Franco Cortese

Cortese celebrates a victory in Varese on 29 June 1947

Cortese with Maserati 4CL at Targa Florio on 23 May 1940

Franco Cortese (10 February 1903 in Oggebbio, Piedmont – 13 November 1986 in Milan)^[1][2] was an Italian racing driver. He entered 156 races between 1927 and 1958, of which one was a Formula 1 Grand Prix and three were Formula 2 Grands Prix. Cortese holds the record of most finishes in a Mille Miglia race: fourteen.

Besides having entered many races in an Alfa Romeo, Cortese became most famous for his affiliation with Ferrari between 1947 and 1949, driving the first race car built by Ferrari in 1947,^[3] the Ferrari 125 S, which brought victories at four races in 1947. In 1950 he co-founded the Formula One team Scuderia Ambrosiana with Giovanni Lurani, Luigi Villoresi and Eugenio Minetti.

Complete results

No.	Year	Date	Race	Entrant	Car	Teammate(s)	Result
1	1927	27 March	Mille Miglia	-	Itala 61	M.Baroncini	8th
2	1928	1 April	Mille Miglia	-	Itala 61	Cucchia	DNF
3	1928	26 August	Coppa Ciano	-	Itala	-	3rd
4	1929	14 April	Mille Miglia	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 SS	Angelo Guatta	9th
5	1930	13 April	Mille Miglia	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS	Pietro Ghersi	4th
6	1930	6 July	24 Hours of Spa	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GS	Boris Ivanowski	2nd
7	1931	12 April	Mille Miglia	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750GT	G. Balestrieri	12th
8	1932	8 May	XXIII° Targa Florio	Franco Cortese	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750	none	DNS
9	1932	10 April	Mille Miglia	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GTC	Attilio Marinoni	DNF
10	1932	19 June	1932 24 Hours of Le Mans	Automobili Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 LM	Giovanni Battista Guidotti	2nd
11	1933	9 April	Mille Miglia	-	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza	Carlo Castelbarco	2nd
12	1933	18 June	1933 24 Hours of Le Mans	Capt. G.E.T. Eyston	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Mille Miglia	Louis Chiron Tazio Nuvolari	DNF
13	1933	30 July	VII° Coppa Ciano	Franco Cortese	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza	none	7th
14	1934	13–14 August	Targa Abruzzo	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300A	Francesco Severi	1st
15	1935	14 April	Mille Miglia	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara	Francesco Severi	8th
16	1935	11–12 August	Targa Abruzzo	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300A	Francesco Severi	1st
17	1936	5 April	Mille Miglia	-	Alfa Romeo 8C 2300	Giuseppe Salvi der Pero	DNF
18	1936	10 May	X° Gran Premio di Tripoli	Franco Cortese	Alfa Romeo Tipo B a.k.a. Alfa Romeo P3 (Monoposto)	none	DNF
19	1937	4 April	Mille Miglia	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara	Angelo Guatta	6th
20	1937	18 April	II° Gran Premio del Valentino	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 6CM	none	DNF
21	1937	25 April	III° Coppa Principessa di Piemonte	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 6CM	none	DNF
22	1937	9 May	XI° Gran Premio di Tripoli	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 6CM	none	16th
23	1937	16 May	Tunis Grand Prix	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara	-	7th
24	1937	30 May	VI Internationales AVUS Rennen	-	Maserati 6CM	-	DNF
25	1937	6 June	3 Hours of Marseille	Franco Cortese	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 Pescara	none	-
26	1937	13 June	Gran Premio di Firenze	Scuderia Maremmana	Maserati 6CM	Francesco Severi Ferdinando Barbieri	4th
27	1937	13 June	XI ADAC Eifelrennen	Scuderia Maremmana	Maserati 6CM	Francesco Severi	3rd
28	1937	20 June	II° Circuito di Milano	Scuderia Maremmana	Maserati 6CM	Francesco Severi	3rd
29	1937	18 July	Susa-Moncenisio (hillclimb)	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B	-	-
30	1937	25 July	X Großer Preis von Deutschland	Scuderia Maremmana	Maserati 6CM	Francesco Severi Renato Balestrero	DNF
31	1937	13 August	Targa Abruzzo	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B	-	1st
