Monthly Archives: April 2014
Nuvolari at the first post-war Mille MIglie in his Cisitalia 1100, designed by Porsche’s son, and funded by FIAT’s Agnelli.
Nuvolari and Rosemeyer, with Bernd’s wife Elly the aviatrix. They would become firm friends, and Tazio would wear Bernd’s red at Auto Union. Rosemeyer always wanted to have Tazio at Auto Union; he felt Tazio was the only man he wanted to race in equal machinery.
Nuvolari after Pau. He would never drive for Alfa again after being burnt badly. He would return a year later to race for Auto Union in place of Bernd Rosemeyer.
Everything is bigger in America, even the Vanderbilt Cup which Nuvolari wins and sits in!
Varzi wins with Italian car and tyres at the Mille Miglie
Marshall Balbo. He flew to Chicago with his squadron, was Duce’s second, and humiliated Varzi.
Nuvolari meets Hitler (and his ‘man’ at the races, Huhnlein)…
Nuvolari loses a wheel – his steering wheel. Most would have retired: El Tassio, instead, grabbed a wrench and used that as an ad hoc wheel, on his way to a 6th placed finish.
The finest drive in history: Nuvolari conquers Nazi Germany at the ‘Ring in 1935 in his woefully underpowered Alfa.
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