Emilio Villoresi

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Fiat 508S Balilla Sport
An Alfa Romeo Tipo 158 similar to the accident car.

Emilio "Mimi" Villoresi (born December 17, 1913 in Milan , † June 19, 1939 in Monza ) was an Italian racing driver .

Life

Emilio Villoresi came from Milan and was the younger brother of Luigi Villoresi , who was a works driver for Maserati in the 1930s and who after World War II a . a. competed in Formula 1 for Scuderia Ferrari .

Emilio Villoresi began his career in the early 1930s as his brother's co-pilot. From 1933 to 1936 , the two competed in the Mille Miglia in a Fiat 508CS Balilla Sport . Afterwards, because of the unsatisfactory results with the Fiat at the Mille Miglia, they bought a Maserati 6CM , with which they competed individually in various Voiturette races. With this vehicle Emilio Villoresi finished second behind Carlo Felice Trossi in 1936 at the Circuito di Milano in Parco Sempione in his home town of Milan.

From 1937 to 1939 Emilio Villoresi was employed as a works driver for Alfa Romeo at Scuderia Ferrari and Alfa Corse . In 1937 he finished third in an Alfa Romeo 2900A behind his teammates Giuseppe Farina and Clemente Biondetti at the Coppa Principessa di Piemonte in Naples and a short time later also third behind Carlo Felice Trossi and Mario Tadini at the Circuito della Superba in Genoa .

In the 1938 season , in which the Silver Arrows , the Grand Prix championship dominated, Emilio Villoresi won on Alfa Romeo Tipo 158 the Voiturette race in the Coppa Ciano on the Circuito di Montenero in Livorno and the Gran Premio di Milano on the Autodromo di Monza . He was also successful in the Parma – Poggio di Berceto hill climb .

In May 1939 Villoresi was third at the Gran Premio di Tripoli . Mercedes-Benz developed the W 165 specifically for this prestigious race , which Hermann Lang and Rudolf Caracciola drove to a double victory for the Germans.

Emilio Villoresi had a fatal accident on June 19, 1939 on the high-speed railway from Monza. The Alfa Romeo team tested the Tipo 158, Villoresi began its use at around 12:15 p.m. He completed the first twelve laps with good times, after which his team registered a slowdown. On his 15th lap, Emilio Villoresi lost control of his car on the straight between the Curva Grande and the first Lesmo curve. The vehicle swerved to the left and hit a tree. Villoresi was thrown out of the car and died a little later in a hospital in Monza from the internal injuries suffered. He was 25 years old.

The exact circumstances of the accident were never fully clarified as there were no eyewitnesses at the scene of the accident. It was rumored in newspapers that Emilio Villoresi may have been unwell shortly before the accident, as he had recently enjoyed a large lunch. In memory of his brother, Luigi Villoresi drove his wristwatch for almost 20 years. In 1989, Luigi Villoresi stated in an interview that an engineer at Scuderia Ferrari had named a broken steering system as the cause some 20 years after the accident .

References

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leif Snellman: I ° CIRCUITO DI MILANO (Voiturette 1500cc). www.kolumbus.fi, October 8, 2014, accessed on May 24, 2015 .
  2. ^ Leif Snellman: III ° COPPA PRINCIPESSA DI PIEMONTE. www.kolumbus.fi, April 3, 2015, accessed on May 24, 2015 .
  3. ^ Leif Snellman: I ° CIRCUITO DELLA SUPERBA. www.kolumbus.fi, April 19, 2015, accessed May 24, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Leif Snellman: COPPA CIANO (Voiturette 1500cc). www.kolumbus.fi, April 3, 2015, accessed on May 24, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Leif Snellman: GRAN PREMIO DI MILANO (Voiturette 1500cc). www.kolumbus.fi, May 3, 2013, accessed May 24, 2015 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Villoresi, Emilio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Villoresi, Mimi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan , Italy
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1939
Place of death Monza , Italy