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1940 Auto Avio Costruzioni 815

Chassis no. 815/021
Engine no. 815021
Coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring
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1940
Manufacturing
1940
Record: Tracing paper
1940
Record: Sketch
1940
Record: Depliant
1940
1st and current interior
Seats: Brown
1940
1st and current engine no. 815021
Manufacturer: AUTO AVIO
1st January 1940
1st and current body
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Touring
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Dark Red
1940
1st and current chassis no. 815/021
From 25th April 1940
to 26th February 1951
Plate: MI-76356
Country: IT
From 27th April 1940
to 5th February 1943
Owner: Giuseppe Ascari (IT)
Purchase price: Lire 20.000
Famous owner: Alberto Ascari (13 July 1918 – 26 May 1955) was italian racing driver and twice Formula One World Champion
Note: Alberto Ascari buys the car from Ferrari Enzo (Auto Avio Costruzioni owner)
27th April 1940
Generic fact: Other photos Alberto Ascari
28th April 1940
Event: I Gran Premio Brescia delle Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Class: Sino a 1.500 cm3
Driver: Alberto Ascari (IT)
Co-Driver: Giovanni Battista Minozzi (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Time: Start: 6.2T00"- Brescia-Roma: ritirati
From 6th February 1943
to 18th April 1946
Owner: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Purchase price: Lire 42.000
Famous owner: Italian racing driver
Note: Mortgage purchase completed on 1947, June 22
From 19th April 1946
to 23rd January 1947
Owner: Mario Lucco (IT)
3rd September 1946
Event: Coppa Andrea Brezzi
Circuit: Circuito del Valentino
Locality: Torino (IT)
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 2nd CL
From 24th January 1947
to 6th November 1947
Owner: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Famous owner: Italian racing driver
From 13th April 1947
to 20th April 1947
Event: Circuito di San Remo Ospedaletti
Locality: Ospedaletti (IT)
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Results / Prizes: NC
Note: Last time trial
11th May 1947
Event: Circuito Automobilistico di Piacenza
Locality: Piacenza (IT)
Race number: #162
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Note: 12th time in test Retired on lap 10
1st June 1947
Event: Circuito di Vercelli - Coppa Faini
Locality: Vercelli (IT)
Category / Group: Sports International
Class: over 1100.
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 4th CL
15th June 1947
Event: Circuito di Vigevano
Locality: Vigevano (IT)
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
From 21st June 1947
to 22nd June 1947
Event: XIV Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #189
Category / Group: Sport Internazionale
Class: Sino a 2.000 cm3
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Co-Driver: Adriano Massa (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Time: Start: 02.08W- Brescia-Roma: ritirati
Route: Dist. 1
20th July 1947
Event: Campionato Italiano Sport
Circuit: Circuito delle Cascine
Locality: Firenze (IT)
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Results / Prizes: 4th OA
Route: Dist. 50 - Dist. Tot. 90 km - Lap Dist. 1.800 km
Route: Dist. 30 - Dist. Tot. 99 km - Lap Dist. 3.300 km
Route: Dist. 20 - Dist. Tot. 36.540 km - Lap Dist. 1.827 km
Laps: 10
Laps: 19
Note: Gap 1 lap
20th July 1947
Event: I Coppa delle Dolomiti
Locality: Cortina d'Ampezzo (IT)
Race number: #165
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Co-Driver: Giovanni Civettini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 28th OA
Note: In this race the car was classified as Ferrari 1500
15th August 1947
Event: Circuito di Pescara - XVI Coppa Pescara
Locality: Pescara (IT)
Race number: #23
Class: S2.0
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Route: Dist. 20 - Dist. Tot. 516 km - Lap Dist. 25.800 km
24th August 1947
Event: Circuito di Senigallia
Locality: Senigallia (IT)
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF / 5th CL
31st August 1947
Event: Circuito di Novara
Locality: Novara (IT)
Race number: #56
Category / Group: International Sport
Class: class over 750
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF / 7th CL
14th September 1947
Event: Circuito del Lido di Venezia
Locality: Lido di Venezia (IT)
Category / Group: Sports International
Class: over 1100
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF / 5th CL
From 7th November 1947
to 25th February 1951
Owner: Alessandro Casiraghi (IT)
Note: Car seized Court of Milan
2nd May 1948
Event: XV Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #154
Driver: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Co-Driver: Giovanni Civettini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNA
From 26th February 1951
to 22nd March 1951
Owner: Luciano Rossi (IT)
Purchase price: Lire 68.637
Note: Car bought at auction by the Court of Milan. 1951, February 26 the car is radieted from the PRA (Pubblico Registro Automobilistico - Italian Car Register).
