Luigi "Gigi" Platé (3 September 1894 – 16 December 1975) was an Italian racing driver.

Career

Platé made his

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debut in the

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, driving a

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class

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12/16, but retired on lap 13 due to mechanical failure. Platé also entered in some non-official/non-championship races in the 1920s and 1930s. Platé also made an unsuccessful

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entry in

1950 Italian Grand Prix The 1950 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 3 September 1950 at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza. It was race 7 of 7 in the 1950 World Championship of Drivers. In this race, Nino Farina became the first World Drivers' Champion, ...

, to drive a

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700, but he did not appear in the race weekend. He could have become the second oldest driver to enter a Grand Prix if he did (at the age of 56; the record is currently held by

Louis Chiron Louis Alexandre Chiron (3 August 1899 – 22 June 1979) was a Monégasque racing driver who competed in rallies, sports car races, and Grands Prix. Among the greatest drivers between the two World Wars, his career embraced over thirty years, ...

, who entered in

1958 Monaco Grand Prix The 1958 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 18 May 1958 at Monaco. It was race 2 of 11 in the 1958 World Championship of Drivers and race 2 of 10 in the 1958 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was th ...

at age 58 years and 288 days.) Luigi Platé and

Enrico Platé Enrico Platé (28 January 1909, Milan, Italy – 2 February 1954, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a motor racing driver and team manager. Although born in Italy, Platé raced, and latterly ran his racing team Scuderia Enrico Platé, under Swiss natio ...

(a younger cousin) had an interesting collection of cars over the years and had a racing team ( Scuderia Platé) that ran quite a variety of cars somewhat sporadically.

Formula One World Championship results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Plate, Luigi 1894 births 1975 deaths Italian racing drivers