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June, Tazio Nuvolari’s Month of the Absolute Frontier.

A cura di Fabio Castagna, Head of Digital Bank, in collaboration with Giuseppe Pottocar, Director of the Tazio Nuvolari Museum

June, for Tazio Nuvolari, was never a month of balance or stability.

It was the point in the season where motorsport became harsher, races longer, conditions more extreme, and the margin for error almost nonexistent. This was not a month for simply racing—it was a month for surviving, adapting, and pushing forward when everything suggested restraint.

In the early years of his career, June already revealed more character than comfort. In 1923, at Busto Arsizio, Nuvolari claimed a commanding victory in the 500 class, even stopping to change a chain mid-race without losing control of the competition. It was an early symbol of his essence: technical improvisation fused with absolute competitive instinct. Yet just days later, instability returned across the Prealpi Varesine and Savio circuits, where results shifted between promise and fragility.

By 1924, the pattern had become even clearer. At Polesine he finished second overall with a class victory, and at Cremona he dominated the 500 class. But on the same stage, mechanical failure struck again, forcing a retirement due to a bearing issue. In Nuvolari’s world, success and breakdown were never opposites—they were constant neighbors.

The second half of the 1920s brought escalation. In 1927, victories at the Pozzo circuit and the Rome Grand Prix demonstrated extraordinary versatility across motorcycles and cars. Yet the same month also delivered abrupt setbacks, including an engine failure in Bologna. June was becoming a month defined by contradiction: the higher the peak, the closer the risk of collapse.

Between 1928 and 1929, endurance replaced consistency as the defining theme. Races multiplied, results fluctuated, but one constant emerged: the Lario circuit. In 1929, Nuvolari secured a powerful outright victory there—one of those performances that shapes identity more than statistics ever could.

With 1930 and 1931 came the definitive leap. Victories at Stradella, Trieste–Opicina, and Cuneo–Colle della Maddalena confirmed his dominance across radically different terrains. Then, in 1931, Pontedecimo–Giovi became a statement of method as much as victory: attack without hesitation, even when caution would have been the rational choice. At that point, Nuvolari was no longer simply a master of risk—he had become its reference point.

In 1932 and 1933, June entered the realm of international legend. The 1932 Italian Grand Prix reinforced his technical and mental authority. Then came 1933: N�mes, Barcelona, and above all Le Mans, where he won the 24 Hours alongside Raymond Sommer. It was not merely a victory—it was total endurance, a day-and-night duel with exhaustion, machinery, and fate itself.

Yet June never settled into order. Even in his peak years, contradictions defined the narrative. Between 1934 and 1937, mechanical retirements and decisive victories coexisted—Milano, Penya Rhin, and other triumphs standing alongside abrupt failures. Control and chaos remained inseparable.

In the postwar years, the story became even more human. Racing became physically harsher, machinery less reliable, and Nuvolari continued to appear not only as a competitor, but as a symbol of persistence. Even when results slipped away in Modena or Campione d’Italia, his presence still carried meaning beyond classification.

In 1947, the Mille Miglia with F. Carena closed an emotional arc: a second place that meant far more than its position suggested, achieved in an era where endurance mattered as much as outright speed.

From 1920 to 1948, June tells a precise truth: Nuvolari never had an “easy” month, but in none does his essence emerge more clearly. More than forty races across motorcycles and cars—victories, retirements, and extraordinary feats, trace a profile unique in motorsport history.

June, for Nuvolari, was never a month of routine. It was the month of the frontier: the exact point where talent refuses to stop, even when everything else demands it.

01/06/24 I Circuito del Polesine

AUTO CHIRIBIRI Monza - 1500 cc Tazio Nuvolari

2� assoluto e 1� classe 1500

09/06/24 II Circuito Automobilistico di Cremona

AUTO CHIRIBIRI Monza - 1500 cc Tazio Nuvolari

Ritirato al 3� giro (bronzina)

09/06/24 Cremona, 10 Chilometri lanciati

AUTO CHIRIBIRI Monza - 1500 cc Tazio Nuvolari

3� assoluto e 1� classe 1500

12/06/27 II Reale Gran Premio Roma

AUTO BUGATTI 35 - 2000 cc Tazio Nuvolari

1� assoluto e 1� classe 2000

19/06/27 I Circuito Automobilistico di Bologna

AUTO BUGATTI 35 - 2000 cc Tazio Nuvolari

Ritirato al 3� giro (guasto al motore)

10/06/28 IV Reale Gran Premio Roma

AUTO BUGATTI 35 C - 2000 cc Tazio Nuvolari

Ritirato al 26� giro (rottura di un pistone)

24/06/28 Cremona, 10 Chilometri lanciati

AUTO BUGATTI 35 C - 2000 cc Tazio Nuvolari

3� assoluto e 2� classe oltre 1500

24/06/28 III Circuito Automobilistico di Cremona

AUTO BUGATTI 35 C - 2000 cc Tazio Nuvolari

2� assoluto e 2� classe oltre 1500

09/06/29 IX Circuito del Mugello

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 6C SS - 1750 cc Tazio Nuvolari

