Antonio Brivio

Antonio Brivio (in the car) at the 1936 Mille Miglia

Antonio Brivio Sforza (born December 27, 1905 in Biella , † January 30, 1995 in Milan ) was an Italian automobile racing driver , bobsleigh driver and motorsport official.

Career

Brivio came from the family of the Sforza and started his motorsport career in 1927. From 1932 he was part of the factory team of Alfa Romeo , whose operations in 1935 by the Scuderia Ferrari were performed and for which he many Grands Prix and sports car racing denied.

His greatest successes in the sports car sector include a victory in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race ( 1932 ), two victories in the Targa Florio ( 1933 and 1935 ) and a victory in the Mille Miglia ( 1936 ). His greatest successes in Grand Prix races were third places at the Monaco Grand Prix in 1935 and the 1936 German Grand Prix . He also took part in the bobsleigh competitions at the 1936 Winter Olympics. After his marriage in 1937, he gave up motorsport.

After the Second World War he became a motorsport official, he became a member of the Italian automobile club and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), where he was involved in the introduction of the Formula 1 world championship.

Brivio died shortly before his 90th birthday in 1995.

statistics

Pre-war grands prix results

season	team	dare	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	Points	position
1932	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 "Monza"								-	-
			7/9 1
1933	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 "Monza"								-
						DNF / 5
1934	Automobiles E. Bugatti	Bugatti T59								-
						2	dns	11
1935	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3								50	19th
			3			Ret
1936	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Tipo C / Alfa Romeo 8C-35								23	7th
			5	3
1937	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo 12C-36								39	33.
					Ret

Legend
colour	meaning		EM points
gold	victory		1
silver	2nd place		2
bronze	3rd place		3
green	Classified, covered more than 75% of the race distance		4th
blue	not entitled to points, covered between 50% and 75% of the race distance		5
violet	not eligible for points, covered between 25% and 50% of the race distance		6th
red	not eligible for points, covered less than 25% of the race distance		7th
colour	abbreviation	meaning	EM points
black	DSQ	disqualified	8th
White	DNS	did not start
	DNA	did not arrive
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)

¹Brivio temporarily took over both Pietro Ghersi's and Eugenio Siena's cars during the course of the race and was therefore not eligible for points.

Web links

Commons : Antonio Brivio  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Leif Snellman: Marquis Antonio "Tonino" Brivio Sforza (I). www.kolumbus.fi, April 26, 2015, accessed on July 25, 2019 . 
• Antonio Brivio in the Olympedia.org database (English)
• Antonio Brivio in the Internet Movie Database (English)