BACONIN (MARIO UMBERTO BORZACCHINI)

Baconin Borzacchini, the driver was born in Terni on September 28, 1898, about which little of his sporting career has been handed to blame for an accident, taking it away from the attention of the sporting world, it was too soon interrupted career.
A career built beautiful, kilometer after kilometer, driving in wind speed for the realization of its ideals of man and Campione. A career of results captured on the roads and circuits not only in Italy but all over Europe, to America boundless; before relying on such small displacements, with a heavenly Salmson, he cut his teeth, left to drive the Maserati brothers Alfieri and Ernesto; Then the legendary Alfa Romeo of Alfa Romeo until it lands in the Scuderia Ferrari. At the head of these, fighting wheel to wheel with Clemente Biondetti, Giuseppe Campari, Luigi Fagioli, Enzo Ferrari, Tazio Nuvolari and Achille Varzi percent took other important results in races harsh and selective as the Targa Florio, the Mille Miglia, the Great Awards of France, Belgium and Monza.
Among the little that has been handed down it is missing, unfortunately, even the knowledge of the great friendship that has bound Borzacchini a great champion of the past: Tazio Nuvolari. A friendship so strong and important, for the two samples so similar physically between them, to the point that the press of the time in the comments and in the chronicles of the 'identified as the "little brothers".
This good relationship between the two champions, never in any book highlighted, emerges browsing, one by one, all the matches played by Borzacchini and in particular by examining the behavior of the two samples when they raced together, with Tazio Nuvolari winner thanks to the sacrifice of Borzacchini in covering their backs to mate, or when they got together to deliberately Exaequo arrivals.
The deep friendship with every race matures, grows is fueled by great trust and mutual respect to become a bond so important enough to bring the "little brothers" to the separation from the Scuderia Ferrari for which they run and go to form their own team.
A dream that interrupted, unfortunately, at the outset on the asphalt track at Monza on September 9, 1933 during the first elimination round for the Grand Prix in Monza that the "little brother" Mario Umberto (Baconin) would have to play after the Grand Prix ??Italian course in the morning from the "little brother" Tazio Nuvolari.