Maserati A6GCS Series II group S (1953)
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Chassis numbers here and here and here
Also called Maserati A6GCS/53
Specifications
52 units built: 48 Fantuzzi spyders, 4 Pininfarina Berlinettas, 1 Frua spyder, (+60 Coupes for road use)
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Maserati A6 Testa Riportata 2.0, straight 6 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
1988cc, 76.5 x 72.0 mm
8,5:1
125 kW (170 HP) at 7,300 rpm
cast aluminium alloy block and crankcase with Dry cast iron liners
7 main bearings steel crankshaft
nickel-chrome steel connecting rods
gear driven DOHC, 2 valves/ cyl - 12 valves total
aspiration, natural with 3 x Weber 40 DCO/A3
Double ignition with Marelli ST65DTEM distributors
2 x 14mm spark plugs per cylinder (twin spark), Fimac electric fuel pumps
water cooled
dry sump, with scavenge pumps and 1 oil cooler, oil pressure 70 lb per sq in
4 speed manual gearbox
tubular chassis with 2main steel tubes, each of 3in diameter, swept inward at the front and up and over the rear axle, two main central cross members, each of 2.375in-diameter tube. Front cross member is a swept fabricated box section, the ends of which are jointed at the top by another 2.375in-diameter tube. A subsidiary framework of 1in-diameter tubes is welded to this basic structure and forms the basis of the body framing and bulkhead, as well as contributing to the rigidity of the whole frame. The remainder of the body framing (all of the steel tube, welded in position) is of 0.5in diameter.
front suspension, independent, double wishbones, helical springs, hydraulic Houdaille dampers, anti-roll bar
rear suspension, quarter-elliptic leaf springs supporting the live rear axle, radius rods, hydraulic Houdaille dampers, anti-roll bar
rack and pinion steering
drum brakes all around, front drum diameter 328x60 mm, rear drum diameter 290x50 mm
Length 3840 mm
Width 1530 mm
Height 860 mm
Wheelbase 2310 mm
Track front 1335 mm
Track rear 1220 mm
wheels, 4.50X16 Borrani
Tires front/rear, 6.00X16 Pirelli
Weight 740 kg (spyder), 830 kg (coupe)
fuel tank, 115 lt
Results in WSCC
Season
Classification in 2.0 lt class is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number/ result |
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Sebring |
Mille Miglia |
Le Mans |
Spa |
Nurb |
Tourist Trophy |
Carrera Pan |
Team |
12h |
1600km |
24h |
24h |
1000km |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2043 |
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#511, acci dent |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2040 |
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#525, 6th (1st) |
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#20, eng ine |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2049 (Vignale) |
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#21, oil line |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2050 |
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#22, eng ine |
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Sergio Mantovani/ R. Palazzi, 2042 |
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#512, 10th (2nd) |
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Total points
6 |
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6 |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 6/2 |
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3/2 |
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3/0 |
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Drivers |
Team entries and car number |
Officine Alfieri Maserati |
Luigi Musso |
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511 |
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O. Donatelli |
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511 |
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Emilio Giletti |
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525 |
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20 |
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Guerino Bertocchi |
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525 |
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Onofre Marimon |
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20 |
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Hans Herrmann |
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21 |
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Jack McAfee |
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21 |
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Hermann Lang |
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22 |
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Gianni Bertoni |
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22 |
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Season
Classification in 2.0 lt class is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number/ result |
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Buenos Aires |
Sebring |
Mille Miglia |
Le Mans |
Tourist Trophy |
Carrera Pan |
Team |
1000km |
12h |
1600km |
24h |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2040 |
#54, 6th (4th) |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2043 |
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#40, brakes |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati |
#56, in entry list |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2078 |
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#500, 3rd (2nd) |
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#57, 5th (1st) |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2067 |
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#506, 5th (3rd) |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2076 |
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#28, oil pressure |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2072 |
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in entry list |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2074 |
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#56, cooling system |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2061 |
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#58, disqu alified |
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Harry Schell/ Alfonso de Portago, 2079 |
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in entry list |
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Giorgio Scarlatti |
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#453, dnf |
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Spartaco Graziani/ G. Galbo |
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#456, in entry list |
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Arnaldo Tullini/ Giovanni Ceccaroni |
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#510, in entry list |
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Luigi Bosisio/ Pier Luigi Ercole |
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#514, dnf |
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Pietro Palmieri, 2057 (Pininfarina Berlinetta) |
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#518, in entry list |
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F. Mancini/ S. Dal Cin, 2049 (Vignale) |
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#519, fatal accident |
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Fedele Lampertico/ A. Tescari, 2068 |
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#521, dnf |
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Gianni Bertoni/ Sandoli, 2050 |
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#522, mecha nical |
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Sergio Ferraguti/ Fausto Gualdi, 2069 |
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#525, dnf |
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Alberico Cacciari, 2066 |
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#527, dnf |
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Guerino Bertocchi, 2.5 lt |
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#535, in entry list |
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Sergio Mantovani/ R. Palazzi, 2.5 lt |