32	1937	15 August	XIII° Coppa Acerbo	-	Maserati 6CM	-	3rd
33	1937	22 August	IV Grand Prix de Berne	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 6CM	none	4th
34	1937	19 September	III° Coppa Ciano	-	Maserati 6CM	-	DNF
35	1937	26 September	Circuit of Campione d'Italia	Scuderia Torino	Maserati	none	DNS
36	1937	-	XII° Gran Premio di Tripoli	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 6CM	Luigi Villoresi	2nd
37	1938	3 April	Mille Miglia	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B MM	C. Fumagalli	9th
38	1938	24 April	Coppa dei Colli Torinesi (hillclimb)	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B	-	-
39	1938	15 May	XII° Gran Premio di Tripoli	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 6CM	Giovanni Lurani Luigi Villoresi Manuel de Teffé Ferdinando Righetti	DNF
40	1938	22 May	XXIX° Targa Florio	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 6CM	Manuel de Teffé Ferdinando Righetti Luigi Villoresi	DNS
41	1938	29 May	Parma-Poggio di Berceto	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B	-	-
42	1938	19 June	Coppa Ascoli	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B	-	2nd
43	1938	3 July	Trofeo Val d'Intelvi (hillclimb)	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B	-	1st
44	1938	10 July	Pontedecimo-Giovi (hillclimb)	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B	-	-
45	1938	17 July	Circuito Varese	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 6CM	Aldo Marazza Giovanni Rocco	1st
46	1938	24 July	XI Großer Preis von Deutschland	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 6CM	none	9th
47	1938	7 August	Coppa Ciano	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 6CM	none	4th
48	1938	15 August	Targa Abruzzo	-	Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B	Pietro Ghersi	1st
49	1938	3 September	Tourist Trophy	-	Alfa Romeo	-	DNS
50	1938	4 September	IV° Coppa Ciano	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Maserati 6CM	Luigi Villoresi	2nd
51	1938	11 September	Gran Premio di Milano	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 6CM	Aldo Marazza Luigi Villoresi Paul Pietsch	4th
52	1938	18 September	Circuito di Modena	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 6CM	none	1st
53	1939	2 January	V South African Grand Prix	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 6CM	Luigi Villoresi Piero Taruffi	2nd
54	1939	14 January	III Grosvenor Grand Prix	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 6CM	Luigi Villoresi Piero Taruffi	1st
55	1939	7 May	XIII° Gran Premio di Tripoli	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 6CM	Carlo Felice Trossi Luigi Villoresi	DNF
56	1939	14 May	XXX° Targa Florio	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 6CM	Luigi Villoresi	DNF
57	1939	28 May	V° Coppa Principessa di Piemonte	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Giovanni Rocco Luigi Villoresi Luigi Belucci Carlo Felice Trossi	3rd
58	1939	11 June	Circuito dell'Impero	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Alfa Romeo	none	3rd
59	1939	9 July	I Circuito del Carnaro	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Luigi Villoresi Giovanni Rocco	2nd
60	1939	30 July	XIX Coppa Ciano	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Luigi Villoresi Giovanni Rocco Carlo Felice Trossi	2nd
61	1939	13 August	XV° Coppa Acerbo	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Luigi Villoresi Giovanni Rocco Carlo Felice Trossi	2nd
62	1940	28 April	Mille Miglia	-	BMW 328	Giovanni Lurani	DNF
63	1940	12 May	XIV° Gran Premio di Tripoli	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Luigi Villoresi	5th
64	1940	23 May	XXXI° Targa Florio	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 4CL	Luigi Villoresi	2nd
65	1946	23 June	Circuito di Campione d'Italia	-	-	-	-
66	1946	30 June	Modena (handicap)	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Lancia Astura	none	1st
67	1946	30 June	Modena (S+1.5)	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Lancia Astura	none	1st
68	1946	4 August	Circuito di Luino	-	Lancia Astura	-	1st