26th February 1951
Plate: MI-166813
Country: IT
From 23rd March 1951
to 11th October 1951
Owner: A. Salamini (IT)
From 12th October 1951
to 4th July 1954
Owner: Enrico Beltrachini (IT)
Purchase price: Lire 350.000
From 5th July 1954
to 21st December 1958
Owner: Rossi Luciano (IT)
Note: Auction judicial purchased.
From 22nd December 1958
to 5th June 1996
Owner: Domenico Gentili (IT)
Note: Emilio Storchi Fermi "Barighin" purchase the Auto Avio 815/021 for account of Domenico Gentili."Barighin" locates the car from a milan car breaker (at Piazza Loreto) and buying the scrap with aluminum prices
1st January 1965
Generic fact: L'attrice Sandra Milo distesa sul cofano di un auto sportiva d'epoca
1970
Event: Scuderia San Martino at Ferrari factory
Driver: Emilio Storchi Fermi (IT)
Note: Auto Avio Costruzioni 815/021 and Ferrari 512 on the square of Ferrari factory
From 15th September 1983
to 18th September 1983
Event: Ferrari Days
Locality: Modena (IT)
Note: Car exposed at Ferrari factory (Maranello - MO)
May 1986
Bibliography: Redaelli Alberto, Le Leggendarie Mille Miglia , Cassa Di Risparmio Di Verona E Belluno, n.p. 1986
April 1990
Bibliography: Varisco Attilio, 815 L'anteprima Ferrari , Ferrari World, n.p. 1990
October 1990
Bibliography: Orsini Luigi, Mille Miglia Una Corsa Italiana , Abiemme, n.p. 1990
July 1994
Bibliography: De Boer John, The Italian Car Registry - John Fulton De Boer , Unknown publisher, n.p. 1994
1995
Event: Concorso d'Eleganza per Automobili di Stresa
Locality: Stresa (IT)
From 18th May 1995
to 21st May 1995
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #131
Driver: Righini (IT)
Co-Driver: Stancari (IT)
Results / Prizes: NC (RC)
From 11th September 1995
to 17th September 1995
Event: Le Venti Sport: Macchine e Piloti che hanno fatto la leggenda dell'Automobilismo Sportivo dal 1930 al 1960
Locality: Trieste (IT)
From 9th May 1996
to 12th May 1996
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #125
Driver: Righini (IT)
Co-Driver: Stancari (IT)
Results / Prizes: NC (RC)
From 6th June 1996
to 18th December 1997
Owner: GENTILI DOMENICO & RIGHINI MARIO (IT)
Note: Joint ownership Gentile/Righini
From January 1997
to February 1997
Press review: Tabucchi Maurizio, "Un'orfana Di Guerra", La Manovella , no. 1, 01-1997, pp. 46
From 1st May 1997
to 4th May 1997
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Driver: Righini (IT)
Co-Driver: Stancari (IT)
Results / Prizes: NC
From 31st May 1997
to 8th June 1997
Event: 50° Ferrari 1947-1997
Locality: Roma (IT)
Driver: Mario Righini (IT)
Co-Driver: Lorenzo Villoresi (IT)
From 18th December 1997
to currently
Owner: Mario Righini (IT)
From 6th May 1999
to 9th May 1999
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #140
Driver: Righini (IT)
Co-Driver: Stancari (IT)
Results / Prizes: NC (RC)
October 1999
Press review: Denti Roberto, "Il Primo Sogno Ferrari", Auto Capital , 10-1999, pp. 102
April 2000
Press review: Unknown author, "Una Ferrari Sotto Falso Nome", Ruoteclassiche , no. 138, 04-2000, pp. 89
From 25th May 2000
to 27th May 2000
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #135
Driver: Righini (IT)
Co-Driver: Stancari (IT)
Results / Prizes: NC (RC)
2001
Bibliography: Marzotto Paolo, Red Arrows Ferraris Alla Mille Miglia , Giorgio Nada Editore S.r.l., n.p. 2001
From 17th May 2001
to 19th May 2001
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #147
Driver: Righini (IT)
Co-Driver: Stancari (IT)
Results / Prizes: 257th OA
16th February 2003
Event: Enzo Ferrari - The movie
Locality: Unknown city (IT)
Note: Enzo Ferrari is a 2003 bio-pic based on the book by Enzo Biagi. Starring Sergio Castellitto (Enzo Ferrari).
