Tazio Nuvolari

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Tazio Nuvolari
Nuvolari at the Belgrade Grand Prix in 1939
Born	Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (1892-11-16)16 November 1892 Castel d'Ario, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy
Died	11 August 1953(1953-08-11) (aged 60) Mantua, Lombardy, Italy
Championship titles
AIACR European Drivers' Championship (1932) Major victories Monaco Grand Prix (1932) 24 Hours of Le Mans (1933) Vanderbilt Cup (1936)
European Championship career
Years active	1931–1932, 1935–1939
Teams	Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Auto Union
Starts	26
Championships	1 (1932)
Wins	4
Podiums	7
Poles	0
Fastest laps	4
Champ Car career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish	5th (1936)
First race	1936 Vanderbilt Cup (Westbury)
Last race	1937 Vanderbilt Cup (Westbury)
First win	1936 Vanderbilt Cup (Westbury)
Wins Podiums Poles 1 1 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1933
Teams	Sommer
Best finish	1st (1933)
Class wins	1 (1933)

Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (Italian: [ˈtattsjo ˈdʒordʒo nuvoˈlaːri]; 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^[1]—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]