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History of Monaco Grand Prix Monte Carlo F1 Hotels & Monaco GP tickets - Grand Prix Tours In practice, Count Trossi in the Enzo Ferrari entered Alfa Romeo was quickest, and he secured pole position. Trossi had oiled up his plugs on the start line and pitted for new ones. For Monte Carlo’s troubles, the week became part of Hitler’s propaganda machine, with German as the common language of the pits and the silver arrows racing under swastika flags. www.gptours.com /new/history.php/id/7051/decade/1929   (4078 words)

Classic Driver - CARS FOR SALE - Cars Titre de circulation communautaire Passeport FIA This car chassis #915041 was born as a berlinetta built by Touring for its first owner Count Carlo Felice Trossi, an industrialist located at Gaglianico and a top racing driver as testified by the fact that he drove many times for the Alfa-Romeo factory. In 1939 in the Tobrouk-Tripoli race, Carlo Felice Trossi took a third place witn an Alfa-Romeo 2500SS Touring berlinetta which was a works car and not #915041. Trossi kept his own 2500SS until 1946 when this car passed successively in the hands of five Italian owners as testified by the "Estratto Cronologico" of the Reale Automobile Club d'Italia. www.classicdriver.com /uk/find/4100_results.asp?&dealerid=11060&lCarID=1711521   (446 words)

CARS (PART 8B) Surely one of the most controversial GP cars ever built was the Monaco Trossi, constructed by Augusto Monaco and racing driver Carlo Felice Trossi. Trossi offered them the full manufacturing facilities of the workshop in his own home, the Gaglianico castle just outside Biella (complete with an electrically operated drawbridge!). The car was donated by Count Trossi's widow, the Contessa Lisetta, to the Museo dell'Automobile in Turin where it still remains, accompanied by Monaco's 'Chichibio'. www.kolumbus.fi /leif.snellman/c8b.htm   (652 words)

Maseratis in Action   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Felice Bonetto in a Maserati rubbing wheels with Piero Tariffi's Ferrari shows a good example of "pushing and shoving" that goes on when the racing gets close. Carlo Felice Trossi in the new Maserati 8CTF (3-litre) during the initial stages of the 1938 Tripoli Grand Prix at Mellaha. Trossi set the fastest lap of 3mins 35.41secs at an average speed of 219.941 kph before retiring on lap 15. www.maseratighibli.co.uk /home18.htm   (647 words)

Untitled Document The Delage wasn't quite ready for the first of the big races of the year, the Coupe Rainier supporting the Monaco Grand Prix, and the single 6CM Maserati entry crashed, which left Bira to lead an ERA sweep of the first three places. At Picardy Trossi won his preliminary heat but didn't last the final, and Bira won again. Perhaps as a direct result of this, the official Maserati entries of Trossi and Tenni were withdrawn from the big Berne race, which left the incredible old Delage to win again, with ERAs in the next three places. www.historicsportscars.com /voi.htm   (1749 words)

Riccardo Patrese - The Italian Hero   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Trossi replaced him and Wimille became the team leader. Trossi died few months later because of a brain tumor and Wimille died in January 1949 in Buenos Aires during a racing. Carlo Chiti was replaced by Giovanni Tonti as leader of the engine program and retired from Autodelta to form the Motori Moderni. www.rpatrese.com /teams/alfa.htm   (1712 words)

Grand Prix Hall of Fame - Enzo Ferrari - Biography When he was 10 his father took Ferrari and his brother Alfredo Jr. There he saw Vincenzo Lancia battle Felice Nazarro in the 1908 Circuit di Bologna. This upset Alfredo Caniato and he was bought out by Count Carlo Felice Trossi who was a part-time driver as well as a full-time millionaire. www.ddavid.com /formula1/fer_bio_main.htm   (3318 words)

GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > Alfa Romeo The Alfa 158s spent the final years of the war hidden in the village of Melzo to the east of Milan and were soon in action again once the fighting was over. Wimille became team leader and won most of the races but allowed Trossi - who was dying of a brain tumor - to win the Swiss race. Once designed this was handed over to a new competition department called Autodelta, which had been set up by former Ferrari engineer Carlo Chiti and Alfa Romeo dealer Ludovico Chizzola in the village of Settimo Milanese, to the west of Milan. www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-alfa.html   (1994 words)