69	1947	11 May	Piacenza	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 125 Spyder	none	DNF
70	1947	25 May	Rome Grand Prix	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 125 Spyder	none	1st
71	1947	1 June	Vercelli	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 125 Spyder	none	1st
72	1947	15 June	Vigevano	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 125 Spyder Corsa	Adelmo Marchetti	DNF
73	1947	29 June	Varese	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 125 Spyder Corsa	none	1st
74	1947	13 July	Parma	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 125 Spyder	none	2nd
75	1947	20 July	Florence	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 125 Spyder Corsa	none	DNF
76	1947	15 August	Circuito di Pescara	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 159 Spyder	none	2nd
77	1947	24 August	Livorno	-	Ferrari 125 Spyder	-	DNS
78	1947	28 September	Modena	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 159 C	none	DNF
79	1947	-	Sehab Almaz Bey Trophy	-	Cisitalia D46	-	1st
80	1948	4 April	Targa Florio	-	Ferrari 125 S	Ferdinando Righetti	DNF
81	1948	2 May	Mille Miglia	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 166 S	Adelmo Marchetti	DNF
82	1948	11 July	24 Hours of Spa	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Fiat 1100 S	Diego Capelli	DNF
83	1948	1 August	Aosta-Gran San Bernando	-	Ferrari 166 SC	-	5th
84	1948	15 August	Circuito di Pescara	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 166 S	none	5th
85	1949	20 March	Targa Florio	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 166 MM	none	DNF
86	1949	24 April	Mille Miglia	Gabriele Besana	Ferrari 166 SC	Gabriele Besana	DNF
87	1949	2 June	X Formula 2 Gran Premio di Roma	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 166 SC	Luigi Villoresi Piero Taruffi	3rd
88	1949	31 July	Coppa della Toscana	-	Bristol	Giovanni Lurani	8th
89	1949	-	II Formula 2 Gran Premio dell'Autodromo di Monza	-	Ferrari 166 F2	-	5th
90	1950	2 April	Targa Florio	Conte Giovanni Lurani	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	Carlo Facetti	19th
91	1950	23 April	Mille Miglia	Conte Giovanni Lurani	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	Z. Teravazzi	6th
92	1950	4 June	Coppa della Toscana	-	Abarth 1100	Luigi Maggio	10th
93	1950	11 June	3 Hours of Rome	-	Cisitalia	-	3rd
94	1950	9 July	IV Formula 1 Gran Premio di Bari	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 166 S	none	5th
95	1950	8 October	Modena	-	Stanugellini S1100	-	5th
96	1951	1 April	Giro di Sicilia	Conte Giovanni Lurani	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	L. Tagni	4th
97	1951	1 April	Mille Miglia	Conte Giovanni Lurani	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	L. Tagni	9th
98	1951	13 May	IV Formula 2 Gran Premio dell'Autodromo di Monza	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Ferrari 166 F2	none	DNF
99	1951	3 June	Eifelrennen Nürburgring	-	Frazer Nash	-	DNS
100	1951	5 August	Schauinsland (hillclimb)	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Frazer Nash	none	5th
101	1951	19 August	Pergusa Grand Prix	-	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	-	1st
102	1951	9 September	Targa Florio	Scuderia Ambrosiana	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	none	1st
103	1952	9 March	Giro di Sicilia	-	Alfa Romeo 1900	Giulio Sala	9th
104	1952	4 May	Mille Miglia	-	Alfa Romeo 1900 Sprint	A. de Giuseppe	DNF
105	1952	15 June	1952 24 Hours of Le Mans	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM	Juan Manuel Fangio Froilan Gonzalez	DNS
106	1952	22 June	Circuito di Caserta	-	Frazer Nash	-	2nd
107	1952	29 June	Targa Florio	Conte Giovanni Lurani	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	none	DNF
108	1953	12 April	Giro di Sicilia	-	Alfa Romeo 1900 TI	-	DNF
109	1953	26 April	Mille Miglia	-	Fiat 8V	P. Feroldi	14th
110	1953	26 April	Mille Miglia	Mario Tadini	Jaguar C-Type	Mario Tadini Pietro Cagnana	DNS
111	1953	14 May	Targa Florio	Automobiles Frazer Nash	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	none	DNF
112	1953	26 July	10 Hours of Messina	-	Ferrari 250 MM	Bruno Sterzi	8th
