Umberto Maglioli
Italian racecar driver
About Umberto Maglioli
Lived 1928 – 1999 (aged 70). Umberto Maglioli was an Italian racing automobile driver, formula One driver and athlete.
Umberto Maglioli (5 June 1928 – 7 February 1999) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One at 10 Grands Prix from to . In endurance racing, Maglioli was a three-time winner of the Targa Florio.
Maglioli participated in ten Formula One Grands Prix with Ferrari, Maserati, and Porsche. He achieved two podiums, and scored 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.
Life and career 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. Born in Bioglio, Vercelli, he was introduced to racing by Giovanni Bracco and accompanied him on several Mille Miglias and Targa Florios. 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. The same year he also won the 1000 km Buenos Aires (with Giuseppe Farina) and the 1000Km Supercortemaggiore at Monza, again with Hawthorn. Maglioli though failed to finish. Later that year he crashed his Porsche during the Gaisburg hillclimb in Austria. He recuperated in a hospital in Salzburg with leg injuries so severe that doctors initially feared he may not walk again.
In 1964, Maglioli won the Sebring 12hrs for Ferrari and in 1968 scored his third Targa victory (this time with Vic Elford) in a works Porsche 907. Maglioli retired from racing in 1970. He died in Monza in 1999.
Racing record
Complete Formula One World Championship results (key)
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 BAR CUR ROMDNA FRO COR BRC CRY ROU CAE AUG COR OUL RED PES SAC JOE CAD BER GOO DAI 1957 Umberto Maglioli Porsche RSK Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 BUE SYR PAU GLV NAP RMS CAE INT MOD MOR
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Who was Umberto Maglioli?
Italian racecar driver (1928–1999)
When was Umberto Maglioli born?
Umberto Maglioli was born on 5 June 1928 in Bioglio.
When did Umberto Maglioli die?
Umberto Maglioli died on 7 February 1999 in Monza.
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Umberto Maglioli was a racing automobile driver, formula One driver and athlete.
What nationality was Umberto Maglioli?
Umberto Maglioli was Italian.
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