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| caption           = Nuvolari at the Belgrade Grand Prix in 1939
| birth_name        = Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1892|11|16|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Castel d'Ario]], [[Lombardy]], Kingdom of Italy
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1953|08|11|1892|11|16|df=y}}
| death_place       = [[Mantua]], [[Lombardy]], Italy
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  | teams             = [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[Auto Union]]
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'''Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari''' ({{IPA|it|ˈtattsjo ˈdʒordʒo nuvoˈlaːri|lang}}; 16 November 1892 – 11 August 1953) was an Italian [[racing driver]]. He first raced [[Motorcycle racing|motorcycles]] and then concentrated on [[Sports car racing|sports cars]] and [[Grand Prix racing]]. Originally of [[Mantua]], he was nicknamed {{lang|it|il Mantovano Volante}} ("the Flying Mantuan") and {{lang|it|Nuvola}} ("Cloud"). His victories—72 major races, 150 in all{{sfn|Hilton|2003|page=10}}—included 24 [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grands Prix]], five [[Coppa Ciano]]s, two [[Mille Miglia]]s, two [[Targa Florio]]s, two [[RAC Tourist Trophy|RAC Tourist Trophies]], a [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans 24-hour race]], and a [[AIACR European Championship|European Championship]] in Grand Prix racing. [[Ferdinand Porsche]] called him "the greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.historicracing.com/top100.cfm?otdother=2&driverID=1353&selMonth=3& |title=Tazio 'Nivola' Nuvolari | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090616100546/http://www.historicracing.com/top100.cfm?otdother=2&driverID=1353&selMonth=3& | archive-date = 16 June 2009 | work=Top 100}}</ref>

==Biography==
Nuvolari started [[Motorcycle sport|racing motorcycles]] in 1920 at the age of 27, winning the 1925 [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing European Champions|350cc European Championship]]. Having raced cars as well as motorcycles from 1925 until 1930, he then concentrated on cars, and won the 1932 European Championship with the [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] factory team, [[Alfa Corse]].

After Alfa Romeo officially withdrew from Grand Prix racing, Nuvolari drove for [[Scuderia Ferrari]]. The team was owned by [[Enzo Ferrari]], who ran the Alfa Romeo cars semi-officially. In 1933, Nuvolari won Le Mans in an Alfa Romeo as a member of Ferrari's team, and a month later won the Belgian Grand Prix in a works [[Maserati 8CM|Maserati]], having switched teams a week before the race.{{sfn|Hilton|2003|page=111}} [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]] helped persuade Ferrari to take Nuvolari back for 1935, and in that year he won the [[1935 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]] in Ferrari's outdated [[Alfa Romeo P3|Alfa Romeo]], defeating more powerful rivals from [[Mercedes-Benz W25|Mercedes-Benz]] and [[Auto Union racing car|Auto Union]]. It was the only time a non-German car won a European Championship race from 1935 to 1939.

The relationship with Ferrari deteriorated during 1937, and Nuvolari raced an Auto Union in that year's [[Swiss Grand Prix]]. He rejoined the Auto Union team for the 1938 season and stayed with them through 1939 until Grand Prix racing was put on hiatus by [[World War II]]. The only major European race he never won was the [[Czechoslovakian Grand Prix]].

When Nuvolari resumed racing after the war he was 54 and in poor health. In his final appearance in competition, driving a [[Cisitalia|Cisitalia-Abarth Tipo 204A]] at a [[Palermo]] hillclimb on 10 April 1950, he won his class and placed fifth overall. He died in 1953 from a stroke.

==Personal and early life==
Nuvolari was born in [[Castel d'Ario]], near [[Mantua]], on 16 November 1892 to [[Arturo Nuvolari]] and his wife Elisa Zorzi.<ref name="officialsite_bio_1">{{cite web |url=http://www.tazionuvolari.it/eng/biografia.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722055337/http://www.tazionuvolari.it/eng/biografia.html |archive-date=22 July 2011 |title=The years from 1892 to 1929 |access-date=6 June 2009 |last=Cancellieri |first=Gianni |publisher=Tazio Nuvolari - The Official Site}}</ref> The family was well acquainted with motor racing, as Arturo and his brother [[Giuseppe Nuvolari (cyclist)|Giuseppe]] were both bicycle racers—Giuseppe was a multiple winner of the Italian national championship and was particularly admired by a young Tazio.<ref name="officialsite_bio_1" />

Nuvolari was married to Carolina Perina, and together they had two children: Giorgio (born 4 September 1918), who died in 1937 aged 19 from [[myocarditis]],<ref name="officialsite_bio_2">{{cite web |url=http://www.tazionuvolari.it/eng/biografia2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722055403/http://www.tazionuvolari.it/eng/biografia2.html |archive-date=22 July 2011 |title=The years from 1930 to 1953 |access-date=6 June 2009 |last=Cancellieri |first=Gianni |publisher=Tazio Nuvolari - The Official Site}}</ref> and Alberto, who died in 1946 aged 18 from [[nephritis]].<ref name="nivola_intl_1">{{cite web |url=http://www.nivola.org/nuv1e.asp |title=Life of Tazio Nuvolari |access-date=18 April 2007 |publisher=Nivola International |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313055515/http://www.nivola.org/nuv1e.asp |archive-date=13 March 2007}}</ref>

==Racing career==

===Motorcycle racing===
Nuvolari obtained his license for motorcycle racing in 1915 at the age of 23.<ref name="officialsite_bio_1" /> He served in the Italian army as an ambulance driver in [[World War I]], and in 1920{{sfn|Hilton|2003|page=24}} took part in his first motorcycle race at the Circuito Internazionale Motoristico in [[Cremona]]<ref name="officialsite_bio_1" /> but did not finish.{{sfn|Hilton|2003|page=254}} He also raced cars, winning the Coppa Verona reliability trial in 1921.{{sfn|Hilton|2003|page=254}}

