Piero Dusio

Former F1 driver
Name = Piero Dusio
Nationality = flagicon|Italy Italian
Years = F1|1952
Team(s) = Cisitalia
Races = 1 (0 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race = 1952 Italian Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race = 1952 Italian Grand Prix

Piero Dusio (October 13, 1899 – November 7, 1975) was an Italian soccer player, businessman and racing driver.

Dusio was born at Scurzolengo, province of Asti. His active soccer career (three games for Juventus 1921-22) [ [http://www.forza-juventus.com/statistiques/matchs.htm Forza juventus] match statistics] ended in a knee injury, after which he started a textile business (oil cloth), which evolved into sporting goods as well as becoming supplier of military uniforms. He raced in the Mille Miglia (1929-38), was sixth in 1936 Italian Grand Prix, winning Mille Miglia in a Siata 500cc (1937), and formed the Scuderia Torino (1939). [ [http://www.historicracing.com historicracing.com.] ] [ [http://www.sporting-to.com/eng/storia.lasso sporting-to.com.] ] He commissioned Dante Giacosa of Fiat to develop a racing car (1944), and formed the «Consorzio Industriale Sportiva Italia» (1944). The firm became Cisitalia and involved Carlo Abarth, Rudolf Hruska and Ferry Porsche. Dusio won in the Giovanni Savonuzzi-completed car's premiere race at Coppa Brezzi in Turin (1946). [ [http://www.racing-database.com/wins.asp?Driver=Piero%20Dusio racing-database.com.] ]

Piero Dusio continued financing racing car projects, but the expenses in engineering the complex 202MM [ [http://www.europeancarweb.com/features/0210ec_piero_dusio_cisitalia/ Piero Dusio & the Cisitalia] ] almost ruined Cisitalia (1947), as well as involved the Juventus corporation (where Dusio was president 1941-1947). Consequently, Dusio moved to Argentina and established Autoar (Automotores Argentinos) S.A.I.C. (March 22, 1949) [ [http://www.auto-historia.com.ar/Historias/Autoar%20Historia.htm Autoar Historia] ] , financially supported by Juan Peron. [ [http://www.forix.com/8w/rear-engines-postwar.html forix.com] ] His son, Carlo Dusio continued to run a refinanced Cisitalia company in Torino (1948-1964). [ [http://www.vea.qc.ca/vea/marques1/cisitalia.htm Cisitalia] .]

Dusio tried but failed to qualify for one Formula One World Championship grand prix (Italy 1952) with a Cisitalia D46, but he failed to set a time in practice due to engine problems. He raced in the Buenos Aires Grand Prix in 1954, andalso started Cisitalia Argentina Industrial y Comercial SA, planning cars such as the Cisitalia 750 (1960).

He died at Buenos Aires in 1975.

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