Description

A fine art print from an original painting by Alan Fearnley

Print Size: 450mm x 650 mm (18″ x 26″)

Edition: 330

Tazio Nuvolari and Achille Varzi fighting it out in one of the most exciting races in history, the 1933 Monaco Grand Prix

This was the first Grand Prix where grid positions were decided by practice time rather than the established method of balloting. Achille Varzi and Tazio Nuvolari exchanged the lead many times during the race and the race was settled in Varzi’s favour on the final lap when Nuvolari’s car caught fire due to over-revving.

Achille Varzi (8 August 1904 – 1 July 1948) an Italian racing driver is remembered as the winner of the 1933 Monaco Grand Prix, as well as the winner of the first Formula One Grand Prix at the 1946 Turin Grand Prix, and as the chief rival of Tazio Nuvolari. During practice runs for the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix, a light rain fell on the Bremgarten track in Berne, Switzerland. Varzi’s Alfa Romeo 158 skidded on the wet surface, flipping over and crushing him to death.

Tazio Nuvolari (Italian: (16 November 1892 – 11 August 1953) an Italian racing driver, first raced motorcycles and then concentrated on sports cars and Grand Prix racing. Originally of Mantua, he was nicknamed il Mantovano Volante (“the Flying Mantuan”) and Nuvola (“Cloud”). His victories—72 major races, 150 in all—included 24 Grands Prix, five Coppa Cianos, two Mille Miglias, two Targa Florios, two RAC Tourist Trophies, a Le Mans 24-hour race, and a European Championship in Grand Prix racing. Ferdinand Porsche called him “the greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future”.