In 1925 he became the 350&nbsp;cc European Motorcycling champion by winning the European Grand Prix. At the time, the European Grand Prix was considered the most important race of the motorcycling season and the winners in each category were designated ''European Champions''.<ref name="racing_memory_1925">{{cite web |url=http://racingmemo.free.fr/M%20HISTOIRE/M-HIST%201925.htm |title=History of the motorcycle race: 1925 |access-date=18 April 2007|publisher=Racing Memory|language=fr}}</ref> He won the [[Nations Grand Prix]] four times between 1925 and 1928,<ref name="racing_memory_nations">{{cite web |url=http://racingmemo.free.fr/M%20GRAND%20PRIX/MGP-PALM-ITA.htm |title=History of the Nations Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix |access-date=18 April 2007|publisher=Racing Memory|language=fr}}</ref> and the Lario Circuit race five times between 1925 and 1929, all in the 350&nbsp;cc class on a [[Bianchi (motorcycles)|Bianchi]] motorcycle.<ref name="racing_memory_lario">{{cite web |url=http://racingmemo.free.fr/M%20COURSES%20INTER/MOTO%20LARIO.htm |title=Il Circuito del Lario |access-date=20 August 2007|publisher=Racing Memory|language=fr}}</ref>

It was also in 1925 that [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]], seeking a driver to replace [[Antonio Ascari]], who had been killed in the [[French Grand Prix]] in July, tested Nuvolari in their Grand Prix car with a view to running him in the [[Italian Grand Prix]] in September. He crashed when the gearbox seized,{{sfn|Walker|Taylor|2001|pages=17-20}} and severely [[wound|lacerated]] his back.{{sfn|Pritchard|1998|page=60}} He was not picked for the team. Six days later, in bandages, with a cushion strapped to his stomach, and lifted onto his motorcycle by Bianchi mechanics for a push-start, he won the rain-soaked Nations Grand Prix at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]].{{sfn|Hilton|2003|page=27}}{{sfn|Walker|Taylor|2001|pages=17-20}}

===Auto racing===

====1930–1932: Alfa Corse====
{{See also|Alfa Corse}}

'''1930'''

[[File:Piloti Alfa Romeo 3.JPG|thumb|Nuvolari (fifth from left), with other Alfa Romeo drivers and [[Enzo Ferrari]]]]
[[File:Nuvolariconsuma.jpg|thumb|Nuvolari racing an [[Alfa Romeo 6C]] 1750GS in the 1930 [[Coppa della Consuma]]]]

In 1930, Nuvolari won his first [[RAC Tourist Trophy]] (he won again in 1933). Motor racing legend has it that when one of the drivers broke the window of a butcher's shop, Nuvolari drove onto the pavement and tried to grab a ham as he passed.{{sfn|Skořepa|1980|page=191}} According to [[S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis|Sammy Davis]] who met him there, Nuvolari enjoyed dark humour and situations when everything went wrong. For example, after he got a ticket for a journey home from the [[Sicilia]]n [[Targa Florio]] he said to [[Enzo Ferrari]], "What a strange businessman you are. What if I am brought back in a coffin?".

Nuvolari and co-driver [[Battista Guidotti]] won the [[Mille Miglia]] in a [[Zagato]]-bodied [[Alfa Romeo 6C]] 1750 GS, becoming the first to complete the race at an average of over {{convert|100|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}}. At night, leading on elapsed time but still lying behind his teammate [[Achille Varzi]] on the road because he had started after him, he tailed Varzi at speeds of up to {{convert|150|km/h|mi/h|0|abbr=on}} with his headlights switched off, so that he could not be seen in the other car's rear-view mirrors. He eventually switched them on to overtake "the shocked"{{sfn|Skořepa|1980|page=191}} Varzi near the finish at [[Brescia]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/mille_miglia_1930.htm | title = Mille Miglia 1930 | work = Grand Prix Racing | access-date = 20 November 2015 | archive-date = 4 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110504164727/http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/mille_miglia_1930.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>

'''1931'''

Towards the end of 1930, Nuvolari decided to stop racing motorcycles and concentrate fully on cars for 1931.{{sfn|Walker|Taylor|2001|pages=17-20}} Regulations for the [[1931 Grand Prix season|season]] required Grand Prix races to be at least 10&nbsp;hours long.{{sfn|Pritchard|1998|page=47}} For the [[1931 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]], Nuvolari was to share an [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport|Alfa Romeo]] with [[Baconin Borzacchini]]. The car started from ninth place on the grid, and when it retired with mechanical problems after 33 laps Nuvolari teamed up with [[Giuseppe Campari]]. The pair took the race win,<ref name="racingdb1">{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-database.com/Race.asp?GP=IX%20Gran%20Premio%20d%B4Italia|title=IX Gran Premio d´Italia|access-date=8 May 2007|publisher=Racing Database|archive-date=29 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929014135/http://www.racing-database.com/Race.asp?GP=IX%20Gran%20Premio%20d%B4Italia|url-status=dead}}</ref> although Nuvolari could not receive the championship points. Apart from the [[1931 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]], where he came second, the only other [[European Championship (auto racing)|European Championship]] race was the [[1931 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]], where he finished 11th. The same year, he won both the [[Coppa Ciano]] at [[Livorno]] and the arduous [[Targa Florio]], which was run on the 92-mile (146 km) ''Grande'' variant of the super-twisty course that year.

