The Italian Cultural Institute in New York is pleased to present the exhibition FRENEMIES: Tazio Nuvolari and Enzo Ferrari, a partnership that made the history of international motoring. The initiative is organized by the Institute together with GlobalMedia, authorized by the Tazio Nuvolari Museum and the Automobile Club Mantova.
As part of the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the death of Tazio Nuvolari (1953/2023), the Automobile Club Mantova and GlobalMedia, multimedia partner of the Tazio Nuvolari Museum, are promoting NIVOLA FOREVER around the world.
In 1924 T. Nuvolari and E. Ferrari met at a race and Ferrari declared: “I hadn’t given too much credit to that skinny guy, but during the race I realized that he was the only competitor capable of threatening my win”. Six years later, in 1930, he was hired as a driver for the newly formed Scuderia Ferrari. Nuvolari raced for the Scuderia from 1930 to 1948. driving 12 cars: 10 Alfa Romeos from 1930 to 1933 and 1935 to 1937 and 2 Ferraris in 1947 and 1948. He won 40 races: 37 out of 60 Alfa Romeos and 3 out of 6 Ferraris. Out of a total of 66 races, he stood on the podium 48 times. Both fussy and gifted with a very strong character, Nuvolari and Ferrari experienced a very difficult relationship which led them, in July 1933, to an inevitable divorce. The drivers Jano and Canestrini, who in the Alfa Romeo team were Nuvolari’s staunchest supporters, worked to ensure that the Mantuan returned to racing for the Scuderia. And Ferrari, albeit reluctantly, reconfirmed him in 1935, which proved to be the year of Nuvolari’s most beautiful winnings with Alfa Romeos. Enzo Ferrari elected him “Nobody like Tazio Nuvolari…”.
For more information see here:
https://iicnewyork.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/frenemies-tazio-nuvolari-e-enzo-2/
September 5 – 10, 2023
Italian Cultural Institute | New York
686 Park Avenue, New York
Please RSVP at moc.liamg@pvsr.yncii Indicating “Frenemies”
Monday through Friday – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
