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When Fiat won major prizes

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Created on June 26, 2011

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Bernhard Brägger

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Fiat 804 - 404 Corsa (1922) - Pietro Bordino starts at the 1922 French GP in a Fiat, but has no chance against Felice Nazzaro, only five cars reach the finish line, three of which are Bugatti T30s

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Fiat 18 20 HP (1907) - Felice Nazzaro wins the second Targa Florio in 1907

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Fiat 75 HP (1904) - Vincenzo Lancia wins the sporting part of the Settimana Automobilistica in the summer of 1904 on the Fiat

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Fiat 100 HP (1905) - Alessandro Cagno is the fastest on the Mont Ventoux in 1905

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Fiat 8 Liter (1907) - Felice Nazzaro at the Kaiserpokal in the Taunus region - he wins after 5 hours 34 minutes and 26 seconds, with a five-minute lead

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Fiat 130 HP (1907) - Felice Nazzaro wins the GP Dieppe in 1907

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Fiat S.76 (1910) - Pietro Bordino reached 195 km/h on the 290 hp monster in 1910

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Fiat S.57-14B (1914) - At the Parma-Poggio di Berceto hill climb, Antonio Ascari only has a comparatively old Fiat at his disposal, but he still wins in the monster

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Fiat S 57 14 B Corsa (1914) - Count G. Masetti wins the Targa Florio of 1921

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Fiat 801 - 402 Corsa (1921) - Pietro Bordino at the GP Italia in Brescia in 1921 - he had to retire due to a flat tire

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Fiat 804-404 (1922) - at the 1922 GP Italia, Pietro Bordino does not let victory slip from his grasp

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Fiat 805-405 (1923) - Carlo Salamano wins the 1st European GP Monza 1923 with the compressor-equipped Fiat

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Fiat 806 Corsa (1927) - Pietro Bordino drives away from everyone at Monza in 1927

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Summary

FIAT (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino) had barely been founded in 1899 when the Turin-based company ventured onto the racetrack and immediately claimed its first victories. Founding member and senator Giovanni Agnelli Senior immediately understood the advertising power of motor racing and Fiat took on the foreign competition with ever more powerful racing cars. The first major success was celebrated in 1904 at the Brescia-Cremona-Mantua-Brescia race, the last in 1927 at the Gran Premio di Milano. Fiat bid farewell to Grand Prix racing and only returned to today's Grand Prix scene much later through Ferrari. This report will outline some of the outstanding events and successes.

This article contains the following chapters

Settimana automobilistica: August 28 - September 4, 1904
Course de côte Mont Ventoux: September 17, 1905
2nd Targa Florio: April 22, 1907
Kaiserpokal - Taunusrennen: June 13-14, 1907
Grand Prix de France in Dieppe: July 2, 1907
Speed records
Parma - Poggio di Berceto: October 5, 1919
XII Targa Florio: May 24, 1921
Gran Premio d'Italia: September 4, 1921
Grand Prix de France: July 16, 1922
Gran Premio d'Italia: September 10, 1922
Grand Prix d'Europe in Monza: September 9, 1923
Gran Premio di Milano: September 4, 1927

Estimated reading time: 9min

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FIAT (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino) had barely been founded in 1899 when the Turin-based company ventured onto the racetrack and immediately claimed its first victories. Founding member and senator Giovanni Agnelli Senior immediately understood the advertising power of motor racing and Fiat took on the foreign competition with ever more powerful racing cars. The first major success was celebrated in 1904 at the Brescia-Cremona-Mantua-Brescia race, the last in 1927 at the Gran Premio di Milano. Fiat said goodbye to Grand Prix racing and only returned to today's Grand Prix scene much later through Ferrari.Some of the outstanding events and successes are presented in this report.

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