'''1932'''

[[File:Tazio Nuvolari at the 1932 French Grand Prix.jpg|thumb|Nuvolari after winning the [[1932 French Grand Prix]]]]

For [[1932 Grand Prix season|1932]], Grands Prix had to be between five and ten hours long. It was the only season in which Nuvolari regularly drove one of the fastest cars, the [[Alfa Romeo P3]],{{sfn|Pritchard|1998|page=60}} and he took two wins and a second place from the three European Championship Grands Prix, plus victory in the championship by four points from Borzacchini. He achieved four other race wins that year, including the prestigious [[Monaco Grand Prix]] and a second [[Targa Florio]]. Of the latter, his mechanic Mabelli said: "Before the start, Nuvolari told me to go down on the floor of the car every time he shouts, which was a signal that he went to a curve too fast and that we need to lower the car's [[center of mass]]. I spent the whole race on the floor. Nuvolari started to shout in the first curve and wouldn't stop until the last one."

On 28 April 1932 the writer [[Gabriele d'Annunzio]] gave him a golden tortoise badge. Thereafter Nuvolari wore it as a talisman, and it became famously associated with him, along with his initialled yellow jumper.

====1933–1937: Scuderia Ferrari and Maserati====
{{See also|Scuderia Ferrari|Maserati in motorsport}}
{{quote box|quote="Tazio Nuvolari was not simply a racing driver. To Italy he became an idol, a demi-god, a legend, epitomising all that young Italy aspired to be; the man who 'did the impossible', not once but habitually, the David who slew the Goliaths in the great sport of motor racing. He was Il Maestro."|source=Cyril Posthumus{{sfn|Pritchard|1998|page=59}}|width=21%|align=right}}

'''1933'''

The [[1933 Grand Prix season|1933 season]] began a two-year hiatus in the European Championship, and although Alfa Romeo ceased official involvement in Grands Prix their cars continued racing with [[Enzo Ferrari]]'s [[Privateer (motorsport)|privateer]] team. For economic reasons, the P3 was not passed on to Ferrari so they used its predecessor, the Monza.{{sfn|Pritchard|1998|page=49}} Maserati, with a much-improved car, provided the main opposition.

It has been alleged that Nuvolari was involved in a race-fixing scandal at the [[Tripoli Grand Prix]]. The story is that he conspired with [[Achille Varzi]] and [[Baconin Borzacchini]] to fix the race in order to profit from the Libyan state lottery, in which 30 tickets were drawn before the race—one for each starter—and the holder of the ticket corresponding to the victorious driver won 7.5 million lire.{{sfn|Tibballs|2004|pages=103–106}} Others say the allegation was unfounded and that it originated with [[Alfred Neubauer]], the [[Mercedes-Benz]] team manager at the time, who was well known as a [[raconteur]] with a penchant for spicing up a story.<ref name="goldenage-tripoli">{{cite web|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/trip33.htm |title=Tripoli 1933: A hard look at the legend |access-date=31 May 2007 |publisher=The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing |first1=H. Donald |last1=Capps |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611140122/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/trip33.htm |archive-date=11 June 2007 }}</ref> Neubauer's version does not altogether hold true with documented records of events, which indicate that Nuvolari, Varzi, and [[Baconin Borzacchini|Borzacchini]] agreed to pool the prize money should one of them win.<ref name="goldenage-tripoli" />

For the [[1933 24 Hours of Le Mans]], Alfa Romeo teamed Nuvolari with [[Raymond Sommer]].{{sfn|Tibballs|2004|pages=107–109}} Sommer asked to drive the majority of the race as he was more familiar with the circuit and thought Nuvolari would probably break the car.{{sfn|Tibballs|2004|pages=103–106}} When Nuvolari countered that he was a leading Grand Prix driver and Le Mans was a simple layout that would not trouble him, they agreed to divide the driving equally.{{sfn|Tibballs|2004|pages=103–106}} In the race, they built a two-lap lead before a leaking fuel tank forced them to stop at the pits, where the leak was plugged by chewing gum.{{sfn|Tibballs|2004|pages=103–106}} More stops were necessary as the makeshift repair came undone several times.{{sfn|Tibballs|2004|pages=103–106}} Nuvolari, driving through to the end of the race, broke the lap record nine times and won by approximately {{convert|400|yd|m}}.{{sfn|Tibballs|2004|pages=103–106}}

'''1934'''

{{quote box|quote="Let any who say it was foolhardy at least be honest and admit it was one of the finest exhibitions of pluck and grit ever seen. By such men are victories won!"|source=[[Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe|Earl Howe]], on Nuvolari racing in the 1934 AVUS-Rennen with a broken leg in a plaster cast{{sfn|Pritchard|1998|page=60}}|width=21%|align=right}}

[[File:Dreyfus and Nuvolari at the 1935 Grand Prix de Pau.jpg|thumb|right|Nuvolari driving an Alfa Romeo P3 in the 1935 Grand Prix de Pau]]
[[File:Tazio Nuvolari after victory at the 1935 Grand Prix de Pau.jpg|thumb|Nuvolari after winning the 1935 Grand Prix de Pau]]

In April 1934 Nuvolari entered the [[Monaco Grand Prix]] in a privately owned [[Bugatti]] and worked up to third place before brake problems forced him back to fifth at the finish, two laps behind the winner, [[Guy Moll]].<ref name="goldenage-1934-2">{{cite web |url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp341.htm#3 |title=VI Grand Prix de Monaco |access-date=20 August 2007 |publisher=The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing |first1=Leif |last1=Snellman |first2=Felix |last2=Muelas |archive-date=18 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218155736/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp341.htm#3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Racing in heavy rain at [[Alessandria]] in the ''Circuito di [[Pietro Bordino]]'' race, he crashed and broke a leg: balked by [[Carlo Felice Trossi|Trossi]]'s [[Alfa Romeo P3]], he lost control of his privately entered [[Maserati 8CM]], which skidded, rolled, and hit a tree.{{sfn|Hilton|2003|page=128}} Bored in hospital, he decided to enter the [[AVUS|AVUS-Rennen]] just over four weeks later.{{sfn|Pritchard|1998|page=60}} As his left leg was too badly injured to operate the clutch, his Maserati was modified for him to work the pedals with his right foot.{{sfn|Hilton|2003|page=261}} Troubled by [[cramp]], he finished fifth.{{sfn|Pritchard|1998|page=60}}

