Vittorio Bellentani

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Vittorio Bellentani (Modena 1906 - ) was an italian automobile engineer.

He studied in Germany at University of Freiburg before joining Ferrari in 1940, where he first worked on the 815 development. After 1955 he worked for Maserati, joining the development of Maserati A6 (A6GCM 1952; A6SSG 1954), and Maserati 250F, that had been initiated by Gioacchino Colombo who left the company in 1955. Bellentani continued as a consulting engineer for Ferrari in the 1960s. He was consultant to the Bellentani Riccardo Modena (B.R.M.) company (1955-1957), formed by his brother Riccardo Bellentani and involved in two-stroke engines.