Umberto Maglioli

Umberto Maglioli
Maglioli at the 1954 Mille Miglia
Born(1928-06-05)5 June 1928
Bioglio, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
Died7 February 1999(1999-02-07) (aged 70)
Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityItaly 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

Umberto Maglioli (5 June 1928 – 7 February 1999) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One at 10 Grands Prix from 1953 to 1957. 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 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]

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.[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]

Maglioli 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 a hospital in Salzburg with leg injuries so severe that doctors initially feared he may not walk again.[5]

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.[5] Maglioli retired from racing in 1970.[2] He died in Monza in 1999.

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