Enzo Ferrari
1898 - 1988
HPI 80.8468 languages
Enzo Ferrari is most famous for being the founder of the Ferrari car company.
The Most Famous
Racing Drivers from Italy
143 notable people
Trending Racing Drivers from Italy This Week
The top 10 Racing Drivers from Italy trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1
Alex Fiorio
1965 - 2026
Trending in Italian (#5), French (#94), and Hungarian (#148) Wikipedia (44,225 views, on Aug 17).
- #2
Enzo Ferrari
1898 - 1988
Trending in Italian (#43) and French (#81) Wikipedia (2,949 views, on Aug 14).
- #3
Miki Biasion
b. 1958
Trending in Italian (#86) Wikipedia (1,825 views, on Aug 17).
- #4
Alfredo Ferrari
1932 - 1956
Trending in French (#104) Wikipedia (2,328 views, on Aug 16).
- #5
Tazio Nuvolari
1892 - 1953
Trending in Italian (#261) Wikipedia (852 views, on Aug 12).
- #6
Valentino Rossi
b. 1979
Trending in Italian (#343) Wikipedia (906 views, on Aug 16).
This page contains a list of the greatest Italians Racing Drivers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,204 Racing Drivers, 141 of which were born in Italy. This makes Italy the birth place of the 2nd most number of Racing Drivers.
Top 10 Italian Racing Drivers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Italian Racing Drivers of all time. This list of famous Italian Racing Drivers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Italian Racing Drivers.
#1 #2 
Alberto Ascari
1918 - 1955
HPI 74.0557 languagesAlberto Ascari was an Italian motor racing driver and twice Formula One world champion. He was a racing driver for the Lancia and Ferrari teams, as well as a works Maserati driver. He was killed in an accident while testing a Ferrari at Monza in 1955.
#3 
Giuseppe Farina
1906 - 1966
HPI 74.0255 languagesGiuseppe Farina is most famous for being the first man to win the Formula One World Championship.
#4 
Giacomo Agostini
b. 1942
HPI 70.0726 languagesGiacomo Agostini is most famous for his motorcycle racing career. He is one of the most successful motorcycle racers of all time, with eight world championships.
#5 Alfredo Ferrari
1932 - 1956
HPI 68.1016 languagesItalian engineer and son of Enzo Ferrari (1932–1956)
#6 
Riccardo Patrese
b. 1954
HPI 67.5536 languagesItalian racing driver
#7 
Lella Lombardi
1941 - 1992
HPI 67.3631 languagesLella Lombardi is most famous for being the first woman to win a Formula One race.
#8 Valentino Rossi
b. 1979
HPI 67.1059 languagesValentino Rossi is most famous for being a motorcycle racer. He has won nine world championships and is the only rider to have won the championship in four different classes: 125cc, 250cc, 500cc, and MotoGP.
#9 
Michele Alboreto
1956 - 2001
HPI 66.5936 languagesItalian racing driver
#10 Tazio Nuvolari
1892 - 1953
HPI 66.2328 languagesItalian motorcycle racer
People by Birth Decade
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Overlapping Lives
Which Racing Drivers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Racing Drivers since 1700.
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