δ Robert Falcucci (1900-1989)
Monaco Grand Prix, 17 Avril 1932
Lithograph printed in colours, 1932, printed by Monégasque, Monte Carlo, on wove paper, sheet 1118 x 780mm (46 1/2 x 30 3/4in)

The 1932 Monaco Grand Prix was the fourth running of the prestigious race, and the first time that a car other than a Bugatti had been victorious. The car, a works Alfa Romeo P3, driven by the Italian great Tazio Nuvolari won with a race time of 5 hours, it was notably the first time an Italian had won the race. Tazio Nuvolari was one of the early superstars of motor racing, known as the "Flying Mantuan" he won 72 major races and 150 in all, Ferdinand Porsche said of him "the greatest driver of the present, the past and the future". Nuvolari died in 1952 after a stroke, his funeral was attended by over 50,000 people and his coffin was pushed on top of a car chassis by the legends Alberto Ascari, Lugi Villoresi and Juan Manuel Fangio.

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