Maserati in motorsport

Maserati *as a Formula One engine manufacturer*
Formula One World Championship career
First entry	1950 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1969 Monaco Grand Prix
Races entered	113 (108 starts)
Chassis	Maserati, Arzani-Volpini, Cooper, Kurtis Kraft, JBW, Tec-Mec, Emeryson, Lotus, ENB
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers'; Championships	2 (1954, 1957)
Race victories	11
Podiums	44
Points	72
Pole positions	11
Fastest laps	17

Maserati *as a Formula One chassis constructor*
Formula One World Championship career
First entry	1950 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1960 United States Grand Prix
Races entered	77 (70 starts)
Race victories	9
Constructors' Championships	0
Drivers'; Championships	2 (1954, 1957)
Pole positions	10
Fastest laps	15

Maserati
Full name	Officine Alfieri Maserati
Base	Modena, Italy
Founder(s)	Maserati Brothers
Noted staff	Gioacchino Colombo; Valerio Colotti
Noted drivers	Juan Manuel Fangio; Stirling Moss
Formula One World Championship career
First entry	1950 British Grand Prix
Races entered	43 (43 starts)
Constructors'; Championships	0
Drivers'; Championships	2 (1954, 1957)
Race victories	9
Pole positions	9
Fastest laps	14
Final entry	1957 Italian Grand Prix

Throughout its history, the Italian auto manufacturer Maserati has participated in various forms of motorsport including Formula One, sportscar racing and touring car racing, both as a works team and through private entrants. Maserati currently competes in Formula E in partnership with the Monaco Sports Group (MSG) as Maserati MSG Racing.

Beginnings

One of the first Maseratis the Tipo 26 driven by Alfieri Maserati with Guerino Bertocchi acting as riding mechanic won the Targa Florio 1,500 cc class in 1926, finishing in ninth place in overall.^[1]

Maserati was very successful in pre-war Grand Prix racing using a variety of cars with 4, 6, 8 and 16 cylinders (two straight-eights mounted parallel to one another).

Other notable pre-war successes include winning the Indianapolis 500 twice (1939 and 1940), both times with Wilbur Shaw at the wheel of a 8CTF.

Sports and GT cars

Maserati won the Targa Florio in 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1940. The first two wins were achieved by Giovanni Rocco with a Maserati 6CM and the last two by Luigi Villoresi with a 6CM in 1939 and a 4CL in 1940.

Maserati's post-war factory effort in sports car racing began in 1954 for the second season of the World Sportscar Championship. The factory raced as Officine Alfieri Maserati.

World Sports Car Championship

Maserati scored points in all but one year of the first era of the World Sports Car Championship from 1953 to 1961. Both factory-entered and privately-entered cars were eligible to score points for the manufacturer. At the end of 1957 Maserati retired the factory team from racing though they continued to build cars for privateers.

In the 1953 World Sportscar Championship Maserati placed thirteenth.

In the 1954 World Sportscar Championship Maserati entered the Maserati A6GCS and placed fifth.

In the 1955 World Sportscar Championship Maserati placed fourth.

In the 1956 World Sportscar Championship Maserati placed second including a win at the 1000 km Buenos Aires and the 1000 km at the Nürburgring. The win at 1956 1000 km Buenos Aires was a Maserati 300S sports car driven by Stirling Moss and Carlos Menditéguy.

In the 1957 World Sportscar Championship Maserati again placed second. This time with wins at Sebring and Rabelöfsbanan

In the 1959 World Sportscar Championship Maserati placed fourth.

In the 1960 World Sportscar Championship Maserati placed third. With a win at the ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring for a Maserati Tipo 61 driven by Stirling Moss and Dan Gurney.

In the 1961 World Sportscar Championship Maserati placed second. With a repeat win at the ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring for a Maserati Tipo 61 this time driven by Lloyd Casner and Masten Gregory.

FIA GT Championship

Maserati returned to sportscar racing in 2004, entering the Maserati MC12 in the FIA GT Championship. Since 2005 the MC12 fielded by Vitaphone Racing Team won five teams' championships and four drivers' championships in a row.