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#537, eng ine |
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Gilby Engineering, 2052 |
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#23, OTL |
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Total points
25 |
5 |
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14 |
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6 |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 15/4 |
1/1 |
1/0 |
10/2 |
1/0 |
4/1 |
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Drivers |
Team entries and car number |
Officine Alfieri Maserati |
Emilio Giletti |
54 |
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Luigi Musso |
54, 56 |
42 |
500 |
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57 |
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Emmanuel de Graffenried |
56 |
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Gatta |
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42 |
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Augusto Zocca |
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500 |
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Bruno Venezian |
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506 |
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Massimo Orlandi |
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506 |
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Alfonso de Portago |
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28 |
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Carlo Tomasi |
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28 |
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John Simone |
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+ |
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"Mike Sparken" |
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+ |
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Luigi Bellucci |
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56 |
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Giorgio Scarlatti |
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56 |
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Sergio Mantovani |
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57 |
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Cesare Perdisa |
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58 |
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Benoit Musy |
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58 |
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Gilby Engineering |
Colin Davis |
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23 |
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Horace Gould |
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23 |
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Season
Classification in 2.0 lt class is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number/ result |
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Buenos Aires |
Sebring |
Mille Miglia |
Le Mans |
Tourist Trophy |
Targa Florio |
Team |
1000km |
12h |
1600km |
24h |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2089 |
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#621, 4th (1st) |
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#76, 5th (1st) |
Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2082 |
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#31, distri butor |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati |
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#24, eng ine |
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Officine Alfieri Maserati |
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#82, 6th (2nd) |
Officine Alfieri Maserati |
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#78, 8th (4th) |
Officine Alfieri Maserati, 2097 |
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#92, 9th (5th) |
Equipo Presidente Peron, 2078 |
#30, 3rd (1st) |
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Alessandro de Tomaso/ Cesar Reyes |
#32, 7th (5th) |
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Tom A. Friedmann/ Karl Brocken, 2083 |
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#54, gear box |
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Giorgio Scarlatti, 2096 |
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#615, dnf |
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Fedele Lampertico, 2068 |
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#617, dnf |
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Maria Teresa de Filippis, 2084 |
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#620, dnf |
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Ferdinando Lopez/ Enzo Lopez, 2090 |
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#625, 53rd |
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#86, 17th (9th) |
Siro Sbraci, 2077 |
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#631, 12th (4th) |
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Luigi Bosisio |
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#633, dnf |
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Paolo Pineschi |
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#634, dnf |
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Pietro Pagliarini, 2040 |
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#638, 29th (10th) |
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Aprile Palmer |
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#640, dnf |
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Silvio Cesarin |
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#641, dnf |
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Count Alberto Magi Diligenti, 2059 (Pininfarina Berlinetta) |
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#643, 109th |
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Attilio Buffa, 2087 |
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#645, dnf |
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Luigi Bellucci, 2074 |
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#646, 9th (3rd) |
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Luigi Olivari, 2091 |
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#647, 20th (7th) |
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Piero Airaldi |
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#648, dnf |
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Enrico Sterzi/ Vittoriano Vigano, 2092 |
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#650, 17th (6th) |
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Luigi Musso |
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#651, dnf |
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Alberico Cacciari, 2066 |
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#626, in entry list |
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#72, 12th (7th) |
"Errepiu" |
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#627, in entry list |
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Georges Guyot, 2079 |
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#630, in entry list |
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Biori |
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#635, in entry list |
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Giorgio Meier |
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#636, in entry list |
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Azzurro Manzini |
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#642, in entry list |
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#96, dns |
André Loëns/ Jo Bonnier |
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56, 18th (8th) |
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Gaetano Starrabba/ Salvatore La Pira, 2085 |
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#84, 10th (6th) |
Bruno Cavazzoni/ Gastone Crepaldi |
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#70, 19th (10th) |
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Total points
38 |
12 |
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9 |
