Carlo Salamano

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Salamano in a Fiat winning the 1923 Italian Grand Prix

Carlo Salamano (* 1890 in Turin ; † January 19, 1969 ibid) was an Italian racing driver . In the history of racing, Salamano went down as the first winner of the European Grand Prix .

Career

Carlo Salamano worked as a test driver for Fiat in his hometown of Turin. He made his racing debut at the II Gran Premio delle Vetturette on September 3, 1922 on the high-speed train Autodromo di Milano in Parco di Monza . He finished the 600 km race in a Fiat 502S in fourth behind his Fiat factory colleagues Pietro Bordino , Enrico Giaccone and Evasio Lampiano .

In the 1923 Grand Prix season , Salamano competed in various Grand Prix races. At the XVII Grand Prix de l'ACF on the Circuit de Tours in France on July 2, he retired with engine failure . On September 9, 1923 Salamano celebrated the most significant success of his career. He won the III Gran Premio d'Italia in Monza in a Fiat 805/405 , with which the first European Grand Prix was held at the same time . After a race distance of exactly 800 kilometers, which he completed in 5 hours 27 minutes and 38.4 seconds, he had a 23.6 second lead over his team-mate Felice Nazzaro at the finish . Third place went to the American Jimmy Murphy on Miller .

His last race proven denied Carlo Salamano the Voiturette -race III Junior Car Club 200 on 13 October 1923 on the Brooklands Bahn in Weybridge , Surrey in the UK . There he retired in a Fiat 803/403 with engine failure, but was able to record the fastest race lap with the British Malcolm Campbell .

Then Salamano returned to his job as a test driver at Fiat. He worked there as a researcher until 1962.

Web links

Commons : Carlo Salamano  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ II Gran Premio delle Vetturette. (No longer available online.) Www.teamdan.com, archived from the original on May 4, 2009 ; accessed on January 6, 2016 .
  2. ↑ XVII Grand Prix de l'ACF (No longer available online.) Www.teamdan.com, archived from the original on May 4, 2009 ; accessed on January 6, 2016 .
  3. ↑ III Gran Premio d'Italia. (No longer available online.) Www.teamdan.com, archived from the original on May 4, 2009 ; accessed on January 6, 2016 .
  4. ^ III Junior Car Club "200". (No longer available online.) Www.teamdan.com, archived from the original on May 4, 2009 ; accessed on January 6, 2016 .
  5. ^ Carlo Salamano. www.fiat1100srapi.stellaleone.ch, accessed on January 6, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Salamano, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Turin , Italy
DATE OF DEATH 19th January 1969
Place of death Turin , Italy