Sergio Mantovani (May 22, 1929 - February 23, 2001) was a

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from

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, Italy. He entered 8

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World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on September 13, 1953. He started 7 of those races, all for

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. His best results were two fifth-place finishes, and he scored a total of 4 championship points. In non-Championship F1 events, he finished third in the Syracuse and Rome Grands Prix in 1954. After he lost a leg in a crash during practice for the 1955 Valentino Grand Prix, Mantovani retired and became involved with the Italian Sporting Commission.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

( key) :''* Indicates shared drive with Luigi Musso'' :''† Indicates shared drive with Luigi Musso and

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in Musso's car. Mantovani shared his own car with Musso and

Jean Behra Jean Marie Behra (16 February 1921 – 1 August 1959) was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Behra contested 54 Formula One Grands Prix across eight seasons for Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari, and Behra-Porsche. ...

before it developed fuel system problems and was retired from the race.''

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