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'''Giovanni Lurani Cernuschi''' (December 19 1905 - January 1995) was an Italian automobile engineer, racing car driver and journalist. Also, he was conte di Calvenzano.

He studied engineering at the Politecnico di Milano and raced cars such as [[Salmson]], [[Derby]], [[Alfa Romeo]] and [[Maserati]], participated eleven times in [[Mille Miglia]], winning three times: 1933 in an [[MG Cars|MG]] K3, 1948 in a [[Donald Healey Motor Company|Healey]] and 1952 in a [[Porsche]]).

After partaking in the second Italo-Abyssinian War (1935-36), he founded the racing team [[Scuderia Ambrosiana]] along with [[Luigi Villoresi]] and [[Franco Cortese]] (1937), and sustained a bad hip-injury in [[Maserati 4 CM]] at [[Crystal Palace (circuit)]], thus ending his single-seater career (1938).

After World War II Lurani got more involved in administration and politics, such as [[FIA]] where he initiated the [[GT]] (1949) and [[Formula Junior]] (1959).<ref>[http://www.historicracing.com/top100.cfm?driverID=7749&today=on&fromrow=1 entry] at historicracing.com</ref>. He also designed record breaking motorcycles based on Moto Guzzi, and was president of the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) Sporting Commission for several years.

==Publications==
*''Auto Italiana'', which he founded and edited
*''[[Tazio Nuvolari|Nuvolari]]'' (Cassell & Company Ltd., 1959). With Luigi Marinatto.
*''La storia delle macchine da corsa'' (1970). Translation ''History of the racing car: Man and machine'' (1972)
*''La storia della [[Mille Miglia]] 1927-57'' (1979).
*''[[Alfa Romeo]]: Catalogo ragionato'' (1982). With Paolo Altieri.
*''Racing around the world 1920-35''.

==References==
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[[Category:Italian racecar drivers]]
[[Category:Motoring journalists]]

Giovanni Lurani - Revision history

Red marquis at 14:34, 6 September 2009