Gastone Brilli-Peri

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Count Gastone Brilli Peri (1893 - March 1930) was a famous Italian racing driver, who won the 1925 Italian Grand Prix in an Alfa Romeo P2 to secure the inaugural World Manufacturers' Championship title for Alfa Romeo. In 1929, still in the Alfa P2 he won the Circuit of Cremona and the Tripoli Grand Prix. He died during practice for the 1930 Tripoli Grand Prix, at only 37 years old. Today the stadium of his native city, Montevarchi, is named in his honour.