The Marzotto Brothers

The story of the Marzotto brothers and their brief but mercurial motor racing careers was mostly about Giannino winning the Mille Miglia not once but twice, in both 1950 and 1953. Which put him up there with greats like Giuseppe Campari, who won the race in 1928 and 1929, Tazio Nuvolari, the 1930 and 1933 winner.

That’s not to dismiss the successes of Giannino’s three brothers, who pulled off some incredible performances during the same period. Vittorio won the 1952 Grand Prix of Monaco, Paolo took double victory in the 1952 and 1953 Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti—the alpine Mille Miglia, as it was called, because it was a hell-for-leather bash through the 11,000-ft Dolomite Mountains in northern Italy—or Umberto winning his class in the same event.