History nuvolari - april | Tazio Nuvolari Museum

April, By Fabio Castagna, Head of Digital Bank, in collaboration with Giuseppe Pottocar, Director of the Tazio Nuvolari Museum.

For Tazio Nuvolari, was a month that always carried the taste of absolute challenge. Dusty roads, city circuits, mountains, and European straights: it was here that the “Flying Mantuan” carved out some of his most daring chapters, turning every start into a statement of courage and every finish into a testament of legend.

The April journey begins in the world of two wheels, when in the 1920s Nuvolari tackled Italian circuits with fierce competitive spirit. In 1923 he raced in Perugia, Crema, and Belfiore, a sequence that tells the story of a rider still in the making, yet already capable of asserting himself with disarming natural talent. It was a period when speed was not yet myth, but pure instinct.

But it is in moving to four wheels that April becomes synonymous with legend. In 1929, at the III Coppa delle Mille Miglia, Nuvolari secured one of the first great victories that would change the history of motorsport. It was the emergence of awareness: he was no longer just a talent, but an absolute benchmark on Italian roads.

The following year, in 1930, the IV Coppa delle Mille Miglia definitively confirmed his style: aggressive, unpredictable, intelligent. Every corner was a calculated risk, every straight a challenge to physics. And the public began to understand they were not witnessing a simple race, but the birth of a myth.

1932 brought one of the most iconic moments: the VI Coppa delle Mille Miglia, followed by victory at the Grand Prix de Monaco. It was the peak of Nuvolari’s versatility: from Italy’s dusty roads to Europe’s most technical circuits, his driving remained unmatched, almost instinctive, always a step beyond the limit.

In 1933, April became a double celebration: once again the Mille Miglia and then the prestigious Grand Prix de Monaco. It was the year his fame crossed national borders and became an international legend. There was no rival who did not fear him, no track that did not recognize him as a protagonist.

Even when time seemed to move beyond his prime, Nuvolari continued to deliver extraordinary performances. In 1938, at the Grand Prix de Pau, he proved that class does not fade: still competitive, still fierce, still alive as ever. And after the war, in 1947 at Sanremo, his name remained synonymous with absolute respect.

From 1923 to 1947, in the single month of April, Nuvolari contested more than twenty races across motorcycles and cars, achieving an impressive sequence of podiums and victories spanning three decades of motorsport evolution. But beyond the numbers, what remains is his mark: that of a driver who never raced merely to participate, but always to redefine the limits of what was possible.

April, for Nuvolari, was never just another month. It was the month in which speed learned to become legend.

13/04/24 Circuito Golfo del Tigullio

AUTO BIANCHI 18 Sport - 2000 cc BIANCHI

1� assoluto e 1� classe 2000

22/04/28 V Circuito di Alessandria - I Circuito Pietro Bordino

AUTO BUGATTI 35 C - 2000 cc Tazio Nuvolari

1� assoluto

13/04/29 III Coppa delle Mille Miglia

AUTO OM 665 Speciale - 2000 cc OM

12� assoluto e 9� classe 2000 (con Alfonso Greggio)

12/04/30 IV Coppa delle Mille Miglia

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 6C Gran Sport - 1750 cc Alfa Corse

1� assoluto e 1 classe 2000 (con Giovanni Battista Guidotti)

20/04/30 VII Circuito di Alessandria - III Circuito Pietro Bordino

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 6C Gran Sport - 1750 cc Alfa Corse

Ritirato al 1� giro (guasto alla lubrificazione)

11/04/31 V Coppa delle Mille Miglia

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C-2300 cc Alfa Corse

9� assoluto e 2� classe 3000

26/04/31 VIII Circuito di Alessandria - IV Circuito Pietro Bordino

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C-2300 cc Alfa Corse

Ritirato all'11� giro (guasto al differenziale)

09/04/32 VI Coppa delle Mille Miglia

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C MM Le Mans - 2300 cc Ferrari

ritirato a Firenze (incidente)-(con G.B.Guidotti)

17/04/32 IV Grand Prix de Monaco

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C Monza - 2300 cc Ferrari

1� assoluto

08/04/33 VII Coppa delle Mille Miglia

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C MM Le Mans - 2300 cc Ferrari

1� assoluto e 1� classe oltre 1500 (con Decimo Compagnoni)

23/04/33 V Grand Prix de Monaco

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C Monza - 2600 cc Siena

squalificato per aver spinto la vettura in seguito alla rottura del motore (99�giro)

30/04/33 IX Circuito di Alessandria - V Circuito Pietro Bordino

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C Monza - 2600 cc Siena

1� assoluto

02/04/34 VI Grand Prix de Monaco

AUTO BUGATTI 59 - 3000 cc BUGATTI

5� assoluto

07/04/34 VIII Coppa delle Mille Miglia

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C Monza - 2300 cc Ferrari

2� assoluto e 2� classe oltre 3000

22/04/34 X Circuito di Alessandria - VI Circuito Pietro Bordino

AUTO MASERATI 8 CM - 3000 cc Maserati Squadra Corse

Ritirato al 2� giro (incidente)

22/04/35 VII Grand Prix de Monaco

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8B P3 - 3200 cc Ferrari

ritirato

13/04/36 VIII Grand Prix de Monaco

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C - 3800 cc Ferrari

4� assoluto

15/04/37 II Circuito di Torino

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 12C - 4000 cc Ferrari

incidente in prova, non partito.

08/04/38 V Grand Prix de Pau

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 308 - 3000 cc Ferrari

incidente in prova, non partito.

13/04/47 II Circuito di San Remo

AUTO FIAT Sport Special Spelluzzi - 1100 cc

Ritirato al 10� giro (abbandono)

02/04/50 X Giro di Sicilia - XXXIV Targa Florio

AUTO ABARTH-CISITALIA 204 - 1100 cc Carlo Abarth

ritirato nelle fasi iniziali, nei pressi di Castelvetrano (rottura del cambio)

10/04/50 X Salita al Monte Pellegrino

AUTO ABARTH-CISITALIA 204 - 1100 cc Carlo Abarth

5� assoluto e 1� classe 1100 Sport

08/04/23 II Circuito di Perugia

MOTO NORTON M18 - 490 cc

ritirato (rottura molla di una valvola)

15/04/23 III Circuito di Crema

MOTO SAROLEA Supersport - 499 cc

ritirato (rottura di una valvola)

22/04/23 I Circuito di Belfiore

MOTO NORTON M18 - 490 cc

ritirato al 5� giro (guasto meccanico)

20/04/24 II Circuito di Belf�ore

MOTO NORTON M18 - 490 cc

1� assoluto e 1� classe 500

30/04/24 III Giro Motociclistico d'Italia