By the time of the [[Penya Rhin Grand Prix]] in late June, Nuvolari's leg was finally out of plaster but still painful. He retired his Maserati with technical problems.<ref name="goldenage-1934-3">{{cite web |url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp342.htm#18 |title=V° Gran Premio de Penya Rhin |access-date=20 August 2007 |publisher=The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing |first1=Leif |last1=Snellman |first2=Felix |last2=Muelas |archive-date=20 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620105040/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp342.htm#18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[Italian Grand Prix]], he debuted Maserati's new 6C-34 model. It performed poorly and Nuvolari could finish only fifth, three laps behind the [[Mercedes-Benz W25]]s of [[Rudolf Caracciola|Caracciola]] and [[Luigi Fagioli|Fagioli]], and also trailing the [[Auto Union racing car|Auto Union As]] of [[Hans Stuck|Stuck]] and Leiningen, and the [[Alfa Romeo P3]]s of [[Carlo Felice Trossi|Trossi]], [[Gianfranco Comotti|Comotti]], and [[Louis Chiron|Chiron]].<ref name="goldenage-1934-4">{{cite web |url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp345.htm#35 |title=XII° Gran Premio d'Italia |access-date=20 August 2007 |publisher=The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing |first1=Leif |last1=Snellman |first2=Felix |last2=Muelas |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202403/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/gp345.htm#35 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the end of September, he finished third in the [[Czechoslovakian Grand Prix]] ([[Masaryk Circuit]]), behind Caracciola and Stuck.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://auto.idnes.cz/maserati-6c-34-praha-033-/auto_ojetiny.aspx?c=A140425_161813_auto_ojetiny_fdv |title=Autofotka týdne: Vzácné maserati bylo na pár dnů v Praze |date=27 April 2014 |language=cs|work=Zdroj |access-date=20 November 2015}}</ref>

'''1935'''

For [[1935 Grand Prix season|1935]], Nuvolari set his sights on a drive with the German [[Auto Union]] team.{{sfn|Rendall|1995|page=140}} It lacked top-line drivers but relented to pressure from [[Achille Varzi]], which did not want Nuvolari in the team.{{sfn|Rendall|1995|page=140}} Nuvolari then approached Enzo Ferrari, who at first rebuffed him as he had previously walked out on the team.{{sfn|Rendall|1995|page=140}} Italy's prime minister [[Benito Mussolini|Mussolini]] helped persuade Ferrari to take Nuvolari back.{{sfn|Rendall|1995|page=140}}

This was the year that Nuvolari achieved 'The Impossible Victory',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nivola.org/nuv2e.asp#germ35 |title=One against all |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104024104/http://www.nivola.org/nuv2e.asp |archive-date=4 November 2014 }}</ref> which many regard as the greatest win in all of motor racing history:{{sfn|Skořepa|1980|page=191}}<ref name="alfalegend.com">{{cite web|url=http://alfalegend.com/nuvolari_page.htm |title=Alfa legend |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229084545/http://alfalegend.com/nuvolari_page.htm |archive-date=29 December 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/nuvo_bio.htm | title = Nuvolari | work = Grand Prix History | access-date = 13 February 2005 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050206004123/http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/nuvo_bio.htm | archive-date = 6 February 2005 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="speedace.info">{{cite web | url = http://www.speedace.info/grand_prix_history.htm | title = The Greatest Victory of all time |work=Grand Prix History}}</ref> driving an outclassed Alfa Romeo P3 (3167&nbsp;cc, supercharged, 265&nbsp;hp) in the [[1935 German Grand Prix|German Grand Prix]] at the [[Nürburgring]], he beat all the dominant German cars—five [[Mercedes-Benz W25]]s (3990&nbsp;cc, 8C, supercharged, {{convert|375|HP|abbr=on}} driven by Caracciola, Fagioli, [[Hermann Lang|Lang]], [[Manfred von Brauchitsch|von Brauchitsch]], and Geyer), and four [[Auto Union racing car|Auto Union Bs]] (4950&nbsp;cc, 16C, supercharged, {{convert|375|hp|abbr=on}} driven by [[Bernd Rosemeyer|Rosemeyer]], Varzi, [[Hans Stuck|Stuck]], and [[Paul Pietsch|Pietsch]]). The crowd of 300,000 applauded Nuvolari, but the representatives of [[Nazi Germany]] were enraged.<ref name="speedace.info"/>

'''1936'''

Nuvolari had a big accident in May during practice for the Tripoli Grand Prix and it is alleged that he broke some vertebrae. Despite a limp, he took part in the race the following day and finished eighth.<ref name="alfalegend.com"/> In October, he traveled to the U.S. for the [[AAA Contest Board|American Automobile Association]] (AAA) sanctioned [[1936 Vanderbilt Cup|Vanderbilt Cup]]. Starting eighth, Nuvolari took the lead from [[Antonio Brivio]] on the second lap of the 75-lap event, leading from then until the finish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1936 George Vanderbilt Cup |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/races/193604.htm |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=www.champcarstats.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tazio Nuvolari |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/NuvolariTazio.htm |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=www.champcarstats.com}}</ref>

'''1937'''

At the beginning of [[1937 Grand Prix season|1937]], Alfa Romeo took its works team back from Ferrari and entered it as part of the [[Alfa Corse]] team.{{sfn|Rendall|1995|page=146}} Nuvolari stayed with Alfa Romeo despite becoming increasingly frustrated with the poor build quality of its racing cars.{{sfn|Rendall|1995|page=149}}

