

After a one year pause the race was back in 1935 with Tazio Nuvolari dominating in an Alfa Romeo P3 entered by Scuderia Ferrari.

The winner is Tazio Nuvolari ( Italy ) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2300 Monza in 3: 32: 25. 3.

The winner is Tazio Nuvolari ( Italy ) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Tipo B.

The winner is Tazio Nuvolari ( Italy ) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Tipo B.

* European Championship – Tazio Nuvolari ( Italy ) driving an Alfa Romeo 8C2600 Tipo B.

But it was not until he moved to Alfa Romeo, as number two driver to Tazio Nuvolari, that his racing career really blossomed.

The following year, he won the 24 hours of Le Mans, despite having to drive over 20 hours solo after his teammate Luigi Chinetti retired ill. During the 1930s, Sommer was to dominate the French endurance classic, winning again in 1933 driving an Alfa Romeo alongside Tazio Nuvolari.

Sommer traveled to Long Island, New York to compete in the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup where he finished fourth to the winner, Tazio Nuvolari.

In 1936, Wimille traveled to Long Island, New York to compete in the Vanderbilt Cup where he finished 2nd, behind the winner, Tazio Nuvolari.

In the 1937 Donington Grand Prix and 1938 Donington Grand Prix, the race winners were respectively Bernd Rosemeyer and Tazio Nuvolari, both in Auto Union ' Silver Arrows.

The winners are Giuseppe Campari and Tazio Nuvolari ( both Italy ), sharing an Alfa Romeo 8C2300.

Tazio Nuvolari won the 1930 Mille Miglia in an Alfa Romeo.

In June 1928 he won the Grand Prix of Mugello driving a Talbot and finished second in the Coppa Acerbo in August then that same month he won his fourth Coppa Montenero, beating both Tazio Nuvolari and Giuseppe Campari.

The family were well acquainted with motor racing as Arturo and his brother Giuseppe were both bicycle racers-Giuseppe was a multiple winner of the Italian national championship and was particularly admired by a young Tazio.

The character of Paparazzo, the news photographer ( Walter Santesso ), was inspired by photojournalist Tazio Secchiaroli and is the origin of the word paparazzi used in many languages to describe intrusive photographers.

As a young man, he was a successful motorcycle racer of Garelli, DOT, Moto Guzzi and Sunbeam, and rode seven times in the Isle of Man TT from 1924 before switching to auto racing in 1928 where, for the next ten years he would rival the great Tazio Nuvolari.

His most famous loss was the 1935 German Grand Prix, when a tire blew while he was leading the last lap, handing victory to Tazio Nuvolari in an Alfa Romeo in one of the latter's most famous victories-the only time during the reign of the Silver Arrows when a Grand Prix was won by a car other than a Mercedes or Auto Union.

Over the years, the greats of Grand Prix racing and Formula One such as Argentina's Juan Manuel Fangio, Belgium's Olivier Gendebien and Britain's Stirling Moss came to challenge Italian champions Tazio Nuvolari, Alfieri Maserati, Achille Varzi and others, like local hero Nino Vaccarella.

Fagioli went on to take the victory at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy beating Chiron as well as fellow Italian greats, Achille Varzi and Tazio Nuvolari.

In the thirties, Italian Hall of Fame driver, Tazio Nuvolari won this race five times, more than any other driver.

Also, Budrio is the hometown of Franco Zagari, the automobile historian and photographer who authored many books on the history of Ferrari, Maserati, Osca, Stanguellini, Bugatti and Mercedes and the great Italian race car driver Tazio Nuvolari.

While the racing version of the 8C 2300 Spider, driven by Tazio Nuvolari won the 1931 and 1932 Targa Florio race in Sicily, the 1931 Italian Grand Prix victory at Monza gave the " Monza " name to the twin seater GP car, a shortened version of the Spider.

The racecar drivers Giuseppe Campari ( 2nd from left ), Achille Varzi ( 3rd ) and Tazio Nuvolari ( 4th ) of Alfa Romeo with Prospero Gianferrari ( 6th ).

The Silver Arrow racing cars of the Auto Union racing team in Zwickau, developed by Ferdinand Porsche and Robert Eberan von Eberhorst, driven by Bernd Rosemeyer, Hans Stuck, Tazio Nuvolari, Ernst von Delius, were known the world over in the 1930s.

Nuvolari was married to Carolina Perina, and together they had two children: Giorgio ( born 4 September 1918 ), who died in 1937 aged 19 from myocarditis, and Alberto, who died in 1946 aged 18 from nephritis.

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