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  GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Clemente Biondetti
Biondetti was born in a small village in the hills of northern Sardinia and grew up there.
Biondetti later became a Maserati factory driver and finished third in both the French and Rome Grands Prix.
Biondetti's contribution to the Mille Miglia has not been forgotten and today there is an impressive memorial to him at the top of the old Raticosa Pass on the old Mille Miglia route.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-biocle.html   (480 words)

  
 Clemente Biondetti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clemente Biondetti (born August 18, 1898 in Budduso, Sardinia; died February 24, 1955 in Florence) was an Italian auto racing driver.
Biondetti in his Maserati at Monte Carlo, 1937.
Driving an Alfa Romeo, Clemente Biondetti won the 1938 Mille Miglia for sports cars and at the Coppa Ciano finished second in the voiturette class then third in the main event.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clemente_Biondetti   (336 words)

  
 Jaguar Biondetti Special - 1952
In 1950 Biondetti passed over to Jaguar, and participated in the Mille Miglia in a XK120, which was famous for its unusual maroon colouring and the Italian and British flags painted on the coachwork, and he arrived eighth.
Their car war forced to withdraw, but Biondetti fell in love with the Jaguar motor and with the C Type, and started to insist for a car for the Italian races.
Biondetti was however, disappointed as the company refused to give him an official car for the 1954 Mille Miglia and when Ferrari offered him one of his cars he handed over his Jaguar Special to Pezzoli-Cozzulani who participated with number 620 but were forced to withdraw.
www.millemigliabrescia.com /vetture/jagbiosp.htm   (344 words)

  
 f1 statistics - Clemente Biondetti : Autocourse Grand Prix Archive
Biondetti’s racing career began in 1923 on motor cycles, the Italian turning to cars in 1927.
His reputation really grew with Alfa Romeo, Biondetti valiantly hanging on to a trio of Mercedes in the Tripoli GP of 1937 as the rest of the field surrendered, before the engine blew.
Clemente had known that he had been suffering from cancer for several years and felt that to continue racing any longer could endanger others.
www.autocoursegpa.com /driver~driver_id~11607.htm   (315 words)

  
 Mille Miglia s.r.l.
Not long before the start this one chooses as co-pilot Clemente Biondetti, who is without a car and he is rewarded by the eleventh and last victory of the Alfa.
He is half way in Rome with a measureless lead over Biondetti, him too engaged by Ferrari, but the excessive passion and the short knowledge of a never tested car let him do a lot of errors.
Nuvolari is at the lead till Reggio Emilia with a vehicle half-destroyed by the numerous accidents, then, the yielding of a leaf spring forces him to the retirement in his life last race.
www.millemigliawheels.it /uk/mmstoria3.html   (591 words)

  
 Clemente Biondetti - Biography
Clemente takes his Maserati Tipo 34 around the streets of Monte Carlo in 1937, on his way to a retirement.
Biondetti was so impressed with the car that he tried to get one to enter for the Italian races or the European season, including the World Championship Italian GP at Monza.
Clemente in his hybrid Ferrari-Jaguar (car 22) ahead of Emanuel de Graffenried (car 38) in the Italian GP of 1950.
www.f1rejects.com /drivers/biondetti/biography.html   (1274 words)

  
 JOHN STARKEY CARS :: GRYFON INC.
The 166 was entrusted to Biondetti to drive in the Swedish Grand Prix, held on the Sharpnack circuit on May 30th.
Clemente Biondetti drove the car once more in the Circuit of Pescara race on August 15th where no less than seven Ferraris were racing, including 02C, still wearing its full-width bodywork.
Biondetti failed to finish, although for what reason is lost to time.
www.johnstarkeycars.com /pages/articles/articles_04.html   (2752 words)

  
 Car Collector Magazine -- Web Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Touring Barchetta body style was the first and perhaps greatest road and racecar design of the early postwar era Ferrari models.
In March 1949, Clemente Biondetti won the Targa Florio in a 166 MM, and 166 Inters were first and second in the Coppa Inter-Europa.
In April, Biondetti and Bonetto, driving 166 MMs, finished 1-2 in the Mille Miglia.
www.carcollector.com /cover_detail.cfm?StoryID=2806   (221 words)