At the [[Coppa Acerbo]], Alfa Romeo's new 12C-37 car proved to be slow and unreliable. Frustrated, Nuvolari handed his car over to [[Giuseppe Farina]] mid-race. Not wanting to leave Alfa Romeo, he drove an Auto Union in the Swiss Grand Prix as a one-off. After the [[1937 Italian Grand Prix|Italian Grand Prix]], Alfa Romeo withdrew from racing for the remainder of the season and dismissed [[Vittorio Jano]], its chief designer.{{sfn|Rendall|1995|page=149}}

====1938–1939: Auto Union====
{{See also|Auto Union}}

'''1938'''

Although Nuvolari started [[1938 Grand Prix season|1938]] as an Alfa Romeo driver, a split fuel tank in the first race of the season at [[Pau Grand Prix|Pau]] was enough for him to walk out on the team, critical of the poor workmanship that was exhibited. He announced his retirement from Grand Prix racing and took a holiday in America. At the same time, Auto Union was having to rely on inexperienced drivers. Following the [[Tripoli Grand Prix]] they contacted Nuvolari who, having been refreshed from his break, agreed to drive for the highly successful German team, who were running radical mid-engined cars.{{sfn|Rendall|1995|page=153}} Nuvolari found further success with Auto Union; now driving a faster and more reliable car that enabled him to compete for victories and the European Championship, Nuvolari won his home Grand Prix at Monza and won the Donington Grand Prix in England.

'''1939'''

In [[1939 Grand Prix season|1939]] he won [[Belgrade]] Grand Prix which was held on 3 September 1939, the last one before outbreak of [[World War II]].<ref name="Belgrade">{{Cite web|url=http://cfm.globalf1.net/?page_id=104 |title=Motorsport and WWII - The 1939 Belgrade Grand Prix |access-date=18 November 2012 |first1=Scott |last1=Russell |work=globalf1.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718182323/http://cfm.globalf1.net/?page_id=104 |archive-date=18 July 2007 }}</ref>

==Post-war racing==
[[File:Nuvolari steering wheel Cisitalia D46.jpg|thumb|Steering wheel adrift on his Cisitalia D46, Nuvolari finishes 13th in the 1946 Coppa Brezzi.]]
In 1946 Nuvolari took part in thirteen races, winning the Grand Prix of Albi in a [[Maserati 4CL]], finishing 4th in the Grand Prix of Nations and 13th in the Coppa Brezzi, and retiring from the others.{{sfn|Hilton|2003|page=261}} It was noted that when he raced at Milan in September, he steered with mostly one hand; the other held a bloodstained handkerchief over his mouth.{{sfn|Walker|Taylor|2001|pages=17-20}}

Through 1947 and 1948 he raced eleven times, winning twice. He finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th, and retired from the remaining five races. His Maserati did not qualify for the 1949 Marseilles Grand Prix.{{sfn|Hilton|2003|page=261}} Battered by health problems as well as the loss of his two sons, Nuvolari was nevertheless persuaded by Enzo Ferrari to race in the 1948 edition of the Mille Miglia. Paired with mechanic Sergio Scapinelli, Nuvolari took the lead in the early stages of the race. He was eventually forced to retire the car in [[Reggio Emilia]] when he had a 27-minutes lead.<ref>[https://www.motoremotion.it/2018/05/01/nuvolari-e-lultima-mille-miglia/ Nuvolari e l’ultima Mille Miglia] ''tr. "Nuvolari and the last Mille Miglia "'' 1 May 2018, ''www.motoremotion.it'', accessed 9 April 2021</ref> 

His last appearance in competition was at the Palermo-Montepellegrino hillclimb on 10 April 1950, driving a [[Squadra Abarth]] [[Abarth Cisitalia 204A|Cisitalia-Abarth 204]]. He won his class and finished fifth overall.<ref name="officialsite_bio_2" />

==Death and legacy==
[[File:Castel D'Ario 9.4.2010 02.jpg|thumb|Statue of Nuvolari in Castel d'Ario]]
{{quote box|quote="…there will never be another Nuvolari and I shall always think of him as incomparable, the greatest of them all."|source=From editor John Cooper's Nuvolari obituary in ''The Autocar'', 21 August 1953{{sfn|Hilton|2003|page=238}}|width=21%|align=right}}

Nuvolari never formally announced his retirement, but his health deteriorated and he became increasingly solitary.<ref name="officialsite_bio_2" /> In 1952 a stroke left him partially paralysed, and he died in bed a year later from a second one.<ref name="time_obit">{{cite magazine | date = 24 August 1953 | title = The Last Race | magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,818755-1,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071231000005/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,818755-1,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 31 December 2007 | access-date = 18 April 2007}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Between 25,000 and 55,000 people, at least half the population of Mantua, attended his funeral{{sfn|Pritchard|1998|page=59}} in a mile-long procession, with the coffin placed on a car chassis that was pushed by [[Alberto Ascari]], [[Luigi Villoresi]], and [[Juan Manuel Fangio]].<ref name="time_obit" /> He is buried in the family tomb in the Cimitero Degli Angeli, on the road from Mantua to Cremona. The inscription over the door reads: {{langnf|it|Correrai Ancor Più Veloce Per Le Vie Del Cielo|You will race even faster along the roads of heaven}}.<ref name=Widdows>{{cite web |url=http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/halloffame/tazio-nuvolari/on-the-trail-of-tazio |title=On the trail of Tazio |last=Widdows |first=Rob |website=Motorsportmagazine.com |publisher=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]] |date=February 2010 |access-date=16 April 2014}}</ref>

The Museum Tazio Nuvolari is located in his homestead at Giulia Romano via N. Sauro in Mantua.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tazionuvolari.it/en/  |title=Museum Taxio Nuvolari |publisher=Museum Taxio Nuvolari |access-date=20 November 2015}}</ref>