From 22nd May 2003
to 25th May 2003
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #151
Driver: Righini (IT)
Co-Driver: Stancari (IT)
Results / Prizes: 115th OA
December 2003
Restoration: Photo Interiors
December 2003
Restoration: Photo chassis engine - mechanics
December 2003
Restoration: Photo body and assembly
2004
Generic fact: Other photos
From 6th May 2004
to 9th May 2004
Event: Mille Miglia
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #153
Driver: Righini (IT)
Co-Driver: Stancari (IT)
Results / Prizes: 172nd OA
From 11th June 2005
to 12th June 2005
Event: Parma - Poggio di Berceto
Locality: Parma (IT)
Race number: #1
Driver: Piero Ferrari (IT)
Co-Driver: Nestore Morosini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
From 21st June 2007
to 24th June 2007
Event: 60° Ferrari Concorso di Eleganza
Locality: Fiorano Modenese (IT)
Driver: Nino Vaccarella (IT)
Note: Dimostration laps on Fiorano Circuit
April 2008
Bibliography: Nicolini Bruno, Barighin E La Ottocentoquindici , Edizioni Tecnograf, n.p. 2008
March 2009
Press review: Rogliatti Gianni, "Massimino E La Aac815 Alle Radici Del Mito Ferrari", La Manovella , no. 3, 03-2009, pp. 34
10th March 2009
Event: Trofeo Milano
Locality: Milano (IT)
Race number: #10
17th October 2009
Event: Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Unknown city (IT)
Race number: #11
Driver: E. Caimi (IT)
Co-Driver: Massimiliano Stancari
Results / Prizes: 27th OA
18th March 2010
Event: Motori & Sapori
Locality: Castelfranco Emilia (IT)
February 2011
Generic fact: Other photos Felipe Massa e Fernando Alonso: le origini
12th March 2011
Event: Old Timer Show
Locality: Forlì (IT)
Note: Exhibited in Club Romagnolo Auto e Moto d'Epoca area.
From 30th September 2012
to 15th October 2012
Event: Ferrari: Le Origini del Mito
Locality: Modena (IT)
Note: Exhibited at Casa Enzo Ferrari museum.
2013
Bibliography: Maini Gian Paolo, La Prima Corsa Di Enzo Ferrari , Imprimatur Editore, n.p. 2013
27th September 2013
Event: "La Prima Corsa di Enzo Ferrari" book presentation
Locality: Spilamberto (IT)
Note: Auto Avio 815 exhibited at Spazio Famigli. Book author Gian Paolo Maini
From 14th March 2014
to 16th March 2014
Event: Motori & Sapori
Locality: Modena (IT)
February 2015
Generic fact: Other photos
February 2015
October 2015
Event: Omaggio a Ferrari e Pavarotti, celebrità mondiali del talento di Modena
Locality: Unknown city (IT)
Note: Displayed at Museo Enzo Ferrari - MEF
November 2018
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2018
December 2018
Bibliography: Dolcini Carlo, Orizzonte Perduto Mille Miglia 1947-1956 , Ela, n.p. 2018
November 2020
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Ii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2020
From 10th September 2021
to 12th September 2021
Event: Vernasca Silver Flag
Locality: Piacenza (IT)
Race number: #73
September 2022
Bibliography: Grandi Massimo, 1948 Come Si Disegnò La Leggenda , Asi - Automotoclub Storico Italiano, n.p. 2022
June 2023
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Iii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2023
From 26th October 2023
to 29th October 2023
Event: Auto e Moto d'Epoca Fiera di Bologna
Locality: Bologna (IT)
Note: Car exhibited in pavilion 26