Gino Valenzano
Luigi "Gino" Valenzano (April 24, 1920,
Early life
As a young man. Valenzano was fascinated by airplanes and air travel, so he studied at the Academy of Caserta. However, he was called back to Turin after his father's sudden death. During
Racing career
Valenzano started competing in hillclimbs in his own build single seater and received later a BMW-engined single seater designed by Enrico Nardi. He was soon noticed by Carlo Abarth, who hired him as works driver for Abarth. There he met Gianni Lancia, son of Vincenzo, with whom he went to the Liceo classico Massimo d'Azeglio as a child. Lancia let him try out an Aurelia B20 and Valenzano decided to compete in professional racing with that car and later the Lancia D20 and D24. He competed in Mille Miglia, Targa Florio and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Among his teammates were Luigi Segre and other successful drivers, including Alberto Ascari, Luigi Villoresi, Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Musso. In 1955
Complete results
| Year | Date | Race | Entrant | Car | Teammate(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | June 29 | Varese | Fiat 1100 | |||
| July 20 | Coppa d' Oro delle Dolomiti |
Revelli Monaco Testadoro |
10th | |||
| August 24 | Circuito di Senigallia | Fiat | 7th | |||
| 1948 | April 4 | Targa Florio | DNF | |||
| May 2 | Mille Miglia | Fiat | Rocco Motto |
DNF | ||
| May 9 | Vercelli | Nardi-Danese | 8th | |||
| July 11 | Coppa d' Oro delle Dolomiti |
6th | ||||
| 1949 | April 24 | Mille Miglia | Fiat 1100 Cabriolet | Luigi Segre | 63rd | |
| July 17 | Coppa d' Oro delle Dolomiti |
Nardi-Danese | DNF | |||
| August 21 | Circuito de Senigallia | 6th | ||||
| 1950 | April 23 | Mille Miglia | Fiat 1100 E | Luigi Segre | 59th | |
| June 11 | Premio di Apertura | Nardi-Danese | 6th | |||
| August 20 | Pergusa Grand Prix | Abarth 1100 | 1st | |||
| October 8 | Modena | Nardi-Danese | 4th | |||
| 1951 | April 29 | Mille Miglia | Lancia | Lancia Aurelia | Luigi Maggio | 7th |
| August 11 | 6 Hours of Pescara | 3rd | ||||
| 1952 | March 9 | Giro di Sicilia | Emilio Giletti | 3rd | ||
| May 4 | Mille Miglia | "Paltrinieri" | DNF | |||
| June 1 | Prix de Monte Carlo |
Scuderia Lancia | none | 4th | ||
| June 15 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | "Ippocampo" | 6th | |||
| June 29 | Targa Florio | 2nd | ||||
| July 13 | Coppa d' Oro delle Dolomiti |
DNF | ||||
| 1953 | April 12 | Giro di Sicilia | Scuderia Lancia | "S. Ramella" | 2nd | |
| April 26 | Mille Miglia | "Margutti" | DNF | |||
| May 14 | Targa Florio | Scuderia Lancia | Lancia D20 | none | 4th | |
| May 31 | Coppa della Toscana | Lancia Aurelia | Luigi Maggio | 2nd | ||
| June 14 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Lancia D20 | Froilán González |
DNF | ||
| June 28 | Giro dell'Umbria | Lancia Aurelia | Luigi Maggio | 3rd | ||
| July 12 | Coppa d' Oro delle Dolomiti |
Scuderia Lancia | Lancia D23 | none | DNF | |
| 1954 | March 7 | 12 Hours of Sebring | Lancia D24 | Profirio Rubirosa | 2nd | |
| May 2 | Mille Miglia | none | DNF | |||
| September 11 | RAC Tourist Trophy | Robert Manzon Eugenio Castellotti |
3rd | |||
| 1955 | March 13 | 12 Hours of Sebring | Maserati Co. & B. S. Cunningham |
Maserati 300S | Cesare Perdisa | 4th |
| May 15 | Bari Grand Prix | Maserati A6GCS |
4th | |||
| May 29 | Supercortemaggiore | Maserati | Maserati 300S | Franco Bordoni | DNF | |
| June 2 | Coppa Delle Sei Ore | Lancia Aurelia | ||||
| June 5 | Mugello Grand Prix | Maserati A6GCS |
10th | |||
| June 12 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Officine Alfieri Maserati |
Maserati 300S | Luigi Musso | DNF | |
| July 10 | Coppa d' Oro delle Dolomiti |
Maserati A6GCS |
DNF |
References
- ^ "E' MORTO GINO VALENZANO, CAMPIONE GENTLEMAN DEGLI ANNI CINQUANTA - Altre - Paddock". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
- ^ "dfltweb1.onamae.com – このドメインはお名前.comで取得されています。".
- ^ "Lancia B20 | Gino Valenzano | Lancia Works Racing Team".
- ^ "Formula 1: News, Risultati, Classifica Piloti, Squadre e video - Sportmediaset".
- ^ "Lancia B20 | Gino Valenzano | Lancia Works Racing Team".
- ^ "E' MORTO GINO VALENZANO, CAMPIONE GENTLEMAN DEGLI ANNI CINQUANTA - Altre - Paddock". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
- ^ "Gino Valenzano RIP".
- ^ "dfltweb1.onamae.com – このドメインはお名前.comで取得されています。".
- ^ "Gino Valenzano (I) - All Results - Racing Sports Cars".