{"id":491532,"date":"2010-10-20T00:16:48","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T07:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=9339"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:07:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:07:51","slug":"luigi-villoresi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/luigi-villoresi\/","title":{"rendered":"Luigi Villoresi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Luigi Villoresi&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Luigi Villoresi <\/span>Biography<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"bodyText\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/villoresi-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-712314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/villoresi-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/villoresi-1.jpeg 131w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/villoresi-1-75x100.jpeg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/a>Luigi Villoresi was born in Milan, Italy on May 16th, 1909. Nicknamed &#8220;Gigi&#8221; he came from a prosperous family and began competing in local rallies at the age of twenty-two with a Lancia Lambda and a few years later acquired a Fiat Balilla, which was very popular with aspiring Italian racers. Villoresi and his brother Emilio competed in the Mille Miglia where they finished in the 1100cc sportscar class. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyText\">He continued to race the Fiat and came in third at the 1935 Coppa Ciano. He would go on to become the Italian champion in the 1100cc sports car class.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"bodyText\">Villoresi bought an ex-factory 4CM and continued to race in various events and by 1938 Villoresi was a full member of the Maserati team. After the war he again raced Maseratis, winning the Italian Championship in 1946 and 47 before joining his good friend Alberto Ascari at Ferrari in 1949, winning that season&#8217;s Dutch Grand Prix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyText\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/vill.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-712317 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/vill.jpg\" alt=\"Luigi Villoresi\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/vill.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/vill-100x74.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/vill-293x216.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>For the 1951 Inter Europa Cup meeting at Monza, Enzo Ferrari entered him in a Ferrari 340 Coup\u00e9. Not only did he win the race but he enjoyed it so much he asked Ferrari it he could race the Coup\u00e9 in the Mille Miglia. Ferrari refused, saying he would have a Barchetta like Ascari, but Villoresi persisted. Eventually he was allowed to race the Coup\u00e9, and won the event.\u00a0<em>&#8220;Enzo Ferrari didn&#8217;t understand that the Coup\u00e9 was actually a better car for the Mille Miglia. The race was wet, but I felt comfortable and was very happy to win.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyText\">In 1954, Villoresi switched to Lancia together with Ascari but was deeply affected by Alberto&#8217;s fatal accident at Monza in the spring of 1955. He retired from Grand Prix racing in 1957 but continued rally racing and won the Acropolis Rally in Greece in 1958 before retiring. Luigi Villoresi died in 1997 at the age of eighty-eight.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luigi Villoresi Biography Luigi Villoresi was born in Milan, Italy on May 16th, 1909. Nicknamed &#8220;Gigi&#8221; he came from a prosperous family and began competing in local rallies at the age of twenty-two with a Lancia Lambda and a few years later acquired a Fiat Balilla, which was very popular with aspiring Italian racers. Villoresi and his brother Emilio competed in the Mille Miglia where they finished in the 1100cc sportscar class. 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