Page 26 - Sample pages "Bugatti, The Italian Decade" by Gautam Sen

OOK orn on 28 January 1939 in
the southern Italian town of
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to a professor in the same university. A year later,
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Materazzi left for Turin to join the Lancia technical
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department.
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part of the design team responsible for modifying
the aerodynamics and powertrain of the Lancia
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Stratos Silhouette. After the Stratos had been
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Lancia built two turbocharged “silhouette” Stratos
for endurance racing. Though these cars were
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usually beaten by the quicker Porsche 935s, they
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RIGHT: An official image of Nicola Materazzi
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(Jean-Marc Borel)
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with his team members. (Jean-Marc Borel)
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