Giovanni Bracco (6 June 1908 at

Biella Biella (; pms, Biela; la, Bugella) is a city and ''comune'' in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of Turin an ...

– 7 August 1968 at Biella) was an Italian racing car driver. He lived in

, home town of other racing aces such as Mario Porrino and Lamberto Grolla. Before and after

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he had been racing

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s. He had won the 1948 Italian Grand Prix (2-litre class) in a

Maserati A6 Maserati A6 were a series of grand tourers, racing sports cars and single seaters made by Maserati of Italy between 1947 and 1956. They were named for Alfieri Maserati (one of the Maserati brothers, founders of Maserati) and for their straight-six ...

GCS, before joining

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for 1950–52, winning the 1952

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in a

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. With his younger pupil,

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, he came second in the 1951 Mille Miglia, driving a

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B20. He raced a

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in 1955. At the

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on 28 September

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he lost control of his

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3000, accidentally killing five spectators standing too close to the road .Augusta Carri
at Motorsport Memorial, last accessed on 3 November 2021.

Formula One World Championship results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

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