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Clemente Biondetti

Clemente Biondetti, Italian race car driver (died 1955)

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Born
August 18, 1898
Died
February 24, 1955
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1898

About Clemente Biondetti

Clemente Biondetti was an Italian auto racing driver. Born into a working-class family, Biondetti raced motorcycles before turning to automobiles where he had greater success. Driving an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900b, Clemente Biondetti won the 1938 Mille Miglia for sports cars and at the Coppa Ciano finished second in the voiturette class then third in the main event. In 1939, he won the Coppa Acerbo voiturette class and took second place at the Swiss Grand Prix. He won more Mille Miglias than any other driver in history. As a result, he became the first Formula One World Championship driver to die of natural causes.

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Clemente Biondetti timeline

  1. Driving an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900b, Clemente Biondetti won the 1938 Mille Miglia for sports cars and at the Coppa Ciano finished second in the voiturette class then third in the main event.
  2. In 1939, he won the Coppa Acerbo voiturette class and took second place at the Swiss Grand Prix.

The world when Clemente Biondetti was born

Clemente Biondetti was born in 1898. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineSpanish-American War — US gains territories
  • Technology milestoneMarie & Pierre Curie discover radium
  • World population~1.58B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population71.0M

1898 versus 2026

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Measure18982026
Population71.0M341 million

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