Alessandro Cagno

Alessandro Cagno ( born May 2, 1883 in Turin, † December 23, 1971 ) was an Italian racing driver.

Cagno was known for his precision with which he drew the large-displacement cars in the period before the First World War, and for his intelligent driving style.

From 1901 to 1905 he contested race at Fiat, predominantly mountain races in Italy. When Gordon Bennett Cup in 1905 he attended as a third party sensation, and together with Felice Nazzaro for the first international success of the Italian brand. In 1906 he moved to Itala, for which he won the first discharged Targa Florio and the Coppa della VELOCITA 1907. Then he lost interest in motorsport and turned to aviation. After an unsuccessful comeback attempt in the GP of France in 1914 he was seen in the 1920s, again on the race track, this time in the displacement weaker Voiturette class (similar to the later formula 2). His last success was the victory in the Italian Grand Prix for Voiturettes 1923.

Cagno was one of the few survivors of the early days of motor racing and lived in his house in Turin, where he died in 1971.

• GP rider before 1950
• Man
• Racers (Italy )
• Italian
• Born in 1883
• Died in 1971