His own racing team, however, got Felice Nazzaro to leave Fiat and join as driver, who had won the 1907 race. In 1913 Vincenzo Florio founded the Automobile Club of Sicily, of which he remained president for a long time.
The racing team that he owned hired Felice Nazzaro away from Fiat, where he had previously driven to victory in 1907.  Vincenzo Florio founded the Automobile Club of Sicily in 1913 and served as its president for an extended period.