GrandPrix.com > Features > Historical > Jean-Pierre Wimille: The man who would have been champion... After he was demobilization by the Armee de l'Air, Wimille began to campaign an old Alfa Romeo 308 winning a race in May 1946 in the Bois de Boulogne. His first event with the Alfa Romeo factory team was on the streets of the Paris suburb of St Cloud in June 1946. Trossi was dying of a brain tumor and Wimille let him win the race. www.grandprix.com /ft/ftjs016.html   (2116 words)

Ferrari History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Felice Nazarro in the 1908 Circuit di Bologna. After attending a number of other races he decided that he too wanted to become a racing car driver. This upset Alfredo Caniato and he was bought out by Count Carlo Felice Trossi who was a part-time driver as well as a full-time millionaire. www.ferrarihaven.com /History.htm   (2477 words)

Eoropean Car, December 1995. Maserati 8CTF restored by Leydon Restorations. The drivers were Achille Varzi and Count Carlo Felice Trossi. Both Maseratis suffered from mechanical problems and withdrew from the race early on, but not before Trossi charged dauntlessly past all three Mercedes entries to take the lead on lap eight, a gallant gesture that served notice: Maserati was a contender. AT Monza, Trossi drove more conservatively and brought the 8CTF home to a fifth overall finish. www.leydonrestorations.com /Zabout/kudos/press/1995/95euro.html   (1981 words)

8W - Who? - Jean-Pierre Wimille A team mate to Varzi (back to his old form), Count Carlo Felice Trossi and the team's test driver Consalvo Sanesi, Wimille took to upper hand in 1947 and 1948. In a similar position to Hermann Lang's at Mercedes before the war, the test driver was regarded as a common mechanic by the bourgeois Varzi and the aristocrat Trossi, and was usually treated that way by the two. After the official ceremony of the motorway, two motorbike races and the race of the small-engined cars run in the rain and won by José Scaron and his Simca Gordini, it was finally the start of the main race: the René Lebègue Cup. 8w.forix.com /wimille.html   (2025 words)

6th Gear - Years in Gear - GP winners 1894-2006 Italian/European GP (Monza), 9-9: Carlo Salamano, FIAT 805 Vichy GP (Vichy), 15-7: Carlo Felice Trossi, Alfa Romeo B/P3 Swiss/European GP (Bremgarten), 4-7: Carlo Felice Trossi, Alfa Romeo 158 www.forix.com /8w/6thgear/gp-yby.html   (15392 words)

1930 - 1934 Mercedes-Benz Count Trossi SSK - Top Speed The factory commission papers show that this chassis (without a body) was first shipped to Tokyo, where it was not able to attract a buyer. During our research for the restoration, the Trossi family archives yielded two renderings from an unknown, independent coachbuilder which were composed from the Count’s personal sketches of the open roadster without top (aperto) that you see here. The Count Trossi SSK has since been honored with a Best of Show decision at the Meadow Brook Hall Concours d’Elegance and by its inclusion in the ’Moving Beauty’ exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, both in 1995, and with the Star of Excellence Trophy at the 1996 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. www.topspeed.com /cars/mercedes/mercedes-benz-count-trossi-ssk-ar3262.html   (415 words)

8W - When? - Italy 1947 The early demise of the "circus" and the fact that Dusio's main interests concentrated on the GT car and on the F1 project meant little or no development of the D46 so its buyers found themselves with a car with good potential but with not enough power for international racing. To the opposite of this story of self-assurance, coolness and technical precision and ultimately of wealth and success, there is one of bravery and failure, of mediocre talent and, apparently, of destitution. He was born in Manerbio, near Brescia, in 1903 and started racing with an Alfa Romeo Monza in the early thirties, with a best result of third, very characteristically in another one of the flest days of racing, the 1933 GP of Monza. www.forix.com /8w/italy47.html   (9183 words)

