Umberto Maglioli | |
|---|---|
 Maglioli at the1954 Mille Miglia | |
| Born | (1928-06-05)5 June 1928 Bioglio, Piedmont,Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 7 February 1999(1999-02-07) (aged 70) Monza, Lombardy, Italy |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Active years | 1953–1957 |
| Teams | Ferrari,Maserati,Porsche |
| Entries | 10 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Career points | 31⁄3 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1953 Italian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1957 German Grand Prix |
Umberto Maglioli (5 June 1928 – 7 February 1999) was an Italianracing driver, who competed inFormula One at 10Grands Prix from1953 to1957. Inendurance racing, Maglioli was a three-time winner of theTarga Florio.
Maglioli participated in 10Formula One Grands Prix withFerrari,Maserati, andPorsche. He achieved two podiums, and scored 31⁄3 championship points. He participated in theTarga Florio race nineteen times, winning it three times, and theMille Miglia ten times, with the best result being a second place in theLancia Aurelia B20 GT in 1951.[1]
Born inBioglio,Vercelli, he was introduced to racing byGiovanni Bracco and accompanied him on severalMille Miglias andTarga Florios.[1][2] In 1953 he won the Targa (single-handed) for the first time, in aLancia D20, and also thePescara 12hr race, driving aFerrari 375 MM withMike Hawthorn.[2][1] Maglioli also won the lastCarrera Panamericana in 1954, driving theFerrari 375 Plus.[3] The same year he also won the1000 km Buenos Aires (withGiuseppe Farina) and the1000Km Supercortemaggiore at Monza, again with Hawthorn.[2]
He joinedPorsche in 1956 and won the Targa Florio, again single-handed.[2] In 1957 under established rules which allowedF2 cars to enterGrand Prix, Porsche entered two 550RSs for theGerman Grand Prix, one driven by Maglioli and the other byEdgar Barth.[4] Maglioli though failed to finish. Later that year he crashed his Porsche during the Gaisburg hillclimb inAustria. He recuperated in a hospital inSalzburg with leg injuries so severe that doctors initially feared he may not walk again.[5]
In 1964 he won theSebring 12hrs for Ferrari and in1968 scored his third Targa victory (this time withVic Elford) in a worksPorsche 907.[5] Maglioli retired from racing in 1970.[2] He died inMonza in 1999.
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari553 | FerrariStraight-4 | ARG | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | SUI | ITA 8 | NC | 0 |
| 1954 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari625 | FerrariStraight-4 | ARG 9 | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA 3 * | ESP | 18th | 2 | |
| Ferrari553 | SUI 7 | |||||||||||||
| 1955 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari625 | FerrariStraight-4 | ARG 3 † | MON | 500 | BEL | NED | GBR | 21st | 11⁄3 | |||
| Ferrari555 | ITA 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1956 | Scuderia Guastalla | Maserati250F | MaseratiStraight-6 | ARG | MON | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR Ret | NC | 0 | |||
| Officine Alfieri Maserati | GER Ret | ITA Ret ‡ | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | Dr Ing F Porsche KG | Porsche550RS F2 | PorscheFlat-4 | ARG | MON | 500 | FRA | GBR | GER Ret | PES | ITA | NC | 0 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position)(Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari625 | FerrariI4 | SYR | PAU | LAV | BOR | INT Ret | BAR 7 | CUR | ROM DNA | FRO | COR | BRC | CRY | ROU | CAE | AUG | COR | OUL | RED | PES DNS | SAC | JOE | CAD | BER | GOO | DAI |
| 1957 | Umberto Maglioli | Porsche RSK | Porsche 547/3 1.5F4 | BUE | SYR | PAU | GLV | NAP NC | RMS | CAE | INT | MOD | MOR |