Trio Lescano -Arriva Tazio

A trio Lescano song celebrating the driver Tazio Nuvolari (November 16, 1892 -- August 11, 1953) was an Italian motorcycle and racecar driver, known as Il Mantovano Volante (The Flying Mantuan) or Nivola. He was the 1932 European Champion in Grand Prix motor racing.

Tazio Nuvolari started out in motorcycle racing in 1920 at the age of 27. In 1925 he captured the 350cc European Championship. From then until the end of 1930, he competed both in motorcycle racing and in automobile racing. For 1931, he decided to concentrate fully on racing cars and agreed to race for Alfa Romeo's factory team, Alfa Corse. In 1932 he took two wins and a second place in the three European Championship Grands Prix, winning him the title. He won four other Grands Prix including a second Targa Florio and the Monaco Grand Prix.

After Alfa Romeo officially left Grand Prix racing, Nuvolari stayed on with Scuderia Ferrari who ran the Alfa Romeo cars on a semi-official basis. During 1933, Nuvolari left the team for Maserati after becoming frustrated with the Alfa Romeo's performance. At the end of 1934, Maserati pulled out of Grand Prix racing and Nuvolari returned to Ferrari, who were reluctant to take him back, but were persuaded by Mussolini, the Italian prime minister.

The relationship with Ferrari turned sour during 1937, and Nuvolari raced an Auto Union as a one-off in the Swiss Grand Prix that year before agreeing to race for them for the 1938 season. Nuvolari remained at Auto Union until Grand Prix racing was put on hiatus by World War II. The only major European Grand Prix he never won was the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix. Upon his return to racing after the war, he was 54 and suffering from ill health. His final race, in 1950, saw him finish first in class and fifth overall. He died in 1953 from a stroke

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• lescano
• nuvolari
• racing

[exotischboy]

Just found the link to this youtubevideo in a comic about racing! Hats off to the genious who put it in Marvano's Grand Prix, nr. 2 "Rosemeyer!" ^^

[annanoli]

@exotischboy well,i hope at least you re curious about the singing trio...check trio - lescano dot it it's our site on them

[vincep1942]

Thanks for posting this remarkable video. I am a huge Trio Lescano fan, and now know about one of history's finest racers.

[annanoli]

ok,see your mailbox

got a msg for you

rgds Paolo

[JoeTierno]

Dieci anni fa, ho visitato il Museo Nuvolari. Ho alscotato questo cantare. Adesso, sono ho trovato dove alscotare ancora. Grazie Signor "Annanoli".

Joe Tierno, Rochester, New York

[annanoli]

Hi Joe.i took a glimpse of your site.nice job.

Glad to know you enjoyed this old song.

keep up the good work,then.

bye from Italy

[pilotaalfa]

Grande Tazio!!!!!

[FranzLance]

Correrai Ancor Più Veloce per le Vie del Cielo.

[MrNorthernRed]

Nuvolari, Ascari & Caracciola- the three immortals of classic Grand Prix racing. Wonderful to see those photos & hear that song.

[vincep1942]

Thanks, Niikodas!

[niikodas]

HI VINCEP1942 if you Youtube the ENZO FERRARI movie intro by maccity and play ENYA - ONLY TIME ( pulling up a different window , choose the one with the yellow flowers ) and start playing the song at 34 sec mark of the movie intro ( turn the movie sound down ) it works really well together.

[niikodas]

i haven't heard this in twenty years it's great FORZA TASIO , FORZA GILLES , FORZA ENZO

[vincep1942]

It was certainly exciting to learn of the great Tazio Nuvolari and his racing exploits throuth this old Trio Lescano tune. I don't hear about things like that in the US and it is great to have an outlet to learn a different side of Italian history. Thanks!