Giovanni Bracco
Italian racing driver
Died when: 60 years 61 days (722 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Giovanni Bracco (6 June 1908 at Biella – 7 August 1968 at Biella) was an Italian racing car driver.He lived in Biella, home town of other racing aces such as and .
Before and after World War II he had been racing Lancia Aprilias.He had won the 1948 Italian Grand Prix (2-litre class) in a Maserati A6 GCS, before joining Ferrari for 1950–52, winning the 1952 Mille Miglia in a Ferrari 250 S.
With his younger pupil, Umberto Maglioli, he came second in the 1951 Mille Miglia, driving a Lancia Aurelia B20.He raced a Maserati 200S in 1955.
At the Modena Grand Prix on 28 September 1947 he lost control of his Delage 3000, accidentally killing five spectators standing too close to the road .
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