The history of Gran Premio Nuvolari
The death of Tazio Nuvolari, on 11 August 1953, touched all the World. Particularly it moved Renzo Castagneto, Aymo Maggi and Giovanni Canestrini, the men of the "Mille Miglia", who planned "the most beautiful race in the world" with Franco Mazzotti, dead during the 2nd World War. Castagneto, "deus ex machina" of the Mille Miglia and his friends, were very attached to the Mantuan pilot. They were linked by a close bond of affection and they felt deep consideration and admiration toward this great "man-champion". They also were grateful to him to because he contributed a lot to the unrestrainable growing of their "creature". To honor his memory, the traditional itinerary of the Mille Miglia was changed in order to get it pass through Mantova. Since then the GRAN PREMIO NUVOLARI was established in order to give a price to the fastest pilot, on the route along the impressive straight roads which cross "The Po Valley", starting from Cremona, through Mantova until the finish in Brescia.
Gran Premio Nuvolari 1954 - XXI edizione della Mille Miglia Gran Premio Nuvolari 1955 - XXII edizione della Mille Miglia Gran Premio Nuvolari 1956 - XXIII edizione della Mille Miglia Gran Premio Nuvolari 1957 - XXIV edizione della Mille Miglia L’incidente avvenuto nell’edizione del 1957 a Guidizzolo, in provincia di Mantova, con l’uscita di strada di De Portago pone tristemente fine alla Mille Miglia e, con essa, al Gran Premio Nuvolari, che ritornerà solo nel 1991. |
Gran Premio Nuvolari today
Today, the Scuderia Mantova Corse and the Museo Tazio Nuvolari recalls the GRAN PREMIO NUVOLARI. The formula: an international rally reserved to historical cars, giving the possibility to pilots of new generations, to try themselves on cars that wrote the history of those days, paying homepage to the greatest, bravest, most audacious of their predecessor.
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