Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari 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 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".
Nuvolari at the Belgrade Grand Prix in 1939
Nuvolari (fifth from left), with other Alfa Romeo drivers and Enzo Ferrari
Nuvolari racing an Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS in the 1930 Coppa della Consuma
Nuvolari after winning the 1932 French Grand Prix
The Mille Miglia was an open-road, motorsport endurance race established in 1927 by the young Counts Francesco Mazzotti and Aymo Maggi. It took place in Italy 24 times from 1927 to 1957.
Some of the founders posing together in Brescia, here pictured in the 1940s. From left to right: Giulio Binda, Aymo Maggi, Filippo Tassara, Giovanni Canestrini and Renzo Castagneto.
Cars in Brescia before departure at 1955 Mille Miglia.
Memorial in Guidizzolo for the nine victims of the fatal crash during the 1957 Mille Miglia.
Image: 1927 03 27 Mille Miglia winner OM 665 Minoia Morandi
