Born in
Turin, he studied
mechanical engineering in
Switzerland and worked for
FIAT (1924–28), where he followed
Vittorio Jano who had left for
Alfa Romeo. The 1500 cc, 12-cylinder 806/504 was driven by
Pietro Bordino in the
Gran Premio di Milano (1927). He also had a short stay at
Alfa Romeo and
Stabilimenti Farina before joining
Scuderia Ferrari (1938–44), working on the 158 Alfetta with
Gioacchino Colombo, as well as on the
Auto Avio Costruzioni 815 (1940
Mille Miglia). At
Maserati (1944–52) he was involved in the
Maserati 4CLT,
Maserati A6 (1946) and
Maserati 250F (1952). He then worked for on shorter projects for
Ferrari (the
Jano V12 and
Dino),
Stanguellini,
De Tomaso,
Moretti and
Scuderia Serenissima. Massiminimo died at Modena in 1975. ==References==