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…
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