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Clemente Biondetti (18 October 1898 – 24 February 1955) was an Italian auto racing driver. Born into a working-class family, Biondetti raced motorcycles before turning to automobiles where he had greater success.
Clemente Biondetti participated in one Formula One World Championship event, the 1950 Italian Grand Prix. Driving a self-built Ferrari-Jaguar hybrid car, engine problems Clemente Biondetti (18 October 1898 – 24 February 1955) was an Italian auto racing driver.
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Oct 1, 2010 · Clemente Biondetti Biography Born in Buddusò, Sardinia, into a working class family with Tuscan father and Venetian mother who found themselves in Sardinia on August 18, 1898. Biondetti’s ...
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Best on long distance endurance races, Clemente Biondetti won the Mille Miglia in 1938 and then three years running, from 1947 to 1949. He also won the Targa Florio in 1948 and 1949. He died from cancer in 1955 . Biondetti was born into a working class family in a small village of Buddusò in the hills of northern Sardinia and grew up there.
The effects of the cancer caused Biondetti to have to retire from racing in 1954. Unfortunately for Clemente, the cancer proved to be too tough of a competitor to beat, and in 1955 Clemente passed away at his home in Florence at the age of 57. Biondetti had many experiences in motor racing and in many different forms.
May 22, 2020 · Clemente Biondetti was certainly not afraid to do things his own way. Born in Sardinia but an adopted Tuscan, his pursuit of racing success included episodes such as reputedly combining eight 500cc Norton motorcycle engines with the goal of creating an eight-cylinder engine.
He started out on two wheels and, in 1927, he moved on to car racing. Biondetti won the Coppa Acerbo in 1939 and he won the Targa Florio twice, in 1948 and 1949 driving a Ferrari, 166S in the first race and 166 MM in the second. He participated in only one F1 GP, in 1950, with no results.
