Giulio Ramponi

Giulio Ramponi (8 January 1902 – December 1986) was an Italian automobile technician and racing driver. As a racing driver, he specialized in endurance racings.

Career

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, He also raced in England, winning the 1928 Brooklands 6-hour race, and the 1929 Brooklands Double 12 Hour race in an Alfa Romeo 6C. After 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.

In 1934, he became team leader with Whitney Straight (1912–79) and they won the First South African Grand Prix, and in 1935 started to work as mechanic to Dick Seaman (1913–39).

Personal life

Ramponi became a British citizen in the 1930s. He worked for 20 years as a consultant to various automobile and aircraft companies and in 1968 he and his wife moved to South Africa.

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