Clemente biondetti racing driver

The king of the mille miglia clemente biondetti was the man to beat in italian sports cars during the 1940s. Clemente biondetti august 18, 1898 february 24, 1955 was an italian racing driver, who competed in one formula one race, the 1950 italian grand prix, for ferrari. Codrivers clemente biondetti italy and raymond sommer france outclassed their opponents but were held up in the closing stages by a blown tire. Driving a ferrari 166s coupe allemano for scuderia ferrari, biondetti and codriver. Clemente biondetti born 18 oct 1898 budduso, sardinia. Profile for racing driver felice bonetto from italy.

The clemente biondetti ferrari jaguar special formula one. Mille miglia clemente biondetti grand prix history. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Clemente biondetti 18 october 1898 24 february 1955 was an italian auto racing driver. Clemente was one of the best drivers in the world in the 1930s and 40s.

When jaguar went racing with its xk 120, biondetti was the only nonbrit given a factory car. Profile for racing driver clemente biondetti from italy. Biondetti horse page with past performances, results, pedigree, photos and videos. This was the only appearance for a ferrari not powered by a ferrari engine, but the first of a long history of f1 association for jaguar. Born into a workingclass family, biondetti raced motorcycles before turning to automobiles where he had greater success. Jun 21, 2000 biondetti ferrarijaguar special merged posted in tnfs archive. A month later, biondetti took part in the mille miglia sports car race once again. The formula in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and cars must conform. F1 news, drivers, results formula 1 live online sky sports. This jaguar xk120 ots is keeping the spirit of clemente biondetti. If the championship is more important, the driver gets more points 3. F1, formula one, formula 1, fia formula one world championship, grand prix and related marks are trade marks of formula one licensing b. Clemente arrived at the race driving for the gruppo genovese san giorgio team, which used the popular maserati 8cm.

The osca pictured here is a oneoff sports coupe built for racing driver clemente biondetti some sources mention felice biondetti, with the help of zagato. Clemente soto velez, puerto rican poet and nationalist clemente juan rodriguez, argentine footballer clemente michelangelo susini, italian sculptor clemente russo, italian boxer clemente palma, peruvian fiction writer clemente biondetti, italian racing driver clemente mastella, italian politician bosch josepclemente gracia, spanish. By 1931 his performances, especially in talbots, had earned him a spot in grand prix motor racing as a works driver for maserati. Pablo birger 7 january 1924 9 march 1966 was an argentine racing driver who harry blanchard. He then won both the mille miglia and the targa florio for the next two. Driving a selfbuilt ferrarijaguar hybrid car, engine problems forced him out of the race thus he failed to score any championship points. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. Clemente biondetti 18981955 was an italian racing driver who earned his place in the motorsport history as a recordholder with four wins at the famous mille miglia race 1938, 1947, 1948 and 1949. Manage your f1 team to success by building good cars, developing good race strategies, hiring the right drivers and staff and planning for the future. The king of the mille miglia clemente biondetti was the man to beat in italian sports cars during the. Formula 2, ii gran premio dellautodromo di monza, italy. Born in sardinia but an adopted tuscan, his pursuit of racing success included episodes such as reputedly combining eight 500cc norton motorcycle engines with the goal of creating an eightcylinder engine. The information provided in this website is for general information purposes only. Oct 23, 2014 when jaguar went racing with its xk 120, biondetti was the only nonbrit given a factory car.

Aside from formula one, he was a very successful sportscar driver, notably winning the mille miglia four times and the targa florio twice. Gp racing stats is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the formula 1 companies. Clemente biondetti 18 august 1898 24 february 1955 was an italian auto racing driver. Media in category clemente biondetti the following 24 files are in this category, out of 24 total. Born into a workingclass family, biondetti raced motorcycles before. Sports car racing sport cars race cars motor sport auto racing road rally road racing vintage racing vintage cars start of the 1931 mille miglia. But when he was running second in the targa florio behind. Many of its first drivers already had careers that were the stuff of legend, none more so than clemente biondetti. Louise collins posing smiling at the wheel of the car driven by her husband and british racing driver peter collins at the. Clemente appeared at the reale premio roma in 1932, racing in the category 3 class, which was cars well over 2,000cc. Clemente biondetti born august 18, 1898 in budduso, sardinia.

