Attilio Marinoni

Attilio Marinoni 1929

Marinoni with Robert Benoist after winning the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in 1929 .

An Alfa Romeo Tipo 158 similar to the vehicle involved in the accident.

Attilio Marinoni (* 1892 in Lodi ; † June 19, 1940 at Lainate ) was an Italian racing car driver .

Career

Marinoni began working as a mechanic for the factory team of the Milan-based car manufacturer Alfa Romeo after the First World War . He later became co-pilot of Giuseppe Campari , who was the same age and also came from Lodi. Campari he won for example Alfa Romeo P2 at the French Grand Prix in 1924 at the Circuit de Lyon .

In 1927 , Marinoni won the Coppa Ciano in the sports prototype class behind the wheel of an Alfa Romeo 6C . Between 1928 and 1930 he was successful for Alfa Romeo alongside Boris Iwanowski , Robert Benoist and Pietro Ghersi three times in a row at the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in Belgium . Marinoni also competed in the first six Mille Miglia editions . He achieved his best results with third place in 1930 and second place in 1931 together with Campari. Also in the AIACR advertised Grand Prix European Championship , he was active for Alfa. For example, together with Baconin Borzacchini and Rudolf Caracciola in an Alfa Romeo Monza, he finished third in the 1932 Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo di Milano in Monza .

From 1934 to 1938 Attilio Marinoni served as chief mechanic and test and reserve driver for the Scuderia Ferrari of Enzo Ferrari active. His best results in the European Grand Prix were fourth at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps in 1935 and the Italian Grand Prix in Monza in 1935 , both of which he drove in an Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3 .

Marinoni later returned to Alfa Romeo and became chief test driver. He had a fatal accident on June 19, 1940 at the age of 48 during a test drive. Marinoni had been with one of the Alfa Romeo Tipo 158 , which was equipped with a new De-Dion rear axle from a Tipo 512 , on the Autostrada A8 between Milan and Varese near Lainate - test drives on public roads were common at the time - as he crashed his car into a truck . The Tipo 158 was badly damaged and went up in flames, Marinoni was dead on the spot. Consalvo Sanesi took over his post at Alfa Romeo .

statistics

Pre-war grands prix results

season	team	dare	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	Points	position
1932	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo Monza								- 1
			3 1
1934	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3								-
							6 1
1935	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Tipo B / P3								52	24.
					4 1			4th
1937	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo 12C-36								36	20th
				11

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)

¹ Marinoni was not entitled to points as copilot.

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1931	Soc. Anon. Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 LM	Goffredo Zehender	failure	Power transmission
1932	Prince Djordjadze	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	Angelo Guatta	failure	accident

Web links

Commons : Attilio Marinoni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Attilio Marinoni, Italy. www.racingsportscars.com, accessed April 26, 2015 (English). 
• Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: Attilio Marinoni (I). www.kolumbus.fi, April 26, 2015, accessed on April 26, 2015 (English). 
• Attilio Marinoni. motorsportmemorial.org, January 21, 2015, accessed April 26, 2015 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hants Etzrodt: The Mystery of Attilio Marinoni. forums.autosport.com, October 26, 2000, accessed April 26, 2015 .