1953-08-16 Pescara Ferrari 340 0320AM Maglioli+Hawthorn

Umberto Maglioli (5 June 1928 – 7 February 1999) was a racing driver from

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. He participated in 10

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World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 September 1953. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 3 championship points. He participated in the

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race nineteen times, winning it three times, and the

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ten times, with the best result being a second place in the Lancia Aurelia B20 GT in 1951. Born in

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, he was introduced to racing by

Giovanni Bracco Giovanni Bracco (6 June 1908 at Biella – 7 August 1968 at Biella) was an Italian racing car driver. He lived in Biella, home town of other racing aces such as Mario Porrino and Lamberto Grolla. Before and after World War II he had been racing ...

and accompanied him on several

s and

s. In 1953 he won the Targa (single-handed) for the first time, in a Lancia D20, and also the Pescara 12hr race, driving a

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with

Mike Hawthorn John Michael Hawthorn (10 April 1929 – 22 January 1959) was a British racing driver. He became the United Kingdom's first Formula One World Champion driver in 1958, whereupon he announced his retirement, having been profoundly affected by the ...

. Maglioli also won the last

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in 1954, driving the

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. The same year he also won the 1000 km Buenos Aires (with

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) and the 1000Km Supercortemaggiore at Monza, again with Hawthorn. He joined

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in 1956 and won the Targa Florio, again single-handed. In 1957 under established rules which allowed F2 cars to enter

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, Porsche entered two 550RSs for the

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, one driven by Maglioli and the other by

Edgar Barth Wilfried Edgar Barth (26 January 1917 in Herold – 20 May 1965 in Ludwigsburg) was a German (East German until 1957, then West German) Formula One and sports car racing driver. Racing career Barth was born in Herold. He began his care ...

. Maglioli though failed to finish. Later that year he crashed his Porsche during the Gaisburg hillclimb in

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. He recuperated in hospital in

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with leg injuries so severe that doctors initially feared he may not walk again. In 1964 he won the Sebring 12hrs for Ferrari and in 1968 scored his third Targa victory (this time with

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) in a works

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. Maglioli retired from racing in 1970. He died in

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in 1999.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(

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) :''* Indicates Shared Drive with

José Froilán González José Froilán González (October 5, 1922 – June 15, 2013) was an Argentine racing driver, particularly notable for scoring Ferrari's first win in a Formula One World Championship race at the 1951 British Grand Prix. He made his Formula One ...

'' :''† Indicates Shared Drive with

and

Maurice Trintignant Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant (30 October 1917 – 13 February 2005) was a motor racing driver and vintner from France. He competed in the Formula One World Championship for fourteen years, between 1950 and 1964, one of the longest caree ...

'' :''‡ Indicates Shared Drive with

Jean Behra Jean Marie Behra (16 February 1921 – 1 August 1959) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari and Porsche teams. Appearance and personality Behra was small in stature, stocky, and weighed 178 pounds.''B ...

Non-Championship results

(

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

References

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