Giovanni Minozzi

Start of the Belgian Grand Prix in 1931 : the Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 from Minoia / Minozzi (No. 2) is in third place

Giovanni Minozzi ( bl. 1920s and 1930s ) was an Italian racing driver .

Career

Minozzi was the nephew of the successful Grand Prix driver Antonio Ascari and cousin of the Formula 1 world champion Alberto Ascari .

Giovanni Minozzi started an Alfa Romeo RLS at the Premio Reale di Roma, which was held for the first time in 1925 . At the Italian Grand Prix of the same year at the Autodromo di Milano in Monza , he and Giuseppe Campari finished second behind Gastone Brilli-Peri in an Alfa Romeo P2 . After that, he mainly competed in sports car races such as the Mille Miglia .

In the Grand Prix Championship 1930s Minozzi was primarily as a co-pilot, private drivers and example for the Scuderia Siena by Eugenio Siena on Alfa Romeo , Bugatti and Maserati active. When Gran Premio di Monza in 1930 , he was on his privately entered Bugatti Type 35 C fourth behind the Maserati armada to Achille Varzi , Luigi Arcangeli and Ernesto Maserati .

In 1931 , Minozzi finished third as co-driver of Ferdinando Minoia at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps and eleventh as co-driver of Tazio Nuvolari at the ACF Grand Prix in Montlhéry .

Giovanni Minozzi was active until the Second World War and was able to achieve some respectable successes on his privately used vehicles. 1940 he joined the war due time last Mille Miglia on one of Alberto Massimino constructed and Enzo Ferrari built 815 Spider Touring Auto Avio Costruzioni as passenger Cousin Alberto Ascari. However, the two were eliminated.

statistics

Pre-war grands prix results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	Points	position
1931							- 1
		11 2	3 3
1934							-
			DNF
1937							36	20th
		DNF		DNF
1938							30th	26th
			DNF

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 Not entitled to points as a co-driver.

²As co-driver of Tazio Nuvolari .

³As a co-driver of Ferdinando Minoia .

Web links

• Giovanni Minozzi. www.racingsportscars.com, accessed February 14, 2015 . 
• Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: Giovanni Minozzi (I). www.kolumbus.fi, January 21, 2015, accessed February 14, 2015 (English).