In Castel d'Ario there is a bronze statue of Nuvolari on a marble plinth inscribed ''Nivola – Campione Automobilistico di Tutti Tempi'' (Nivola – Champion Driver of All Time); and at the end of Mantua's Via delle Rimembranze, the street where he lived towards the end of his life, is a square that is now called Piazza Nuvolari.<ref name=Widdows />

The [[Cisitalia|Cisitalia 202 SMM Nuvolari Spider]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.supercars.net/cars/2989.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140416224234/http://www.supercars.net/cars/2989.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2014 |title=1948 Cisitalia 202 SMM Nuvolari Spider |last=Owen |first=Richard |website=Supercars.net |publisher=Supercars.net Publishing |access-date=16 April 2014 }}</ref> [[EAM Nuvolari S1]], and [[Audi Nuvolari Quattro]] are named after him,<ref name="audiworld">{{cite web |url=http://www.audiworld.com/news/03/geneva/nuvolari/content.shtml |title=Vision of the GT of the Future: Audi Nuvolari quattro |access-date=31 May 2007 |date=4 March 2003 |publisher=AudiWorld}}</ref> and Maserati offers the colour Grigio-Nuvolari from their custom palette.

Nuvolari was an early exponent (if not the inventor, according to Enzo Ferrari) of the four-wheel drift cornering technique which was later utilised by drivers such as [[Stirling Moss]].{{sfn|Skořepa|1980|page=191}}

An [[Nuvolari (TV channel)|Italian pay-TV channel]] featuring motor sports is also named "Nuvolari".

The online video interview platform ''Tazio'' is named after him.

In the 1961 ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' episode, "[[A Game of Pool (1961)|A Game of Pool]]", Tazio Nuvolari is referenced by [[Jonathan Winters]] (Fats Brown) when talking to [[Jack Klugman]] (Jessie Cardiff) about great men in history.

Nuvolari was mentioned in 1969 comedy film ''[[Monte Carlo or Bust!]]'' when Angelo Pincilli and Marcelo Agosti, two Italian policemen taking part in the Monte Carlo Rally, hope to become as famous as Nuvolari and land speed record holder [[Malcolm Campbell]] by winning the race.

The 1976 album ''[[Automobili]]'' by Italian singer-songwriter [[Lucio Dalla]], included the song "Nuvolari", with lyrics by poet [[Roberto Roversi]].

A [[6 Metre|Six Metre]] racing yacht built in the 1978 for Luca and Tony Bassani was named Nuvolari in honour of the racing driver. That yacht was restored in 2016 and currently races in Victoria, BC.

==Motorsports career results==

===Notable victories===
*
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Year
! Location
! Vehicle
|-
! 1924
| [[Ravenna|Savio Circuit]]
| [[Chiribiri|Chiribiri Monza (1.5 litre)]]
|-
! 1924
| [[Padua|Polesine Circuit]]
| [[Chiribiri|Chiribiri Monza (1.5 litre)]]
|-
! 1924
| [[Lavagna|Tigullio Circuit]]
| [[Bianchi (motorcycles)|Bianchi 20 (2 litre)]]
|-
! 1927
| [[Rome Grand Prix]]
| [[Bugatti T35]]
|-
! 1927
| [[Garda Circuit]]
| [[Bugatti T35]]C
|-
! 1928
| [[Tripoli Grand Prix]]
| [[Bugatti T35]]C
|-
! 1928
| [[Pozzo Circuit]]
| [[Bugatti T35]]C
|-
! 1928
| [[Alessandria Circuit]]
| [[Bugatti T35]]
|-
! 1930
| [[Mille Miglia]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 6C|Alfa Romeo 6C 1750]]
|-
! 1931
| [[Targa Florio]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza]]
|-
! 1931
| [[Coppa Ciano]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza]]
|-
! 1932
| [[Monaco Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza]]
|-
! 1932
| [[Targa Florio]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza]]
|-
! 1932
| [[Italian Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo P3|Alfa Romeo Type B/P3]]
|-
! 1932
| [[French Grand Prix|Grand Prix de L'A.C.F]]
| [[Alfa Romeo P3|Alfa Romeo Type B/P3]]
|-
! 1932
| [[Coppa Ciano]]
| [[Alfa Romeo P3|Alfa Romeo Type B/P3]]
|-
! 1932
| [[Coppa Acerbo]]
| [[Alfa Romeo P3|Alfa Romeo Type B/P3]]
|-
! 1933
| [[Tunis Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza]]
|-
! 1933
| [[Alessandria]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza]]
|-
! 1933
| [[Eifelrennen]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza]]
|-
! 1933
| [[Nîmes Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza]]
|-
! 1933
| [[Belgian Grand Prix]]
| [[Maserati 8CM]]
|-
! 1933
| [[Coppa Ciano]]
| [[Maserati 8CM]]
|-
! 1933
| [[Nice Grand Prix]]
| [[Maserati 8CM]]
|-
! 1933
| [[RAC Tourist Trophy]], [[Dundonald, County Down#Sport|Ards]]
| [[MG K3|MG K3 Magnette]]
|-
! 1933
| [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza]]
|-
! 1933
| [[Mille Miglia]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza]]
|-
! 1934
| [[Modena Grand Prix]]
| [[Maserati|Maserati 6C 34]]
|-
! 1934
| [[Naples Grand Prix]]
| [[Maserati|Maserati 6C 34]]
|-
! 1935
| [[Pau Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo P3|Alfa Romeo Type B/P3]]
|-
! 1935
| [[Bergamo Circuit]]
| [[Alfa Romeo P3|Alfa Romeo Type B/P3]]
|-
! 1935
| [[Biella Circuit]]
| [[Alfa Romeo P3|Alfa Romeo Type B/P3]]
|-
! 1935
| [[Turin Circuit]]
| [[Alfa Romeo P3|Alfa Romeo Type B/P3]]
|-
! 1935
| [[German Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo P3|Alfa Romeo Type B/P3]]
|-
! 1935
| [[Coppa Ciano]]
| [[Alfa Romeo P3|Alfa Romeo Type B/P3]]
|-
! 1935
| [[Nice Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo P3|Alfa Romeo Type B/P3]]
|-
! 1935
| [[Modena Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C-35]]
|-
! 1936
| [[Penya Rhin Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 12C|Alfa Romeo 12C-36]]
|-
! 1936
| [[Hungarian Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C-35]]
|-
! 1936
| [[Milan Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 12C|Alfa Romeo 12C-36]]
|-
! 1936
| [[Coppa Ciano]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 8C|Alfa Romeo 8C-35]]
|-
! 1936
| [[Modena Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 12C|Alfa Romeo 12C-36]]
|-
! 1936
| [[Vanderbilt Cup]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 12C|Alfa Romeo 12C-36]]
|-
! 1937
| [[Milan Grand Prix]]
| [[Alfa Romeo 12C|Alfa Romeo 12C-36]]
|-
! 1938
| [[Italian Grand Prix]]
|| [[Auto Union|Auto Union Type D]]
|-
! 1938
| [[Donington Grand Prix]]
| [[Auto Union|Auto Union Type D]]
|-
! 1939
| [[Belgrade Grand Prix]]
| [[Auto Union|Auto Union Type D]]
|-
! 1946
| [[Albi Grand Prix]]
| [[Maserati 4CL and 4CLT|Maserati 4CL]]
|-
! 1947
| [[Mille Miglia]] (class 	S1.1)
| [[Cisitalia 202 SMM]]
|}

