title: Bruno Sterzi
text: # Bruno Sterzi
  
  Count Bruno Sterzi (1922 – 10 November 1980) was an Italian nobleman, businessman and a former automobile racing driver and team owner. Owner of a paper mill, he was a skillful sports car driver in the late 1940s and early 1950s. On 29 May 1949, Bruno Sterzi win in Ferrari 166 S the 1st Coppa Intereuropa in Monza Circuit.
  
  ## Racing record
  
  ### Career highlights
  
  | Season | Date | Series | Position | Team | # | Car | Division |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1948 | 4 April 1948 | Targa Florio | 6th | Scuderia Inter | 297 | Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa s/n 010i | Sports Car |
  | 1948 | 15 August 1948 | XVII Circuito di Pescara | 2nd | Bruno Sterzi | 12 | Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa s/n 012i | Sports Car |
  | 1948 | 24 October 1948 | Circuito del Garda | 2nd | Bruno Sterzi | 34 | Ferrari 166 Spyder Corsa s/n 018i | FIA Formula 1 |
  | 1949 | 29 May 1949 | 1st Coppa Intereuropa | 1st | Bruno Sterzi | 16 | Ferrari 166 S | Sports Car |
  | 1949 | 10 July 1949 | Circuito del Garda | DNF | Scuderia Ferrari | 20 | Ferrari 166 F2 s/n 01F | FIA Formula 2 |
  | 1952 | | 4th Coppa Intereuropa | 1st | Bruno Sterzi | | Ferrari 225 S | Sports Car |
  | 1953 | 26 July 1953 | 10 Hours of Messina | 8th | Bruno Sterzi and Franco Cortese | | Ferrari 166 MM Vignale Spider s/n 0278M | Sports Car |
  
  * Bruno Sterzi (owner) and Ferdinando Righetti (Ferrari mechanic) drove this 1948 Ferrari 166 S Allemano Spyder s/n 001S at Mille Miglia endurance race in Italia on 2 May 1948. They had entry #178 but did not finish
  * Two Ferrari 166 at Circuito del Garda outside Salò in northern Italy on 24 Ottobre 1948. To the left (entry #34) is the 1948 Ferrari 166 SC s/n 018i driven by its owner Bruno Sterzi (got 2nd place), and on the right (entry #14) is the 1948 Ferrari 166 SC s/n 008i (aka "Ansaloni Spider Corsa SWB") driven by Ferdinando Righetti and/or Clemente Biondetti (became 6th overall).
  