- Luigi Musso
Former F1 driver
Name = Luigi Musso
Nationality = flagicon|Italy Italian | Years = F1|1953-F1|1958
Team(s) = Ferrari,Maserati
Races = 25 (24 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 1
Podiums = 7
Points = 44
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 1
First race =1953 Italian Grand Prix
First win =1956 Argentine Grand Prix
Last win =1956 Argentine Grand Prix
Last race =1958 French Grand Prix Luigi Musso (born
July 28 ,1924 inRome - diedJuly 6 ,1958 atReims-Gueux ) was an Italianracing driver .Musso began his racing career driving sports cars before debuting on the
Formula One circuit on January 17, 1954, driving aMaserati . In 1954 he won theCoppa Acerbo , a non-championship Formula One race. AtZandvoort , in the1955 Dutch Grand Prix , Musso placed third in aMaserati . ["Fangio Captures Dutch Grand Prix", Long Beach Independent, June 20, 1955, Page 15.] At the end of the 1955 Formula 1 season he switched to Ferrari. He shared victory in the1956 Argentine Grand Prix withJuan Manuel Fangio , however his season was cut short after a crash in a sports car race atNürburgring .Musso triumphed in a Ferrari 3500 in the City of
Buenos Aires sports car race on January 20, 1957. He was thethird driver of the car.Stirling Moss finished second in a "light powered"Maserati 3000. Moss made a last ditch effort for his team at the end but came up short. A second Ferrari 3500, driven byEugenio Castellotti , came in third. The Ferrari team gained eight points toward the 1957 World Championship in the event. ["Ferraris Nip Maserati",Lima, Ohio News, January 21, 1957, Page 19.] The same year he won theGrand Prix de la Marne . Although the Marne was also not part of the Drivers' Championship, Musso nevertheless finished third in the overall standings for the season.In 1958, he picked up two second place finishes in his first three races but was killed in an accident during the
1958 French Grand Prix at Reims,France . Musso's Ferrari hurtled off the course on the 10th lap of the 50 lap race. ["Luigi Musso Is Killed In Race Crash",Fresno Bee Republican, July 7, 1958, Page19] He was thrown off the Reims' track at the tricky "Muizone Curve" while holding second place ["Hawthorn in Race Victory",Los Angeles Times , July 7, 1958, Page C4]During his F1 career, Luigi Musso won one World Championship Grand Prix, achieved 7 podiums, and scored a total of 44 championship points.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
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† Indicates shared drive withSergio Mantovani .:"‡ Indicates shared drive with Sergio Mantovani andHarry Schell .:"* Indicates shared drive withJuan Manuel Fangio .References
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