FIA GT1 World Championship

Michael Bartels and Andrea Bertolini won the inaugural GT1 World Championship for Drivers in the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship driving a Maserati MC12 for the Vitaphone Racing Team. The Vitaphone Racing Team won the GT1 World Championship for Teams.

List of Maserati sports and GT racing cars

Maserati A6GCS Sports Car
Maserati 350S Sports Car.
Maserati 300S Sports Car.
Maserati 250S Sports Car.
Maserati 200S Sports Car.
Maserati 150S Sports Car.
Maserati 450S Sports Car.
Maserati Tipo 60 Sports Car
Maserati Tipo 61 the "Birdcage" Sports Car
Maserati Tipo 63
Maserati Tipo 64
Maserati Tipo 65
Maserati Tipo 151
Maserati Barchetta Sports Car
Maserati Ghibli II Open Cup GT Car
Maserati Trofeo series GT Car.
Maserati Trofeo Light GT3 Racing Car
Maserati Trofeo GranSport series GT Car.
Maserati MC12 GT1 Racing Car
Maserati GranTurismo GT4
Maserati GranTurismo GT3
Maserati MC20 GT2

Touring cars

The Maserati Biturbo Group A racing car competed unsuccessfully in the British Touring Car Championship in the late 1980s, the European Touring Car Championship and the World Touring Car Championship (1987).

The cars for the 1987 World Touring Car Championship season were entered by Pro Team Italia/Imberti. The car was in Group A Division 3 competing against the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth and later in the season Ford Sierra RS 500. The car was driven by Bruno Giacomelli, Armin Hahne, Marcello Gunella, Mario Hytten, Nicola Tesini and Kevin Bartlett.

For the British Touring Car Championship the cars were entered by Trident Motorsport. This was for the 1988 and 1989 seasons. The car was driven by Nick May, John Lepp and Vic Lee.

Rally cars

A former 1987 WTCC car was bought by Adriano Dece who converted it for used on road rallies and the company also manufactured the Maserati Biturbo Group A Rally car.

Formula One

Maserati participated in Grand Prix racing during the 1930s and in Formula One motor racing during the 1950s and 1960s. Its works Formula One programme was broadly successful, providing a total of 9 Grand Prix wins for the factory team.^[2] In addition, Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1957 World Championship of Drivers and part of the 1954 World Championship of Drivers with a Maserati 250F.

Maserati designed two Formula One cars: the Maserati 4CLT and the Maserati 250F, and the pre-World War II Maserati 4CL was also used with some success. In addition, the Maserati A6GCM, designed as a Formula Two car, was also used in F1. Due to financial difficulties in the late 1950s the team had to withdraw from Formula One in 1958 despite the 250F still being successful. Privateers continued to use the 250F until 1960.

In the 1960s, Maserati supplied engines to British Formula One team Cooper as well as a number of smaller teams. The most successful car of that collaboration was the Cooper-Maserati T81, which had a Maserati V12 engine. It won the 1966 Mexican Grand Prix and the 1967 South African Grand Prix, driven by John Surtees and Pedro Rodríguez respectively.

Beginnings of Formula One operation

The 1948 Maserati 4CLT was one of the first cars built to the new Formula One regulations, introduced in 1946, and was developed from the 1938 Maserati 4CL voiturette car. The older design was still competitive despite the hiatus of World War II and was entered into Formula One races when racing resumed after the war. Its success encouraged Maserati to develop the car's design and these refinements were brought together as the 4CLT.

Complete Formula One results

Formula E

On 10 January 2022, Maserati announced they would be competing in Formula E beginning in the 2022–23 Formula E World Championship. On 4 June 2023, Maserati took its first Formula E victory with Maximilian Günther in the 2023 Jakarta ePrix - Race 2. Günther also won the first Tokyo ePrix on 30 March 2024.

References

^ "Enrico's Maserati Pages - The Targa Florio". maserati-alfieri.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
^ "Maserati Celebrates Fangio". Maserati Celebrates Fangio. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2010-04-09.

External links

maseraticorse.com Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

[maserati-alfieri.co.uk-1] "Enrico's Maserati Pages - The Targa Florio". maserati-alfieri.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-04-25.

[2] "Maserati Celebrates Fangio". Maserati Celebrates Fangio. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2010-04-09.

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