Umberto Maglioli

Umberto Maglioli

Born	(1928-06-05)5 June 1928 Bioglio, Italy
Died	7 February 1999(1999-02-07) (aged 70) Monza, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1953–1957
Teams	Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche
Entries	10
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Career points	3 1⁄3
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1953 Italian Grand Prix
Last entry	1957 German Grand Prix

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.

Umberto Maglioli (5 June 1928 – 7 February 1999) was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in 10 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 September 1953. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 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]

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]

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