Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla (31 January 1934 – 3 August 2020) was a Grand Prix motorcycle
road racer
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and a professional
race car driver
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from Italy. Born in
Monza
Monza (, ; ; , locally ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the Lambro, River Lambro, a tributary of the Po (river), River Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the province of Mo ...
, he was the brother of driver
Vittorio Brambilla
Vittorio Brambilla (; 11 November 1937 – 26 May 2001) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "the Monza Gorilla", Brambilla won the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix with March.
Born and raised in Monza, Brambil ...
. In
1959
Events
January
* January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...
, he finished in 10th place in the 350cc Grand Prix
motorcycle
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season. In
1961
Events January
* January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union.
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...
, he again finished in 10th place in the 350 class.
Brambilla entered two
Formula One
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Grands Prix, firstly in the
1963 Italian Grand Prix
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with Scuderia Centro Sud, driving a
Cooper
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, which he failed to qualify. For the
1969
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race, he was entered by
Ferrari
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; the car was ultimately driven by
Pedro Rodríguez.
Brambilla died on 3 August 2020 in Monza.
Motorcycle Grand Prix results
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Complete Formula One results
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See also
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Formula One racing
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Grand Prix motorcycle racing
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References
1934 births
2020 deaths
Sportspeople from Monza
Italian motorcycle racers
Italian racing drivers
Italian Formula One drivers
Scuderia Centro Sud Formula One drivers
Ferrari Formula One drivers
European Formula Two Championship drivers
350cc World Championship riders
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