===European Championship results===
([[:Template:EC driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! {{abbr|EDC|European Drivers' Championship}}
! Pts
|-
|rowspan=3| [[1931 Grand Prix season|1931]]
!rowspan=3 nowrap| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|SA Alfa Romeo]]
!nowrap| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] Type A
!nowrap| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] 2x 3.5 [[Straight-six engine|L6]]
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1931 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br/><small>1 / ret </small>
| 
| 
|
|
|
|
!rowspan=3| 5th
!rowspan=3| 13
|-
! [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] Monza	
!rowspan=2| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] 2.3 [[Straight-eight engine|L8]]
| 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1931 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br/><small>11</small>
| 
|
|
|
|
|-
! [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] [[Alfa Romeo 8C|8C-2300]]	
| 
| 
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1931 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br/><small>2</small>
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[1932 Grand Prix season|1932]]
! [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|SA Alfa Romeo]]	
! [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] [[Alfa Romeo Tipo B|Tipo B/P3]]
! [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] 2.6 [[Straight-eight engine|L8]]
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1932 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br/><small>1</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''[[1932 French Grand Prix|FRA]]''<br/><small>1</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ''[[1932 German Grand Prix|GER]]''<br/><small>2</small>
|
|
|
|
!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st 
!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 4
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1935 Grand Prix season|1935]]
!rowspan=2| [[Scuderia Ferrari]]
! [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] [[Alfa Romeo Tipo B|Tipo B/P3]]
! [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] 3.2 [[Straight-eight engine|L8]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1935 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br/><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ''[[1935 French Grand Prix|FRA]]''<br/><small>Ret</small>
| [[1935 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1935 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br/><small>1</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1935 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br/><small>5</small>
|
| 
!rowspan=2| 4th
!rowspan=2| 35
|-
! [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] [[Alfa Romeo 8C|8C-35]] 
! [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] 3.8 [[Straight-eight engine|L8]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ''[[1935 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]''<br/><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1935 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br/><small>Ret</small>
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1936 Grand Prix season|1936]]
!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Scuderia Ferrari]] 
!nowrap| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] [[Alfa Romeo 8C|8C-35]] 
!nowrap| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] 3.8 [[Straight-eight engine|L8]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1936 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br/><small>4</small>
| 
| 
| 
|
| 
|
!rowspan=2 style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd
!rowspan=2 style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 17
|-
!nowrap| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] [[Alfa Romeo 12C|12C 1936]]
!nowrap| [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] 4.1 [[V12 engine|V12]]
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1936 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br/><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1936 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br/><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| [[1936 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br/><small>2</small>
|
| 
|
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1937 Grand Prix season|1937]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari]] 
! [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] [[Alfa Romeo 12C|12C-36]]
! [[Alfa Romeo in motorsport#Grand Prix racing|Alfa Romeo]] 4.1 [[V12 engine|V12]]
| [[1937 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1937 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br/><small>4</small>
| [[1937 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1937 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br/><small>7</small>
| 
| 
!rowspan=2| 7th
!rowspan=2| 28
|-
! [[Auto Union AG]]
! [[Auto Union racing car|Auto Union]] [[Auto Union C|C]]
! [[Auto Union racing car|Auto Union]] 6.0 [[V16 engine|V16]]
| 
|
| 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1937 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br/><small>5</small>
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[1938 Grand Prix season|1938]]
! [[Auto Union AG]]
! [[Auto Union racing car|Auto Union]] [[Auto Union D|D]]
! [[Auto Union racing car|Auto Union]] 3.0 [[V12 engine|V12]]
| [[1938 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1938 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br/><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1938 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br/><small>9</small>
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| [[1938 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br/><small>1</small>
|
|
|
! 5th
! 20
|-
| [[1939 Grand Prix season|1939]]
! [[Auto Union AG]]
! [[Auto Union racing car|Auto Union]] [[Auto Union D|D]]
! [[Auto Union racing car|Auto Union]] 3.0 [[V12 engine|V12]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1939 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br/><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1939 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br/><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1939 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br/><small>Ret</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1939 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]<br/><small>5</small>
|
|
|
! 4th
! 19
|-
!colspan=13|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/main.htm|title=THE GOLDEN ERA – OF GRAND PRIX RACING|work=kolumbus.fi|access-date=11 October 2017|archive-date=6 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606091347/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/main.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}}}
|}

