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Nuvolari was born in Castel d'Ario , Mantua. He was the fourth son of Arturo Nuvolari (a well off farmer and a known cyclist) and his wife Elisa Zorzi.
Nuvolari has been (and still is) admired for his many special qualities and his human characteristics.
He obtained the motorcycle race licence in 1915, when he was 23, but was soon recalled to the Army as a driver, when Italy entered WWI. In 1917, He married Carolina Perina, by a civil ceremony (quite a scandal for those times).
His career started with motorbikes and he had his first official race on June 20, 1920 in Cremona at the Circuito Internazionale Motoristico. He won his first race on March 20, 1921 in Verona.
He became a professional driver, and soon met Enzo FerrariEnzo Anselmo Ferrari ( February 18, 1898 August 14, 1988) was the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari racing team and subsequently of the Ferrari car manufacturer. Born in Modena, Italy, Ferrari he grew up with little formal education but a strong desire to r (still a driver and not yet the founder of FerrariFerrari is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and high-performance sports cars formed by Enzo Ferrari in 1929. At first, Scuderia Ferrari sponsored drivers and manufactured racecars; the company went into independent car production in 1946, eventually). Nuvolari quickly became very popular in Italy, where he was called "Il campionissimo delle due ruote", "the two wheeler Campionissimo" (the same title will be later given only to Fausto CoppiFausto Coppi ( September 15, 1919 in Castellania ( Province of Alessandria), Italy, January 2, 1960 in Tortona, Italy) was an Italian bicycle racer. Nicknamed Il Campionissimo ("champions of the champions"), he was one of the most successful and most popu, bicycle champion).
He begun testing himself in Grand Prix motor racingGrand Prix motor racing has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver. Innovation and the drive of competi and he won the prestigious Targa FlorioThe Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race held near Palermo, Sicily. The race was created in 1906 by the wealthy pioneer race driver and automobile enthusiast, Vincenzo Florio, who had started the "Coppa Florio" race in Brescia, Lombardy, in SicilySicily Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. 1 million inhabitants. Towns and Cities Sicily's principal cities include the regional capital Palermo, together with t. After that, he decided to dedicate himself only to cars. His fame grew rapidly and famous poet Gabriele D'AnnunzioGabriele D'Annunzio ( 12 March 1863 1 March 1938) was an Italian poet, dramatist, daredevil and war hero, who went on to have a controversial role in politics as a precursor of the fascist movement. Life Gabriele D'Annunzio was born in Pescara, the son of gave him a little golden turtle with dedication: "To the fastest man in the world, the slowest animal". He obtained victories on most of the Italian circuits and in the Mille Miglia. In 1932 he dominated Grand Prix motor racing, winning the Monaco, French and Italian Grand Prix events.
Personal misfortune (in a few years he lost both of his two sons) made people even more passionate about him. His determination led him, proverbially, to insist on racing even when the car was losing components, or burning, causing several accidents.
He died on August 11th, 1953, in his bed.
Ferdinand Porsche called him "The greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future."
In 1998, he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
Some of Tazio Nuvolari's major career victories:
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