The son of a wealthy textile manufacturer from Vercelli, near Milan, Italy, Marquis Antonio Brivio was one of the great Italian prewar racers: a gentleman driver every bit as professional as his main rivals, Tazio Nuvolari and Achille Varzi. He, like his two more famous contemporaries, was a tough and daring fighter who never gave up. His victory in the 1936 Mille Miglia proved this point, despite the fact that the lights of his P3-engined Alfa Romeo 2900A supercar blacked…

Antonio Brivio and Count Carlo Felice Trossi pass a couple of waving spectators as their Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 ascends the Futa Pass during the 1932 Mille Miglia. The pair would ultimately finish second overall.
Photo: Alfa Romeo Archive