Tazio nuvolaris cisitalia may have attracted the attention in the 1947 race but biondetti beat the maestro into second place for his finest victory. Despite the fairytale of biondetti and romano actually winning the race, tazio nuvolari, the darling of italian racing drivers, had led the event. Clemente biondetti driver profile grand prix racing online. View f1 statistics and a f1 career summary of clemente biondetti, including career stats, yearly summary, stats per grands prix and circuits, and more. Clemente was the only driver to win four mille miglia races. The race was broken up into two heats with a 15 lap final race. Here is ferrari 166s, on which clemente biondetti was participated in italian grand prix in 1950. Interested in any additional details, especially which 166 sc is was exactly cn, when in 1950 the conversion has been.

Driver clemente biondetti career statistics racing. Felice bonetto 9 june 1903 in manerbio, near brescia, italy 21 november 1953 in silao, mexico was a courageous racing driver who earned the nickname il pirata the pirate he was a road racing legend, who started racing in the 1930s, and enjoyed a brief formula one career, including a win in the nonchampionship grande premio do jubileu in 1953. Clemente biondetti 18981955 was an italian racing driver who earned his place in the motorsport history as a recordholder with four wins at mille miglia. Driving for ferrari, in the new ferrari 166mm, clemente and co driver salani, facedoff against 300 other entrants over the distance of 996 miles.

Formula 1 on sky sports get the latest f1 news, results, standings, videos and photos, plus watch live races in hd and read about top drivers. Born in budduso, sardinia, into a workingclass family, biondetti began his racing career in motorcycles in 1923 but in 1927. He had continued to race despite the illness but had to retire in 1954. The following year, the great italian won the combined tour of sicilytarga florio and the mille miglia again this time in a touringbodied barchetta 166 mm. The famous alfa romeo 8c 2900b leading the 1938 24 hours le mans. Biondetti ferrarijaguar special merged tnfs archive. In piloti che gente ef gives comment on many a driver and sums up an even larger group. The body no longer exists as the car was rebodied to be a spider. However, engine problems forced biondetti out of the race. His excellence turatti gives the starting signal for rudolf caracciola and his co driver wilhelm sebastian in a mercedesbenz sskl racing car. Clemente biondetti i all results racing sports cars. He racked up a pair of wins in the famed targa florio and won the. Formula one was built upon the legends and achievements of its earliest drivers. This jaguar xk120 ots is keeping the spirit of clemente.

This stocky, pipesmoking 50yearold became the fifth oldest driver to score world championship points when he finished fourth in the 1953 swiss grand prix. The clemente biondetti ferrari jaguar special formula one race car. Clemente biondetti was the only racer who ever won the thousand miles four times. Clemente biondetti racing career profile driver database. Biondetti is the sire of 2 dams of 1 named foals of racing age, 0 rnrs 0%, 0 wnrs 0%, 0 2yo wnrs 0%, 0. He died in a hospital ward, due to an incurable disease, that is the concise description that enzo ferrari left about biondetti. The strong point of the volume are the photographs many unpublished that originate. Clemente biondetti participated in one formula one world championship event, the 1950 italian grand prix. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Biondettis first race of 1934, the bordino grand prix, had clemente as one of 34 entrants. Rob walker racing team competed for the last time in 1970, entering a lotus 72 for driver graham hill, who was now 40 years old, and refused to retire. He also added two wins at targa florio 1948, 1949 to his account in grand prix racing, he raced a lot before the world war ii but also after the war, despite his late age, recording one. Biondetti didnt finish his heat race though as his mg speciale suffered clutch problems. He had a long and successful career, particularly in sportscars, winning more mille miglias than other driver, with triumphs in 1938, 1947, 1948 and 1949.

By the time the 1930s came biondetti had been driving talbots. A few years later, clemente started racing motorcycles but switched to cars toward the end of the decade. Biondetti ferrarijaguar special merged posted in tnfs archive. Siffert left the team at the end of 1969, having convinced by porsche racing manager rico steinemann to take a spot with march thereby keeping his star porsche driver out of ferraris clutches. Accidents count as a driver mistake,so the driver loses points when heshe has an accident,collision or spin. He raced this car during the 1950 italian grand prix, and also at the 1951 mille miglia. Clemente biondetti i 18 aug 1898 24 feb 1955 budduso, sardegna sardinia firenze florence after having started as motorcycle driver in 1923 biondetti turned to car racing in 1927. Felice bonetto 9 june 1903 in manerbio, near brescia, italy 21 november 1953 in silao, mexico was a courageous racing driver who earned the nickname il pirata the pirate. Sommer managed to get the car back to the pits and biondetti took off again. You need to be logged in to upload your clemente biondettis bio first off, its important to realize that biographies submitted to racing years are public documents, created by users who wish to participate.