===Post-WWII Grandes Épreuves results===
([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
|-
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1948 Grand Prix season|1948]]
!nowrap| [[Cisitalia|Cisitalia Spa]]
!nowrap| [[Cisitalia]] [[Cisitalia D46|D46]]
!nowrap| [[Fiat]] 1.1 [[Straight-four engine|L4]]
| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1948 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br>{{small|Ret}}
| [[1948 Swiss Grand Prix|SUI]]
|
|
|-
!nowrap| [[Scuderia Ambrosiana]]
!nowrap| [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Maserati 4CLT/48|4CLT/48]]
!nowrap| [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] 4CLT 1.5 [[Straight-4|L4]] [[Supercharger|s]]
|
|
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1948 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br>{{small|7}}
| [[1948 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|-
!colspan=8|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/tazio-nuvolari|title=Tazio Nuvolari – Biography|work=MotorSportMagazine|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref>}}}}
|}

===24 Hours of Le Mans results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
! {{abbr|Pos.|Overall Position}}
! {{abbr|Class<br>Pos.|Class Position}}
|-
! [[1933 24 Hours of Le Mans|1933]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} ''Raymond Sommer''
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Raymond Sommer]]
|align="left"| [[Alfa Romeo 8C]] 2300MM
| 3.0
| 233
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st'''
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''1st'''
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/results/Tazio-Nuvolari-I.html|title=All Results of Tazio Nuvolari|work=racingsportscars.com|access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref>}}}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
* {{cite book |last=Hilton|first=Christopher|title=Nuvolari|isbn=1-85983-349-7 |year=2003 |publisher=Breedon Books Publishing Co. Ltd. |location=Derby }}
* {{cite book |last=Pritchard|first=Anthony|title=A Century of Grand Prix Motor Racing|isbn=1-899870-38-5 |year=1998 |publisher=Motor Racing Publications |location=Croydon}}
* {{cite book |last=Rendall|first=Ivan|title=The Chequered Flag|page=140|isbn=0-297-83550-5 |year=1995 |publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson |location=London}}
* {{cite book |last=Skořepa|first=Miloš|title=Dejiny automobilových pretekov|year=1980 |page=191}}
* {{cite book |last=Tibballs|first=Geoff|title=Motor-Racing's Strangest Races|isbn=1-86105-411-4 |year=2004 |publisher=Robson |location=London }}
* {{cite book |last1=Walker|first1=Murray|author-link1=Murray Walker|first2=Simon |last2=Taylor |author-link2=Simon Taylor (journalist)|title=Murray Walker's Formula One Heroes|pages=17–20|isbn=1-85227-918-4 |year=2001 |publisher=Virgin |location=London}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}
* [http://www.tazionuvolari.it/ Official site], including complete list of his races, with placements.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050206004123/http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/nuvo_bio.htm Grand Prix History - Hall of Fame], Tazio Nuvolari
* [http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/index.php/blog/article/1936_vanderbilt_cup_race_video Film of Tazio Nuvolari winning the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Races] (VanderbiltCupRaces.com)
* [http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/ The Golden Age by Leif Snellman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103000034/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/ |date=3 January 2019 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110919135352/http://www.museocisitalia.org/ Cisitalia Museum]

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{{S-ttl|title=500cc Italian Motorcycle Champion|years=1924}} 
{{S-aft|after=[[Mario Saetti]]}}
{{S-bef|before=[[Jimmie Simpson]]}} 
{{S-ttl|title=[[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing European Champions|350cc European Motorcycle Champion]]|years=1925}} 
{{S-aft|after=[[Frank Longman (motorcycle racer)|Frank Longman]]}}
{{S-bef|before=[[Pietro Ghersi]]}} 
{{S-ttl|title=350cc Italian Motorcycle Champion|years=1926}} 
{{S-aft|after=[[Luigi Macchi (driver)|Luigi Macchi]]}}
{{S-bef|before= [[Giuseppe Campari]]<br>[[Giulio Ramponi]]}} 
{{S-ttl|title=[[Mille Miglia|Winner of the Mille Miglia]]|years=1930 <small>with:<br></small>[[Battista Guidotti]]}} 
{{S-aft|after= [[Rudolf Caracciola]]<br>[[Wilhelm Sebastien]]}}
{{S-bef|before=[[Ferdinando Minoia]]}} 
{{S-ttl|title=[[European Championship (auto racing)|European Drivers' Champion]]|years=[[1932 Grand Prix season|1932]]}} 
{{S-aft|after=[[Rudolf Caracciola]]<br />(1935)}}
{{S-bef|before= [[Raymond Sommer]]<br>[[Luigi Chinetti]]}} 
{{S-ttl|title=[[List of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners|Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans]]|years=[[1933 24 Hours of Le Mans|1933]] <small>with:</small><br>[[Raymond Sommer]]}} 
{{S-aft|after= [[Luigi Chinetti]]<br>[[Philippe Étancelin]]}}
{{S-bef|before= [[Baconin Borzacchini]]<br>[[Amedeo Bignami]]}} 
{{S-ttl|title=[[Mille Miglia|Winner of the Mille Miglia]]|years=1933 <small>with:<br></small>[[Decimo Compagnoni]]}} 
{{S-aft|after= [[Achille Varzi]]<br>[[Amedeo Bignami]]}}
{{S-end}}

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[[Category:1892 births]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Mantua]]
[[Category:Italian motorcycle racers]]
[[Category:International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Italian racing drivers]]
[[Category:Grand Prix drivers]]
[[Category:Mille Miglia drivers]]
[[Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers]]
[[Category:24 Hours of Le Mans winning drivers]]
[[Category:AAA Championship Car drivers]]
[[Category:European Championship drivers]]
[[Category:People from Castel d'Ario]]