Scuderia Milano was an Italian
Formula One
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motor racing team founded in
Milan
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by Arialdo and Emilio Ruggeri, two brothers who had raced
Maserati
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s in the early post-war period.
The team scored two World Championship points on its debut, when
Felice Bonetto
Felice Bonetto (9 June 1903 in Manerbio, near Brescia, Italy – 21 November 1953 in Silao, Mexico) was a courageous racing driver who earned the nickname ''Il Pirata'' (The Pirate).
He was a road racing legend, who started racing in the 1930 ...
finished fifth at the
1950 Swiss Grand Prix.
The team mostly raced modified Maserati
4CLT single-seaters with a shorter wheelbase,
De Dion suspensions, and larger brakes. They had engines redesigned by Mario Speluzzi, refitted with two-stage superchargers,
and raced them in the and F1 seasons. One Scuderia Milano original chassis, the 4CLT, was entered in the
1950 Italian Grand Prix
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with Bonetto at the wheel. He managed to qualify 23rd, three places ahead of his teammate
Franco Comotti in a Maserati, but failed to start. The car was later purchased and modified by Scuderia
Arzani-Volpini
Arzani-Volpini (also known as Scuderia Volpini) was an Italian Formula One constructor, established by Gian Paolo Volpini and engine-builder Egidio Arzani.
Volpini was initially involved in the lower classes of Formula racing, such as Formula J ...
in 1955.
Complete World Championship results
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* Constructor's Championship not awarded until .
References
Formula One constructors
Formula One entrants
Italian auto racing teams
Italian racecar constructors
Sport in Milan
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