Lotario Rangoni Machiavelli (1913 - October 2, 1942) was an Italian

Italy

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 car racer.
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He was born in Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

 descending from Modenese

Modena

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 (Rangoni) and Florentine (Machiavelli) nobility. He moved at a young age in Spilamberto

Spilamberto

Spilamberto is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 25 km west of Bologna and about 10 km southeast of Modena....

, near Modena, where he directed the family agricultural household.

He distinguished in numerous racing with FIAT

Fiat

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 Balilla and Alfa Romeo

Alfa Romeo in motorsport

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, and rode the first Ferrari

Ferrari

Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...

 ever (Model 815). He was also a fan of aviation, and during World War II he worked as test pilot. He died at Pistoia

Pistoia

Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:...

while testing a new plane.