Guido Bigio was an Italian racing car driver and chemical engineer.

Born at Busalla

Busalla

Busalla is a comune in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 27 km north of Genoa.Its territory is crossed by the upper valley of the Scrivia river. Nearby is the artificial Lake Busalletta....

, Province of Genoa

Province of Genoa

The Province of Genoa is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Genoa.It has an area of 1,838 km², and a total population of about 900,000...

, he was founder of the Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

-based Itala car manufacturer (with Matteo Ceirano

Matteo Ceirano

Matteo Ceirano was an Italian businessman in the early automobile industry.His father, Giovanni Battista Ceirano, was an automobile pioneer, and with his brothers Ernesto Ceirano and Giovanni Ceirano, Matteo worked in his father's automobile workshop. With Giovanni, he created the Ceirano Matteo &...

 and others), becoming general manager and development director in 1905.

Bigio also raced these cars, such as being second in the Targa Rignano

Targa Rignano

The Padova - Bovolenta race was an automobile, voiturette and motorcycle race. The first day had a straight race speedrecord track between the cities of Padova and Bovolenta in Italy, followed by a race in Padova the next day. The name Targa Rignano was only used in the years 1902, 1903 and...

 (1904).

He and his technician Crescentino Ardizzone, died in an accident at Dieppe

Dieppe, Seine-Maritime

Dieppe is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in France. In 1999, the population of the whole Dieppe urban area was 81,419.A port on the English Channel, famous for its scallops, and with a regular ferry service from the Gare Maritime to Newhaven in England, Dieppe also has a popular pebbled...

, testing an Itala two months before the 1913 French Grand Prix

1913 French Grand Prix

The 1913 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Amiens on 12 July 1913.-The Race:The restriction on Grand Prix cars for 1913 included an minimum weight and an maximum weight, as well as a fuel consumption limit.....