Umberto Maglioli


Umberto Maglioli (5 June 1928, in Bioglio, Vercelli – 7 February 1999, in Monza) was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in 10 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 September 1953. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 3 ​1⁄3 championship points. He participated in the Targa Florio race nineteen times, winning it three times, and the Mille Miglia ten times, with the best result being a second place in the Lancia Aurelia B20 GT in 1951.[1]

Umberto Maglioli
Born(1928-06-05)5 June 1928
Bioglio, Italy
Died7 February 1999(1999-02-07) (aged 70)
Monza, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Italian
Active years1953–1957
TeamsFerrari, Maserati, Porsche
Entries10
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums2
Career points3 ​1⁄3
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1953 Italian Grand Prix
Last entry1957 German Grand Prix
Mike Hawthorn and Umberto Maglioli in the #28 Ferrari 340/375 MM at the 2nd Pescara GP on Aug 16, 1953. This is chassis #0320AM.

He was introduced to racing by Giovanni Bracco and accompanied him on several Mille Miglias and Targa Florios.[1][2] In 1953 he won the Targa (single-handed) for the first time, in a Lancia D20, and also the Pescara 12hr race, driving a Ferrari 375 MM with Mike Hawthorn.[2][1] Maglioli also won the last Carrera Panamericana in 1954, driving the Ferrari 375 Plus.[3] The same year he also won the 1000 km Buenos Aires (with Giuseppe Farina) and the 1000Km Supercortemaggiore at Monza, again with Hawthorn.[2]

He joined Porsche in 1956 and won the Targa Florio, again single-handed.[2] In 1957 under established rules which allowed F2 cars to enter Grand Prix, Porsche entered two 550RSs for the German Grand Prix, one driven by Maglioli and the other by Edgar Barth.[4] Maglioli though failed to finish. Later that year he crashed his Porsche during the Gaisburg hillclimb in Austria. He recuperated in hospital in Salzburg with leg injuries so severe that doctors initially feared he may not walk again.[5]

In 1964 he won the Sebring 12hrs for Ferrari and in 1968 scored his third Targa victory (this time with Vic Elford) in a works Porsche 907.[5] Maglioli retired from racing in 1970.[2]


Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 WDC Points
1953 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 553 Ferrari Straight-4 ARG 500 NED BEL FRA GBR GER SUI ITA
8		 NC 0
1954 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 Ferrari Straight-4 ARG
9		 500 BEL FRA GBR GER ITA
3 *		 ESP 18th 2
Ferrari 553 SUI
7
1955 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 625 Ferrari Straight-4 ARG
3 †		 MON 500 BEL NED GBR 21st 1 ​1⁄3
Ferrari 555 ITA
6
1956 Scuderia Guastalla Maserati 250F Maserati Straight-6 ARG MON 500 BEL FRA GBR
Ret		 NC 0
Officine Alfieri Maserati GER
Ret		 ITA
Ret ‡
1957 Dr Ing F Porsche KG Porsche 550RS F2 Porsche Flat-4 ARG MON 500 FRA GBR GER
Ret		 PES ITA NC 0
* Indicates Shared Drive with José Froilán González
† Indicates Shared Drive with Giuseppe Farina and Maurice Trintignant
‡ Indicates Shared Drive with Jean Behra

Non-Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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 Ferrari 625 Ferrari I4 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 1.5 F4 BUE SYR PAU GLV NAP
NC		 RMS CAE INT MOD MOR

References
  1. "All Results of Umberto Maglioli". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  2. "Obituary – Umberto Maglioli". Motor Sport Magazine. April 1999. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  3. "Carrera Panamericana 1954". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  4. "The Sportscar with a Penchant for F1..." Motor Sport Magazine. February 1999. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  5. "Umberto Maglioli biography". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
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