Tazio Nuvolari was an Italian motorcycle and car racing driver, nicknamed "the Flying Mantuan." He drove for Scuderia Ferrari, which was owned by Enzo Ferrari and campaigned Alfa Romeo cars semi-officially. In 1933, as a member of Ferrari's team, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in an Alfa Romeo, but switched to Maserati shortly before the Belgian Grand Prix. In 1935, Ferrari brought him back, and Nuvolari won the German Grand Prix in the outdated Alfa Romeo against the more powerful Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union cars. In 1937, his relationship with Ferrari deteriorated, and he drove an Auto Union at the Swiss Grand Prix.
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