Vittorio Jano

Vittorio Jano ( born April 22, 1891 in San Giorgio Canavese (TO), † March 13, 1966 in Turin) was a famous Italian designer of racing cars of Hungarian descent.

Life

Jano worked from 1911 initially at Fiat and employed there already with the construction of racing cars. Thanks to mediation by Enzo Ferrari in 1923, he moved with his superiors, Luigi Bazzi to Alfa Romeo. He developed there the Alfa Romeo P2 won numerous races from 1924. Successors were the Alfa Romeo P3 as well as the 6C 1500 and the 8C, which were extremely successful on many race tracks. A particular success was the victory of the Grand Prix of Germany 1935 on the Nürburgring, as Tazio Nuvolari took a now already outdated P3 against the heavily favored Auto Union and Mercedes Benz. It is said that Adolf Hitler had refused to shake hands at the awards ceremony Nuvolari. Developed by Jano successful racing car shaped sustained the image of the brand Alfa Romeo. Also the end of the 1930s constructed Alfetta 158 Race Car, which were successful only after the Second World War in Formula 1, went back to his construction. 1937 Jano left the company.

In 1945 Vittorio Jano was working for the racing team of Lancia. His Lancia Lancia D24 and D50 were used early 1950 for the first time. As a result of Le Mans disaster of 1955 Lancia withdrew from racing and Jano went along with the Lancia racing team Ferrari. He developed there, the "Dino" V6 and V8 engines that have been an essential base for the hit series of Ferrari.

In 1965 Jano lost his son. As a result of this fate shock and a serious illness he committed - it is presumed - in 1966 suicide.

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