F1Downunder -> F1 Drivers Throughout The Years At 18, after completing instruction at the Instituto Professionale Operaio in Turin he took a job as a draughtsman for the Rapid motor works. In 1911 he became an employee of Fiat and worked under the brilliant designer Carlo Cavalli. There he saw Vincenzo Lancia battle Felice Nazarro in the 1908 Circuit di Bologna. www.f1downunder.com /index.php?showtopic=2433   (13478 words)

1936 AIACR European Driver Championship and Grands Prix Results 1 Carlo Felice Trossi Maserati 6CM 1h09m17.2, 89.02 kph 2 Emilio Villoresi Maserati 4C + 1m18.0 3 Vittorio Belmondo Maserati 4C + 1m35.2 4 Ettore Bianco Maserati - 1 lap 5 Gino Rovere Maserati - 2 laps 6 Giuseppe Gilera Maserati - 3 laps Fastest Lap: Not Classified: Starting Grid: Results 1 Carlo Felice Trossi Maserati 6CM 46m14.6 2 Vittorio Belmondo Maserati 4CM + 42.8 3 Ferdinando Barbieri Maserati + 1m12.2 4 Ettore Bianco Maserati 4C - 1 lap 5 Guglielmo Carraroli Maserati 4C - 2 laps 6 R Righetti Maserati 4CS - 2 laps Fastest Lap: Not Classified: Starting Grid: Results 1 Carlo Felice Trossi Maserati 6CM 47m13.2 2 Celmente Biondetti Maserati 6CM + 1m48.6 3 R Righetti Maserati - 1 lap 4 Agostino Prosperi Maserati - 1 lap 5 Gino Bergamini Maserati - 2 laps 6 Enrico Platé Talbot - 2 laps Fastest Lap: Not Classified: Starting Grid: www.teamdan.com /archive/gen/1936/1936r.html   (1310 words)

Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance American winners included that Pierce-Arrow, a 1930 Packard 740 Roadster and two Duesenbergs Js--both from 1933 and both Rollston Torpedos, though the second was nicknamed 20-Grand (because that was its astronomical price in that economically depressed year). The height of Mercedes-Benz pre-war glory was represented by three examples, two 500K Specials (a '35 and '36) and Count Carlo Felice Trossi's custom SSK built for him when he was president of (and driver for) Scuderia Ferrari. The only Alfa Romeo to ever win Best of Show was here as well--probably the most coveted Alfa ever (and valuable, with an example expected to fetch $3-5 million at the concurrent Brooks Auction)--the 1937 8C 2900B Touring Spyder. www.europeancarweb.com /events/0208ec_pebble_beach_concours_delegance/index.html   (1202 words)

Auto - Autos und Mehr - FAZ.NET - Concorso d'Eleganza: Im milden Wind flüstern die Motoren Von ihm kaufte Graf Carlo Felice Trossi, renommierter Rennfahrer der Scuderia Ferrari, das nackte Fahrgestell. Er ließ dann nach eigenem Entwurf bei Willi White in England eine Karosserie bauen und bestritt auch einige Rennen mit diesem SSK. Das SSK-Design beweist auch Trossis zeitgeistliches Stilempfinden, das durchaus Parallelen zu Gropius und dem Bauhaus rechtfertigt. www.faz.net /s/Rub1DABC609A05048D997A5F315BF55A001/Doc~EC538CC81B0FA457093985D5FC53BAED3~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html   (1018 words)

USATODAY.com - MFA displays designer's fine car collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Among those Lauren has loaned to the MFA is a rare 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe — one of three made and two still in existence, according to the museum. There's also a 1929 Blower Bentley, a 4,300-pound behemoth with a supercharger, or "blower," and decorated with a British flag design; a 1950 Jaguar XK120 Alloy Roadster, one of just six alloy models ever built by Jaguar; and a 1930 Mercedes-Benz SSK designed by its original owner, Italian race car driver Count Carlo Felice Trossi. Visitors get a preview of things to come when they enter the museum's West Wing Lobby, where a brilliant red Ferrari Testa Rossa is on display. www.usatoday.com /travel/destinations/2005-03-02-museum-cars_x.htm?POE=TRVISVA   (567 words)

