Editing Emilio Materassi (section)

==Death==
[[File:Incidente di materassi-monza.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The fatal accident of Materassi during the 1928 Italian Grand Prix held at the [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza]]]]
On the 17th lap of the [[1928 Italian Grand Prix]] held at the [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza]], Materassi lost control of his [[Talbot 700]] when he tried to overtake [[Giulio Foresti|Giulio Foresti’s]] [[Bugatti Type 35|Bugatti T35C]] on the main straight at over 200&nbsp;km/h.
The Talbot swerved to the left, jumped over a three-meter deep and four-meter wide protection ditch and a fence, and crashed into the grandstand.

Materassi was killed instantly along with twenty spectators, and a large number of people were injured. The other drivers of the [[Scuderia Materassi]] withdrew from the race immediately after the accident, but the event continued and it was won by [[Louis Chiron]]. Three days later one of the injured spectators died in hospital, making the total death toll 22.<ref name="ref1">{{cite web|author=The Motorsport Memorial Team|url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=1823 |title=Emilio Materassi, Motorsport Memorial |publisher=Motorsportmemorial.org |date= |accessdate=2011-10-30}}</ref> Other sources state that 27 spectators were killed all in all.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historicracing.com/drivers.cfm?driverID=3307 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126014644/http://www.historicracing.com/drivers.cfm?driverID=3307 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-26 |title=Emilio Materassi, Historic Racing |publisher=Historicracing.com |accessdate=2011-12-18 }}</ref>

By either estimation this is the worst accident, with respect to the number of lives lost, to occur at a Grand Prix and it is only surpassed by the [[1955 Le Mans disaster]] in the history of motor racing. As a result, the Italian Grand Prix was cancelled in 1929 and 1930.