#LuigiTaramazzo

Luigi "Gigi" Taramazzo (1932–2004) was an Italian racing driver born in Ceva, Piedmont. He began his career in 1951 by entering the Mille Miglia with a Fiat 500 Topolino, finishing 168th. His first major victory came in 1953 at the Rally delle Palme driving an Alfa Romeo 1900. In 1954, he won the Giro d’Italia automobilistico in an Alfa Romeo 1900 Super Sprint Zagato. His most important success came in 1958 when he won the Mille Miglia with co-driver Gerino Gerini in a Ferrari 250 GT Coupé. That year he also won the Coppa Intereuropa at Monza, the Garessio-San Bernardo hill climb, and took class victories in the Trento-Bondone and Pontedecimo-Giovi hill climbs. He attempted to qualify for the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix with a Maserati 250F shared with Ken Kavanagh but failed to qualify. Throughout the 1960s, he continued to race in endurance and hill climb events, driving cars such as the Porsche 906 and the Lancia Fulvia HF. He retired from racing in 1972 after winning the Garessio-San Bernardo for the seventh time. He died in Vallecrosia, Liguria, in 2004. There is no known evidence connecting him to the Molino Taramazzo flour business, despite the shared surname and regional proximity. He is remembered as one of the most active and versatile Italian semi-professional drivers of the postwar period.

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