Most of the Genova racing drivers, with the exception of N. Barbieri, Bianco and Berrone, organized themselves into a racing outfit called the Gruppo Genovese San Giorgio for the 1934 racing season. The driving force behind this endeavour was Renato Balestrero and the finance was in charge of an inevitable wealthy enthusiast, Cesare Sanguinetti. Sanguinetti owned a score of 8C Alfa Monzas, but raced sporadically. Balestrero had resumed with serious racing in 1933 and pooled his Monza with those of Sanguinetti. The other drivers involved were Luigi Beccaria, Arnaldo Sciutti and Attilio Battilana and also probably Clemente Biondetti. Battilana hailed from Chiavari, near Genova, and had purchased in 1933 a 8C Alfa which he co-raced with Balestrero in the Milla Miglia and in other local races before selling it at the end of the year. He also owned, very likely in partnership with Beccaria, one or maybe two GP Bugattis. He raced one of Sanguinetti's Monzas in 1934, while in 1935 he partnered Beccaria in racing the latter's very fast Fiat Balilla 508 Spider, in long distance and in voiturette races.