Previous Features on PreWarCar.com - Showing 1626 - 1617 - PreWarCar.com The Trossi / Ralph Lauren SSK like it once was... One of the most spectacular cars ever made is the Mercedes-Benz SSK from the collection of Ralph Lauren. Read UPDATE II by Carsten Christiansen, but first check this this vintage photo (collection Christiansen): "The photo originates from Carlo Felice Trossi's family, and shows the car in 1932 while the car was in Trossi's ownership! www.prewarcar.com /previous_features.asp?FirstRecord=1626   (1748 words)

Automobile Quarterly - Feature: Hispano-Suiza Those who purchased Hispano-Suiza J-12 automobiles could choose any vehicle at all. This discriminating group of owners included apéritif producer Emile Dubonnet, textile magnate Marcel Boussac, racing driver Count Carlo Felice Trossi, Anthony G. Rothschild of the banking family, King Carol of Romania, racing driver and businessman Whitney Straight, the Shah of Persia, General Franco of Spain and artist Pablo Picasso. The J-12 chassis for which these luminaries opted was sold with a three-year guarantee at a Paris-delivered price of FRF 205,000 ($10,147.50) at a time when a perfectly serviceable new Hotchkiss 620 could be had with a complete Cabourg sedan body for FRF 47,800 ($2,370). www.autoquarterly.com /hispano.html   (620 words)

Jarrotts Black & White Gallery: Carlo Felice Trossi: Alfa Romeo B (P3)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Jarrotts Black and White Gallery: Carlo Felice Trossi: Alfa Romeo B (P3) Entered under the Scuderia Ferrari banner, Trossi started on pole but retired. Please contact us with details of exactly what you are looking for - be it an image, autograph, or both. www.jarrotts.com /galleries/blackandwhite/trossi.htm   (73 words)

Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal | Art Eventually, these national racing colors became so deeply ingrained that even today "British Racing Green" is the default hue for British-made sports cars, just as red and silver are for Italian and German cars, respectively. The "Count Trossi" is also one of the few cars in the exhibit where looks were at least as important as performance. Its owner, Count Carlo Felice Trossi, was a dashing Italian nobleman and race-car driver who customized the already-striking body of the Mercedes-Benz SSK, dramatically extending everything from the front engine cover to the rear fenders. www.projo.com /art/content/projo_20050303_lauren03.1e4ca17.html   (1675 words)

Motorsport People Crashed on the Corsican Rally, the fiery accident killing the driver and co-driver Sergio Cresto. Competed on his first Monte Carlo Rally in 1961, winning it 1966, after all the Mini drivers were disqualified, driving a French Citroen. Trossi, Carlo Felice (I) b 1908 (Biella) - d 9/5/1949 (Milan) www.teamdan.com /people/t.html   (3056 words)

Speed, style and beauty on display at MFA Art Business News - Find Articles Like other fine art commissions, wealthy clients would hire automakers to customize cars for them. Count Carlo Felice Trossi, a successful racer for Ferrari, was one such customer. He sketched out a body for a 1930 Mercedes-Benz SSK with a stretched, slender front end, voluptuous coachwork, and a graceful tail, resembling the fanning train of an evening gown. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0HMU/is_6_32/ai_n13822875   (710 words)

Categoria Alfa romeo (Auto e moto) - Alfa romeo picture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) Mon site a demenage sur www.allsportauto.com Pensez a mettre a jour vos favories My website has... piano), Carlo Felice Trossi (Alfa Romeo 158 #12), Luigi Villoresi... to the picture): Arialdo Ruggeri (Maserati 4CL #6, in primo piano), Carlo Felice Trossi (Alfa Romeo 158 #12... www.amicionline.com /auto_e_moto/alfa_romeo/alfa_romeo_picture.php   (502 words)

Artdaily.com - The First Art Newspaper on the Net It is not surprising that this was the automobile Ian Fleming chose for James Bond/007 in his early novels. • 1930 Mercedes-Benz “Count Trossi” SSK: This rakish Mercedes-Benz was designed by its flamboyant owner, the aristocratic Italian racecar driver Count Carlo Felice Trossi. The car has a swept-back Art Nouveau style with a long hood enveloping more than half of its body. www.artdaily.com /section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=13829   (1409 words)

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