Oil can pouch – Achille- felt

650,00 €

Description

Achille Varzi (8 August 1904 – 1 July 1948) was an Italian racing driver. He is remembered as the winner of the 1933 Monaco Grand Prix, as well as the winner of the first Formula One Grand Prix at the 1946 Turin Grand Prix, and as the chief rival of Tazio Nuvolari.
During practice runs for the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix, a light rain fell on the Bremgarten track in Berne, Switzerland. Varzi’s Alfa Romeo 158 skidded on the wet surface, flipping over and crushing him to death. He was buried in his hometown.
Varzi’s death resulted in the FIA mandating the wearing of crash helmets for racing, which had been optional previously. In 1950, Varzi’s chief mechanic, Amedeo Bignami, co-established the Scuderia Achille Varzi in Argentina. The team entered some Formula One races in 1950 equipped with Maseratis 4CL and 4CLT and featured drivers José Froilán González, Antonio Branca, Alfredo Pián and Nello Pagani.

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