Massimo Natili (28 July 1935 – 19 September 2017) was a

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from Italy. He participated in two

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship ...

World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 July 1961. He scored no championship points.

Career

Natili started in Formula One with

Scuderia Centro Sud Scuderia Centro Sud was a privateer racing team founded in Modena by Guglielmo "Mimmo" Dei and active in Formula One and sports car racing between 1956 and 1965. Dei had been an amateur driver in the 1930s. In the early 1950s he opened a Maser ...

in 1961 with a retirement from the Syracuse Grand Prix, followed by a failure to qualify for the Naples Grand Prix. He retired on the first lap of the

1961 British Grand Prix The 1961 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on 15 July 1961 at the Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Aintree Circuit, near Liverpool. It was race 5 of 8 in both the 1961 World Championship of Drivers and the 1961 International Cup ...

with gearbox failure, and practiced for the

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but did not start. In 1962, Natili was involved in a fiery accident in a

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race at

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, and was rescued by an anonymous spectator. He came 4th in the 1964 Rome Grand Prix after retiring from the previous year's event, and subsequently competed in Italian

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Complete Formula One World Championship results

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

References

1935 births 2017 deaths Italian racing drivers Italian Formula One drivers Scuderia Centro Sud Formula One drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers World Sportscar Championship drivers Sportspeople from the Province of Viterbo {{Italy-autoracing-bio-stub