The family was well acquainted with motor racing as Arturo and his brother Giuseppe were both bicycle racers - Giuseppe was a multiple winner of the Italian national championship and was particularly admired by a young Tazio.
==Zgodnje in zasebno življenje==Tazio Nuvolari se je rodil 16. novembra 1892 v italijanskem mestecu Castel d'Ario v okolici Mantove Arturu Nuvolariju in njegovi ženi Elisi Zorzi.