Legends on the Grid - Tazio Nuvolari (documentary) HD 

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In what way was he crazy?

@@Deanyfromtheburgh in the sense that he drove over the edge, especially after his son died from illness

His legend inspired me a lot when I randomly ran across a video but the 1935 German grand prix I felt that one

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How wonderful. It is also a nice name. It was among the names we had chosen for my son.

Nuvola!

I went to the American High School in Ludwigsburg from 1961 until 1965 while my father was stationed there in the US Army. In the summers we did as much traveling as we could manage, in a VW Westphalia camper. We were able to visit many of the race courses of that time but also several that were from the pre-war era. One of things that really were apparent to me was the extremely dangerous conditions of many of the tracks. Granted, everything advances through evolution but the frequent fatal injuries of so many of the drivers in those early years made the determination of those competitors truly amazing.

At 5' 2", how much did his weight factor in his success?

@John Stauffer - Very little! He was blessed with driving skills other drivers just couldn't master. "The Flying Mantuan". The Japanese think they invented "drifting". They really owe it to Nuvolari who was first to realize its controlled use and benefits in racing.

Coincidentally my grandfather Ron Roycroft of New Zealand owned and raced Nouvolari's GP winning P3 Alfa for many years to great success in NZ and the late great Stirling Moss said that my grandfather Ron's skills and driving style was just like the Great Fangio. Sadly grandad didn't get on the world stage to become legendary like Nouvolari and Fangio but fortunately owned and raced some of histories finest motor cars not only the P3 but also including ex Gonzalez GP winning 375 Ferrari which was certainly a stable of pedigree race cars among a wonderful collection including his type 35a Bugatti and a Parry-Thomas special, just to name a few to be proud of. The latter two cars are still owned by our family.

Actually the orgainizers were appalled to confess nobody thought to carry the italian anthem for the podium ceremony. When they told Nuvolari he just smiled and showed a record from under his jacket "does not matter, you can use my own". Just like that. The man was a legend. And stop mocking the Alfa P3. Yes it was underpowered in compare with Benz and A.U., but it was much lighter and more nimble, and in fact it won. No driver can be faster than his car. Pay respect to the P3, undisputed winner of every GP for a decade. Auto Unions were notorious for killing their drivers because of sudden, unpredictable oversteering. It took Nuvolari, the perfect drifter, to help about wrong camber that made the car undrivable. Alfa Romeo in the '30ies "poor quality racing cars", poor quality your sister, maybe.

@@ilmaio - Sir, I absolutely was not mocking the iconic Alfa Romeo P3. I was simply saying that it, and all other GP cars of the time, was not as powerful or technologically advanced as the German GP cars. By the way, did you miss the part in this video where Tazio quit the Alfa Romeo Team in 1938 due to his frustration with the poor quality of their racing machines? I am well aware of the history of the P3 and the amazing capabilities of Vittorio Yano's exceptional engines. You need not extol the virtues of Tazio Nuvolari either, as I am well aware of his accomplishments in GP racing. He was clearly the finest driver of his time and was one of the very few who was capable of winning a race in a vehicle unsuitable for it! By most people's account he was the finest driver of his time, and likely one of the best ever. I really detest people who try and put words in my mouth that I never said! Nowhere in my comments did I ever say that Alfas were poor quality racing cars. I am 74 and have followed motor racing - road racing - for my entire life. Tazio is my favorite driver of his time and I had hoped to visit his museum in Mantua some day, but that is not likely now. I love Alfas of that time period too, having built 2, 1:8 (large scale) model kits: A 1931 8C - 2300 Monza and a 1932 Spider Touring Gran Sport. These kits were made by Pocher Model Cars of Torino and are primarily assembled with machine screws rather than glue, and have upwards of 2,000 individual parts. I am very proud of both of them. Today they are quite valuable as the family started company is out of business. An English company bought the rites to use the name Pocher so the name Pocher is still seen. The original kits were $150 - $250 back in the late 1960s and '70s. You will have to pay over $1,000 today, if you can find one. I hope that you have some respect now for my feelings about a wonderful race car as well as an incredibly talented driver. 🏆

Thank you! :)

Being aware of it, sometimes you need "an image" to tell the story. In case of Tazio, there were few images available. Long time ago ;) __ However, no problem for mentioning it. We all love facts. I tried to "trick the eye" , but failed! :D Thanks for watching anyway 8-) Cheers!

Tanks to You fo Your wonderfull movies. Another remark. After Mercedes retired, Caracciola drove for Alfa, he saw that Nuvolari was in trouble and let him won. So he was accepted in the Italan team.

You are right, Herr Schmidt. The resulting photo is perhaps the most iconic in motor sport history. I believe Hans Herrmann is still with us.

@@gernotschmidt7381 Really interesting

As we did with the other episodes ;) Thanks for the backup 8-)

Thank you! I found the music to be off putting to say the least. To the point that I can't watch the whole thing.

Infatti, sono d'accordo

@@koraljkapolacek9860 Cheers

Indoubtedlly better ! Like F.Porsche said, the best of the past, present and future !!!

Enzo Ferrari certainly thought so. Ferrari said during the early 1960s that the only driver he would compare to Nuvolari was Guy Moll.

in Inglese si scrive così ,lo facciamo anche noi potrebbero dirti London non Londra ,Paris non Parigi e così via...

Also: Milano (not Milan) and Torino (not Turin).

@John Madden Associates - I think you fail to realize this is the quality of video made in the 20s and 30s. There is so little of it, you don't have much choice. I've seen worse than this before.