The things they say

“The testing of the (Alfa Romeo) Bimotore was carried out on the motorway between Florence and the sea at Altopascio … and the ‘Flying Mantuan’ (Tazio Nuvolari) reached 364.183 kph … Bazzi told me that Nuvolari gave him 10,000 lire for that result, saying that `the twin-engine drives like a Lancia Aprilia’. In other words the Bimotore was as well-mannered as a family car.” Gino Rancati, in his new book Enzo Ferrari — The Man.