TAZIO NUVOLARI Inspired | Leather jacket

Tazio Nuvolari was born in Castel d’Ario (Mantua) in 1892, starting his career in motorcycle racing. He soon distinguished himself on Norton and then Bianchi motorbikes in the 1920s, immediately showing a strong passion for cars. He created his own team by purchasing four Bugattis in 1927, in partnership with Varzi. Initially allies, they then became eternal rivals: Nuvolari, ardent and impetuous, and Varzi, cold and calculating. This rivalry divided Italy and added fervor to fascism with a futurist twist. Competing with Alfa Romeos in the early 1930s, Nuvolari won and lost major races such as the Mille Miglia and the Targa Florio, surrounded by daring risks and legends, such as that of the “headlights off in the night” to surprise Achilles and win the Mille Miglia of 1930. His biographies tell of illustrious victories and heroic feats: running with a cast, driving without a steering wheel, losing pieces along the way, but always managing to triumph. He was certainly a man of class and courage, with a natural inclination to risk and exceptional sensitivity. Gabriele D’Annunzio called him “the fastest man” and in 1932 gave him “the slowest animal”, a small golden turtle, which became his perennial symbol.