Throughout its history, the Italian auto manufacturerMaserati has participated in various forms ofmotorsport includingFormula One,sportscar racing andtouring car racing, both as a works team and through private entrants. Maserati currently competes inFormula E in partnership with the Monaco Sports Group (MSG) asMaserati MSG Racing.
One of the first Maseratis theTipo 26 driven byAlfieri Maserati withGuerino Bertocchi acting as riding mechanic won theTarga Florio 1,500 cc class in 1926, finishing in ninth place in overall.[1]
Maserati was very successful in pre-war Grand Prix racing using a variety of cars with 4, 6, 8 and 16 cylinders (two straight-eights mounted parallel to one another).
Other notable pre-war successes include winning theIndianapolis 500 twice (1939 and 1940), both times withWilbur Shaw at the wheel of a 8CTF.
Maserati won the Targa Florio in 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1940. The first two wins were achieved byGiovanni Rocco with aMaserati 6CM and the last two byLuigi Villoresi with a 6CM in 1939 and a4CL in 1940.
Maserati's post-war factory effort in sports car racing began in 1954 for the second season of theWorld Sportscar Championship. The factory raced as Officine Alfieri Maserati.
Maserati scored points in all but one year of the first era of theWorld Sports Car Championship from 1953 to 1961. Both factory-entered and privately-entered cars were eligible to score points for the manufacturer. At the end of 1957 Maserati retired the factory team from racing though they continued to build cars for privateers.
In the1953 World Sportscar Championship Maserati placed thirteenth.
In the1954 World Sportscar Championship Maserati entered theMaserati A6GCS and placed fifth.
In the1955 World Sportscar Championship Maserati placed fourth.
In the1956 World Sportscar Championship Maserati placed second including a win at the 1000 km Buenos Aires and the 1000 km at theNürburgring. The win at1956 1000 km Buenos Aires was aMaserati 300S sports car driven byStirling Moss andCarlos Menditéguy.
In the1957 World Sportscar Championship Maserati again placed second. This time with wins atSebring andRabelöfsbanan
In the1959 World Sportscar Championship Maserati placed fourth.
In the1960 World Sportscar Championship Maserati placed third. With a win at theADAC1000 km Nürburgring for aMaserati Tipo 61 driven byStirling Moss andDan Gurney.
In the1961 World Sportscar Championship Maserati placed second. With a repeat win at theADAC1000 km Nürburgring for aMaserati Tipo 61 this time driven byLloyd Casner andMasten Gregory.
Maserati returned to sportscar racing in 2004, entering theMaserati MC12 in theFIA GT Championship. Since 2005 the MC12 fielded byVitaphone Racing Team won five teams' championships and four drivers' championships in a row.
Michael Bartels andAndrea Bertolini won the inaugural GT1 World Championship for Drivers in the2010 FIA GT1 World Championship driving aMaserati MC12 for theVitaphone Racing Team. The Vitaphone Racing Team won the GT1 World Championship for Teams.
TheMaserati BiturboGroup A racing car competed unsuccessfully in theBritish Touring Car Championship in the late 1980s, theEuropean Touring Car Championship and theWorld Touring Car Championship (1987).
The cars for the1987 World Touring Car Championship season were entered byPro Team Italia/Imberti. The car was inGroup A Division 3 competing against theFord Sierra RS Cosworth and later in the season Ford Sierra RS 500. The car was driven byBruno Giacomelli,Armin Hahne,Marcello Gunella,Mario Hytten,Nicola Tesini andKevin Bartlett.
For theBritish Touring Car Championship the cars were entered byTrident Motorsport.This was for the 1988 and 1989 seasons. The car was driven byNick May,John Lepp andVic Lee.
A former 1987 WTCC car was bought byAdriano Dece who converted it for used on road rallies and the company also manufactured theMaserati BiturboGroup A Rally car.
| Full name | Officine Alfieri Maserati |
|---|---|
| Base | Modena, Italy |
| Founder(s) | Maserati Brothers |
| Noted staff | Gioacchino Colombo Valerio Colotti |
| Noted drivers |  Juan Manuel Fangio Stirling Moss |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1950 British Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 43 (43 starts) |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 2 (1954,1957) |
| Race victories | 9 |
| Pole positions | 9 |
| Fastest laps | 14 |
| Final entry | 1957 Italian Grand Prix |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
|---|---|
| First entry | 1950 British Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1960 United States Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 77 (70 starts) |
| Race victories | 9 |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 2 (1954,1957) |
| Pole positions | 10 |
| Fastest laps | 15 |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
|---|---|
| First entry | 1950 British Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1969 Monaco Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 113 (108 starts) |
| Chassis | Maserati,Arzani-Volpini,Cooper,Kurtis Kraft,JBW,Tec-Mec,Emeryson,Lotus,ENB |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 2 (1954,1957) |
| Race victories | 11 |
| Podiums | 44 |
| Points | 72 |
| Pole positions | 11 |
| Fastest laps | 17 |
Maserati participated in Grand Prix racing during the 1930s and inFormula One motor racing during the 1950s and 1960s. Its works Formula One programme was broadly successful, providing a total of 9 Grand Prix wins for the factory team.[2] In addition,Juan Manuel Fangio won the1957 World Championship of Drivers and part of the1954 World Championship of Drivers with aMaserati 250F.
Maserati designed two Formula One cars: theMaserati 4CLT and theMaserati 250F, and the pre-World War IIMaserati 4CL was also used with some success. In addition, theMaserati A6GCM, designed as aFormula Two car, was also used in F1. Due to financial difficulties in the late 1950s the team had to withdraw from Formula One in 1958 despite the 250F still being successful. Privateers continued to use the 250F until 1960.
In the 1960s, Maserati supplied engines to British Formula One teamCooper as well as a number of smaller teams. The most successful car of that collaboration was theCooper-Maserati T81, which had a MaseratiV12 engine. It won the1966 Mexican Grand Prix and the1967 South African Grand Prix, driven byJohn Surtees andPedro Rodríguez respectively.
The 1948 Maserati 4CLT was one of the first cars built to the new Formula One regulations, introduced in 1946, and was developed from the 1938 Maserati 4CLvoiturette car. The older design was still competitive despite the hiatus ofWorld War II and was entered into Formula One races when racing resumed after the war. Its success encouraged Maserati to develop the car's design and these refinements were brought together as the 4CLT.
On 10 January 2022, Maserati announced they would be competing in Formula E beginning in the2022–23 Formula E World Championship. On 4 June 2023, Maserati took its first Formula E victory withMaximilian Günther in the2023 Jakarta ePrix - Race 2. Günther also won the firstTokyo ePrix on 30 March 2024.
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