9� assoluto e 6� classe 2000

15/06/30 VI Trieste-Opicina

AUTO ALFA ROMEO P2-2006 cc Ferrari

1� assoluto e 1� categoria Corsa

29/06/30 IV Cuneo-Colle della Maddalena

AUTO ALFA ROMEO P2-2006 cc Ferrari

1� assoluto e 1� categoria Corsa

07/06/31 VII Reale Gran Premio Roma - Criterium Mondiale degli Assi

AUTO BUGATTI Monoposto TN - � la 35C - 2000 cc Tazio Nuvolari

Ritirato al 6� giro (rottura molla valvola)

21/06/31 XVII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C-2300 cc Alfa Corse

11� assoluto

28/06/31 VIII Pontedecimo-Giovi

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C-2300 cc Alfa Corse

1� assoluto e 1� classe oltre 1100 (Ex aequo con P.Ghersi - Maserati 26 M)

05/06/32 X Gran Premio d'Italia

AUTO ALFA ROMEO B P3 - 2600 cc Ferrari

1� assoluto

19/06/32 IX Pontedecimo-Giovi

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C-2300 cc Alfa Corse

3� assoluto e 1� classe oltre 1100

04/06/33 II Grand Prix de Nimes

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C Monza - 2600 cc Siena

1� assoluto

11/06/33 XXVII Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C Monza - 2600 cc Siena

Ritirato al 6� giro (guasto alla trasmissione)

18/06/33 XI 24 Heures du Mans

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C MM Le Mans - 2300 cc Ferrari

1� assoluto e 1� classe 3000 (con Raymond Sommer)

25/06/33 IV Gran Premi Penya Rhin - I Copa Barcelona

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C Monza - 2600 cc Siena

5� assoluto, a 2 giri dal vincitore

03/06/34 VIII Eifelrennen

AUTO MASERATI 8 CM - 3000 cc Maserati Squadra Corse

Ritirato al 7� giro (abbandono)

17/06/34 V Gran Premi Penya Rhin - II Copa Barcelona

AUTO MASERATI 8 CM - 3000 cc Maserati Squadra Corse

Ritirato al 32� giro (abbandono)

09/06/35 II Circuito di Biella

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8B P3 - 3200 cc Ferrari

1� assoluto

15/06/35 Record di velocit� Internazionali

AUTO ALFA ROMEO Bimotore 16C - 6300 cc Ferrari

Vedi note

23/06/35 XXIX Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8B - 3800 cc Ferrari

Ritirato al 15� giro (rottura della trasmissione)

30/06/35 VI Gran Premi Penya Rhin - II Copa Barcelona

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8B P3 - 3200 cc Ferrari

3� assoluto

07/06/36 VII Gran Premio Penya Rhin - IV Copa de Barcelona

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 12C - 4000 cc Ferrari

1� assoluto

14/06/36 X Eifelrennen

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 12C - 4000 cc Ferrari

2� assoluto

21/06/36 I Magyarorsz�g Nagy Dija

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 8C - 3800 cc Ferrari

1� assoluto

28/06/36 I Circuito di Milano

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 12C - 4000 cc Ferrari

1� assoluto e 1� classe oltre 1500

13/06/37 XI Eifelrennen

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 12C - 4000 cc Ferrari

5� assoluto

20/06/37 II Circuito di Milano

AUTO ALFA ROMEO 12C - 4000 cc Ferrari

1� assoluto e 1� classe oltre 1500

25/06/39 VIII Grand Prix de Belgique

AUTO AUTO UNION Tipo D - 3000 cc AUTO UNION

Ritirato al 28� giro (incidente)

09/06/46 I Coupe Ren� Le Begue

AUTO MASERATI 4 CL - 1500 cc Milano

Ritirato all'11� giro (rottura di un pistone)

23/06/46 II Circuito di Campione d'Italia

AUTO FIAT Sport Special Spelluzzi - 1100 cc

ritirato al 23� giro per malore; classificato 3�a 7 giri dal vincitore. Non prende parte alla finale

30/06/46 VII Circuito di Modena

AUTO FIAT Sport Special Spelluzzi - 1100 cc

Ritirato all'8� giro (guasto meccanico)

21/06/47 XIV Coppa delle Mille Miglia

AUTO CISITALIA 202 MM Spyder Nuvolari - 1100 cc CISITALIA

2� assoluto e 1� classe 1100 categoria sport (con F.Carena)

13/06/48 III Circuito di Mantova - II Coppa Giorgio e Alberto Nuvolari

AUTO FERRARI 166 SC - 2000 cc Ferrari

Ritirato al 9� giro (malore)

20/06/20 IV Circuito Internazionale di Cremona

MOTO DELLA FERRERA 3 1/2 Corsa - 496 cc

ritirato (fumo e fuliggine dallo scarico)

04/06/22 I Pinerolo - Costagrande

MOTO SAROLEA Supersport - 499 cc

ritirato

01/06/23 I Circuito di Busto Arsizio

MOTO NORTON M18 - 490 cc

1� assoluto e 1� classe 500 (in gara cambia la catena)

10/06/23 II Circuito delle Prealpi Varesine

MOTO NORTON M18 - 490 cc

7� assoluto e 4� classe 1000

17/06/23 I Circuito Motociclistico del Savio

MOTO INDIAN Powerplus 7-9HP - 988 cc

6� assoluto e 4� classe 1000

08/06/24 VIII Circuito Internazionale di Cremona

MOTO NORTON M18 - 490 cc

1� assoluto e 1� classe 500

15/06/24 III Circuito di Padova

MOTO NORTON M18 - 490 cc

3� assoluto e 2� classe 500

29/06/24 IV Circuito del Lario