Post-war Racing
In 1946, Nuvolari raced in the Milan Grand Prix using only one hand to steer; the other was holding a bloodstained handkerchief over his mouth.
Nuvolari's last race was in 1950 at the Palermo-Montepellegrino hillclimb, in which he came first in his class and fifth overall, driving the Cisitalia-Abarth 204 of the Squadra Carlo Abarth.
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