A lawyer from Locarno, Count Ottorino Volonterio of Orselina was an enthusiastic Swiss amateur who rarely troubled the score sheets. With a pace that varied between slow and very slow his career was spent at a leisurely pace.
Formula One driver who raced for the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari and Porsche teams. An ex-motorcyle champion Behra never found a Formula 1 Grand Prix win, but his fists did manage to find Maurice Trintigant, Georges Monneret and Ferrari team manager Romolo Tavoni!
Faulkner raced mainly in the National Championship and in stock car races. In 1950 Faulkner became the first rookie to take pole position at the Indianapolis 500. He died in 1956 after a qualifying crash at a USAC Stock Car race in Vallejo, California.