Gastone Brilli-Peri ( Italian. Gastone Brilli-Peri ; March 24, 1893, Florence - March 22, 1930, Tripoli ) - Italian race car driver who won the Italian Grand Prix of 1925 at the Alfa Romeo P2 , which brought the first introductory car designers cup for the Alfa Romeo . He was simply known as Brilli, as his face was partially scarred after a crash in a motorcycle race at the Tour of Italy. In the role of a racing helmet, he used the Basque beret , which today in Italy is called brilliperi [1] .
| Gastone Brilli Peri | |
|---|---|
| ital Gastone Brilli-Peri | |
| Date of Birth | March 24, 1893 |
| Place of Birth | Florence , Italy |
| Date of death | March 22, 1930 (36 years) |
| Place of death | Tripoli , Italian Libya |
| Citizenship | Italy |
| Occupation | race driver |
Brilli Peri became a racer after the First World War . In 1925, at the Alfa Romeo P2, he won his first Grand Prix at Monza . In 1929, also on the Alfa Romeo P2, he won on the track in Cremona and on the Tripoli Grand Prix in Italian Libya .
Death
Brilli Peri died in 1930 during Saturday's training races at his sixth Tripoli Grand Prix. Free arrivals were scheduled from 11 to 15 hours. Brilli Peri knew this track well and could easily win the race, but he set off for a test run on the car of his team - Scuderia Materassi.
First, he made one trial lap, then handed the car to his partner, Clemente Biondetti , who was having problems with the carburetor . Then he drove another lap in Biondetti’s car and got on his Talbot for one more lap. However, during the second round, he had a severe accident near the village of Suq al Jum'ah (also known as Suk el Giuma or Sugh el Giumaa (سوق الجمعة)) and was killed instantly.
According to eyewitnesses, the driver made a sharp quick left turn, as a result of which the car jumped on the uneven surface of the track. Brilli Peri could not regain control of the car and flew out of it. The accident occurred at about 12 hours and 50 minutes. The race (it consisted of only two races, the first of which was for female vurets, and the second stage - the final race) was won by Baconin Borzacchini at Maserati . Clemente Biondetti won the race among the vest and came in third in the final.
Brille-Peri died at the age of 37 years. Today, the stadium next to his hometown of Montevarchi is named after him. Italian actress Nancy Brilli is the niece of Gastone Brilli Peri.
Notes
- ↑ Gianna Venturi Malossi, Io, la figlia dell'arrotino (Edizioni Pendragon, 2004), 34n.