Today we think of Fiat’s role in Grand Prix racing as the owner of Ferrari, but the Turin company was once a successful pacesetter in the sport in its own right. Using radical new designs, it transformed Grand Prix technology. Fiat had a good First World War. It helped that Italy was on the winning side. Rejecting her initial alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary and attracted by the offer of post-war territorial gains, Italy joined the French and British Entente…

Fiat 501s driven by Edoardo Weber and Guido Peyron finished 3rd and 4th, respectively, in the 1920 Circuito di Mugello, which was won by Giuseppe Campari in and Alfa Romeo 40/60.