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17 |
Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 33/19 |
2/2 |
1/0 |
18/8 |
1/0 |
2/1 |
9/8 |
Drivers |
Team entries and car number |
Officine Alfieri Maserati |
Francesco Giardini |
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621 |
31 |
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76 |
Carlo Tomasi |
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31 |
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Luigi Bellucci |
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646 |
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24 |
92 |
Cecil Vard |
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24 |
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Carlo Manzini |
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76 |
Giorgio Scarlatti |
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78 |
Osvaldo Lippi |
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78 |
Giuseppe Musso |
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82 |
Giuseppe Rossi |
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82 |
Maria Teresa de Filippis |
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620 |
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92 |
Equipo Presidente Peron |
José M. Faraoni |
30 |
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Ricardo Grandio |
30 |
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Alberico Cacciari |
Alberico Cacciari |
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626 |
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72 |
Vincenzo Sorrentino |
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72 |
Azzurro Manzini |
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72 |
Count Alberto Magi Diligenti |
Alberto Magi Diligenti |
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643 |
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Ilfo Minzoni |
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643 |
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Season
Classification in 2.0 lt class is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number/ result |
|
Buenos Aires |
Sebring |
Mille Miglia |
Nurburgring |
Sverige |
Team |
1000km |
12h |
1600km |
1000km |
GP |
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Maria Teresa de Filippis, 2084 |
#22, acci dent |
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Ricardo Grandio/ Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta, 2078 |
#23, dnf |
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Francesco Giardini, 2089 |
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#518, 56th (4th) |
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Giuseppe Musso |
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#528, 103th (6th) |
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Giorgio Scarlatti |
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#529, 13th (2nd) |
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Antonio Fiorani |
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#519, dnf |
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Fedele Lampertico, 2068 |
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#520, dnf |
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Ambrogio Arosio |
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#521, dnf |
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Pietro Pagliarini, 2040 |
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#523, dnf |
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Sergio Aguzzoli |
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#527, dnf |
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Aldo Pedini, 2064 |
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#532, dnf |
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Arrigo Maccarini, 2043 |
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#533, dnf |
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Attilio Buffa, 2087 |
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#344, in entry list |
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Luigi Olivari, 2091 |
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#534, in entry list |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 12/3 |
2/0 |
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10/3 |
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Season
Classification in 2.0 lt class is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number/ result |
|
Buenos Aires |
Sebring |
Mille Miglia |
Nurburgring |
Le Mans |
Sverige |
Venezuela |
Team |
1000km |
12h |
1600km |
1000km |
24h |
GP |
GP |
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Scuderia Madunina Brasil |
#56, acci dent |
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Odoardo Govoni, 2096 |
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#450, 22nd (7th) |
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Antonio Pozzato, 2068 |
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#452, 52nd (14th) |
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Angelo Salamini |
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#455, dnf |
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Enzo Lopez, 2090 |
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#457, dnf |
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Arrigo Maccarini, 2043 |
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#459, dnf |
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Georges Guyot/ Michel Parsy, 2079 |
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#26, 12th (5th) |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 7/3 |
1/0 |
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5/2 |
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1/1 |
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Drivers |
Team entries and car number |
Scuderia Madunina Brasil |
Severino Silva |
56 |
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Pinheiro Piris |
56 |
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Season
Classification in 2.0 lt class is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number/ result |
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Buenos Aires |
Sebring |
Targa Florio |
Nurburgring |
Le Mans |
Tourist Trophy |
Team |
1000km |
12h |
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1000km |
24h |
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Julio Guimarey/ Carlos Guimarey, 2078 |
#38, 11th (6th) |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 1/1 |
1/1 |
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Season
Classification in 2.0 lt class is noted in brackets
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number/ result |
|
Sebring |
Targa Florio |
Nurburgring |
Le Mans |
Tourist Trophy |
Team |
12h |
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1000km |
24h |
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Giuseppe Allotta/ Nino Vaccarella, 2064 |
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#138, 10th (6th) |
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Total points
1 |
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1 |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 1/1 |
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1/1 |
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Season
Car entry, chassis number |
Car number/ result |
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Sebring |
Targa Florio |
Nurburgring |
Le Mans |
Pescara |
Team |
12h |
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1000km |
24h |
4h |
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Paolo Samona/ Giuseppe de Sarzana |
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#138, OTL |
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Giuseppe Allotta/ Silvestre Semilia, 2064 |
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#144, acci dent |
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Statistics |
Works Starts/finishes 2/0 |
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2/0 |
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