  
 VeloceToday - Online Magazine for Italian Car Enthusiasts!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Before the race, Ascari had listened carefully to advise provided by three time winner Clemente Biondetti.
*After advising Ascari, Clemente Biondetti finished fourth in an aging Ferrari 166M, serial number 0276MM, with Morelli spider body.
He was aware that he had terminal cancer and would die in February 1955.
www.velocetoday.com /events/events_75.php   (865 words)

  
 Ferrari 166 - Mega Wallpapers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Motor Trend Classic named the 166MM Barchetta as number six in their list of the ten "Greatest Ferraris of all time".
Racing: 166 racing cars won Mille Miglia in both 1948 and 1949, driven by Clemente Biondetti and Giuseppe Navone the first year and Biondetti and Ettore Salani the next.
The car went on to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans (in the hands of Luigi Chinetti and Lord Selsdon) and the Targa Florio (with Clemente Biondetti and Igor Troubetzkoy) that first year, the only car in history to win all three races.
www.megawallpapers.org /gallery/2179/Ferrari_166?show=full   (405 words)

  
 TIME.com: The Amateur Spirit -- May 8, 1950 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
At midnight, in a drenching rainstorm, the little Fiats were sent off first, then the larger cars—mostly powerful Italian Alfa Romeos and Ferraris and British Jaguars.
The man to beat, the experts thought, was four-time winner Clemente Biondetti, a hard-bitten roadwise pro who drove a big Jaguar.
Enthusiastic Romans cheered and kissed him, told him he was in the lead and that Champion Biondetti's Jaguar had dropped out for emergency repairs.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,812437,00.html   (790 words)

  
 Sandcastle V.I. - Auto Racing Classics - Enzo's Ferraris - The Early Years
Ferrari's first sports car victory came at a race in Rome, which was won by a Ferrari 125 cycle-fendered racer.
The following year, Clemente Biondetti drove a Ferrari 166 Berlinetta (Ferrari's first true sports car) to victory at the Mille Miglia.
The very next year, Ferrari won its first Le Mans 24-hour race, with Luigi Chinetti and Lord Selsdon driving an open cockpit Ferrari 166MM to victory.
www.sandcastlevi.com /racing/ferrari1.htm   (384 words)

  
 GrandPrixStats.com :: All race entries of Clemente Biondetti
GrandPrixStats.com :: All race entries of Clemente Biondetti
GrandPrixStats.com > Teams list > Clemente Biondetti > All entries
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 Clemente Biondetti Teams drive for   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Ferrari 125 - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
The car had spun a bearing in practice, and was repaired in the shop of Tino Martinoli, who later came to America with the Ferrari Indy car team.
Although it was unable to win the Mille Miglia in 1947 with drivers, Clemente Biondetti and Giuseppe Navone, the 125 S did win six of its 14 races that year.
This page was last modified 03:11, 21 October 2006.
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Ferrari_125   (691 words)

  
 Corsa Rossa
The Mille Miglia first ran from 1927 to 1957.
Clemente Biondetti won it four times during that period and Stirling Moss and Dennis Jenkinson still hold the record for the fastest time.
The Brescia to Rome and back to Brescia road competition was reinstated in 1977 twenty years later as a time speed distance rally.
www.corsarossa.com /index.asp?inc=2000-07nl   (1271 words)

  
 gamble on Prince Bira   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 8W - Who? - André Simon
André Simon participated at Le Mans twelve times and he always retired - except that year!
In the sport category he was also entered by the Scuderia in the Monaco GP but he could not race as the Ferrari 225S he should have driven had burnt during the Mille Miglia while Clemente Biondetti was at the wheel.
At the beginning of 1953 André Simon had a big accident: he was badly injured by a garage fire.
www.forix.com /8w/simon.html   (2426 words)

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