113	1953	9 August	Circuito di Senigallia	-	Ferrari 166 MM/53	-	1st
114	1953	15 August	12 Hours of Pescara	Enrico Sterzi	Ferrari 166 MM/53	Enrico Sterzi	3rd
115	1953	23 August	Trullo d'Oro	-	Ferrari	-	2nd
116	1953	9 September	I Gran Premio Supercortemaggiore	-	Ferrari 166 MM/53	-	DNF
117	1954	4 April	Giro di Sicilia	-	Ferrari 500 Mondial	-	DNF
118	1954	11 April	Coppa della Toscana	-	Ferrari	E. Perucchini	19th
119	1954	2 May	Mille Miglia	-	Ferrari 500 Mondial	E. Perucchini	14th
120	1954	16 May	VII Gran Premio di Napoli	-	Ferrari	-	DNF
121	1954	22 May	3 Hours of Bari	-	Ferrari 500 Mondial	-	3rd
122	1954	30 May	Targa Florio	-	Ferrari 166 MM/53	-	DNF
123	1954	13 June	Circuito di Caserta	-	Ferrari 166 MM/53	-	3rd
124	1954	20 June	Gran Premio d'Imola	-	Ferrari 166 MM/53	-	8th
125	1954	4 July	Cidonio Grand Prix a.k.a. Circuito di Collemaggio in L'Aquila	-	Ferrari 166 MM/53	-	2nd
126	1954	25 July	10 Hours of Messina	-	Ferrari 166 MM/53	Giulio Musitelli	6th
127	1954	8 August	Circuito di Senigallia	-	Ferrari	-	5th
128	1955	1 May	Mille Miglia	-	Fiat 8V	Achille Stazzi R. Pasqualino	46th
129	1955	29 May	Supercortemaggiore	-	Ferrari 500 Mondial	Luigi Piotti	5th
130	1955	27 August	Oulton Park International	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 Mondial	none	DNF
131	1955	16 October	Targa Florio	-	Ferrari 500 Mondial	Antonio Pucci	DNF
132	1956	29 April	Mille Miglia	-	Fiat 8V	-	97th
133	1956	10 June	Opatija	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	none	1st
134	1956	10 June	Targa Florio	-	-	-	-
135	1956	17 June	Circuito di Caserta	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	none	1st
136	1956	24 June	IV Gran Premio Supercortemaggiore	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	Enzo Pinzero	11th
137	1956	15 July	Circuito di Reggio Calabria (Handicap)	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	none	DNS
138	1956	15 July	Circuito di Reggio Calabria (S2.0)	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	none	2nd
139	1956	22 July	Bari Grand Prix	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	none	6th
140	1956	29 July	Giro delle Calabria	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	none	7th
141	1956	18 August	Pescara Grand Prix	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	none	4th
142	1956	26 August	5 Hours of Messina	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	none	4th
143	1956	30 September	Circuito di Sassari	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	none	1st
144	1956	21 October	Rome Grand Prix	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	none	6th
145	1956	4 November	II Gran Premio Internacional de Venezuela	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	none	11th
146	1957	14 April	Giro di Sicilia	Wolfgang Seidel	Ferrari 250 GT	Bruno Gavazzoli	-
147	1957	9 June	Monsanto	-	Ferrari 500 TR	-	9th
148	1957	11 August	Sverige Grand Prix	Adrian Conan Doyle	Ferrari 500 TRC	Adrian Conan Doyle	DNS
149	1957	1 December	Esso Vallelunga	-	Ferrari 500 TR	-	15th
150	1958	13 April	Coppa Shell Monza	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TR	none	5th
151	1958	27 April	XI Gran Premio di Napoli	-	Ferrari 500 TR	-	6th
152	1958	11 May	Targa Florio	-	Ferrari 500 TRC	Gaetano Starrabba	7th
153	1958	15 May	Aspern	Franco Cortese	Ferrari 500 TRC	none	2nd
154	1958	6 July	Circuito di Sassari	-	Ferrari 500 TR	-	4th
155	1958	20 July	10 Hours of Messina	-	Ferrari 500 TRC	Gaetano Starrabba	-
156	1958	5 October	Innsbruck	Franco Cortese	Ferrari	none	7th

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References

1. "Franco Cortese | Racing career profile | Driver Database".
2. "The Golden Era of Gp Racing 1934-40 – Drivers (C)". Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
3. (in Italian) Franco Cortese, il primo pilota Ferrari Archived 13 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Franco Cortese | Racing career profile | Driver Database".
5. "Franco Cortese (I) - Racing Sports Cars".
6. "The Golden Era of Gp Racing 1934-40 – Drivers (C)". Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2013.