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Umberto Maglioli (5 June 1928 – 7 February 1999) was a
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Umberto Maglioli (5 June 1928 – 7 February 1999) was a racing driver
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from Italy
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. He participated in 10 Formula One
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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 Targa Florio race nineteen times, winning it three times, and the Mille Miglia
The Mille Miglia (, ''Thousand Miles'') was an open-road, motorsport endurance race established in 1927 by the young Counts Francesco Mazzotti and Aymo Maggi, which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before World ...
ten times, with the best result being a second place in the Lancia Aurelia
The Lancia Aurelia is a car produced by Italian manufacturer Lancia from 1950 to the summer of 1958. It is noted for using one of the first series-production V6 engines.
Several body styles were offered: 4-door saloon, 2-door GT coupé (B20) ...
B20 GT in 1951.
Born in Bioglio
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, Vercelli
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, he was introduced to racing by Giovanni Bracco and accompanied him on several Mille Miglia
The Mille Miglia (, ''Thousand Miles'') was an open-road, motorsport endurance race established in 1927 by the young Counts Francesco Mazzotti and Aymo Maggi, which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before World ...
s and Targa Florios. 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
:''See Ferrari 375 F1 for the 375 used in Formula 1 racing, and 375 America, a GT car''
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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 Carrera Panamericana
The Carrera Panamericana was a border-to-border sedan ( stock and touring and sports car) rally racing event on open roads in Mexico similar to the Mille Miglia and Targa Florio in Italy. Running for five consecutive years from 1950 to 1954, ...
in 1954, driving the Ferrari 375 Plus
The Ferrari 375 Plus was a sports racing car produced by Ferrari in 1954. The model competed internationally, winning many major races, including 24 Hours of Le Mans, Carrera Panamericana, 1000km of Buenos Aires, Agadir GP and Silverstone.
Spe ...
. The same year he also won the 1000 km Buenos Aires
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(with Giuseppe Farina) and the 1000Km Supercortemaggiore at Monza, again with Hawthorn.
He joined Porsche
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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 Grand Prix
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, Porsche entered two 550RSs for the German Grand Prix
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, one driven by Maglioli and the other by Edgar Barth. Maglioli though failed to finish. Later that year he crashed his Porsche during the Gaisburg hillclimb in Austria
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. He recuperated in hospital in Salzburg
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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
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scored his third Targa victory (this time with Vic Elford) in a works Porsche 907. Maglioli retired from racing in 1970. He died in Monza
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in 1999.
Racing record
Complete Formula One World Championship results
( key) :''Maurice Trintignant
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:''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.
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Non-Championship results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)References
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