Scuderia Ambrosiana
Scuderia Ambrosiana (founded 1936) was an Italian motor racing team that competed in the Formula One World Championship in 1950 and 1951 with Maserati cars and in 1954 with Ferraris, and previously in Grand Prix motor racing, where it won Targa Florio in 1951, finished second in 1937 and 1939 and was third in 1938. The team was founded by Giovanni Lurani, Luigi Villoresi, Franco Cortese and Eugenio Minetti and was named after the patron saint of Milan, Saint Ambrose. The team's cars were painted in blue and black, after the colours of F.C. Internazionale Milano.
Full name | Scuderia Ambrosiana |
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Base | Milan, Italy |
Founder(s) | Franco Cortese, Giovanni Lurani, Eugenio Minetti, Luigi Villoresi |
Noted drivers | David Hampshire David Murray Reg Parnell |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 1950 British Grand Prix |
Races entered | 6 (5 starts) |
Race victories | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Final entry | 1954 British Grand Prix |
Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Chassis | Engine | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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1950 | Maserati 4CL Maserati 4CLT/48 |
Maserati 1.5-litre L4 | GBR | MON | 500 | SUI | BEL | FRA | ITA | |||
David Hampshire | 9 | Ret | ||||||||||
David Murray | Ret | Ret | ||||||||||
Reg Parnell | Ret | |||||||||||
1951 | Maserati 4CLT/48 | Maserati 1.5-litre L4 | SUI | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | ESP | ||
David Murray | Ret | DNS | ||||||||||
1954 | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.5-litre L4 | ARG | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | SUI | ITA | ESP | |
Reg Parnell | Ret |
References
Jenkinson, Denis (June 1977). "The Maserati Tipo 4CM". Motor Sport. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- Italian gentleman drivers: Franco Martinengo in velocetoday.com on 7 August 2018.