Giulio Ramponi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian racing driver and mechanic (1902–86)
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Place of Birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
About Giulio Ramponi
- Giulio Ramponi (8 January 1902 – December 1986) was an Italian automobile technician and racing driver. He was born in Milan where he worked for the Florentia car maker and the Pelizzola maker of fuel pumps.
- In 1918 he became the mechanic of his stepfathers friend, opera singer Giuseppe Campari (1892–1933) who won at Mugello in 1920 with Alfa Romeo.
- In 1924, Ramponi became chief riding mechanic and co-driver for Antonio Ascari (1888–1925) and his Alfa Romeo P2, in which Ascari was killed in 1925.
- Ramponi was not in the car, since a GP rule change in 1925 eliminated the use of riding mechanics.
- Ascari died in his arms.Working under Vittorio Jano (1891–1965), he was test driver for Alfa Romeo 6C in 1927, and again, chief mechanic and co-driver for Campari.
- They won Mille Miglia in 1928 and 1929.
- He also raced in England, winning the 1928 Brooklands 6-hour race.
- Since losing his job in 1929, he worked for Tim Birkin (1896–1933) and the Dorothy Paget team.
- In 1932 he was again at Alfa for the Alfa Romeo P3 project.
- On 10 September 1933 Giuseppe Campari was killed, at the same time causing Baconin Borzacchini to fatally crash.
- In 1934 he became team leader with Whitney Straight (1912–79) and they won the First South African Grand Prix.
- Since 1935 he worked for Dick Seaman (1913–39).
- Ramponi also became a British citizen in the 1930s.
- During World War II he was interred on the Isle of Man and his first wife died from peritonitis.
- In 1947 he married Irene Cooper.
- He worked for 20 years as a consultant to various automobile and aircraft companies. Ramponi had first visited South-Africa in 1934.
- Since 1968 he and his wife Irene lived in South Africa.
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