Eugenio Castellotti

Eugenio Castellotti
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Formula One career
Nationality	Italian
Years	1955 – 1957

Eugenio Castellotti (10 October 1930 – 14 March 1957) was a Formula One driver from Italy.

Driving career[]

Castellotti was born in Lodi. He acquired a Ferrari at the age of twenty and began racing sports cars in 1952.^[1] After being signed by Scuderia Ferrari, he participated in 14 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 16 January 1955. He secured one pole position, achieved 3 podiums, and scored a total of 19.5 championship points.

He also participated in several non-Championship Formula One races. Castellotti won the March 1956 12 Hours of Sebring at Sebring, Florida. He followed this triumph by winning the Mille Miglia race in Brescia and the Grand Prix for sports cars in Rouen, France.^[1] Castellotti's Ferrari achieved a total race time of 2 hours 10 minutes 31.1 seconds, winning the race.^[2]

Known for his manner and tailored clothes, Castellotti gained significant media publicity for his relationship with ballerina and actress Delia Scala.

Death[]

He was killed at only 26 years old during a private Ferrari test session at the Modena Autodrome.^[3] Castellotti was testing a new Ferrari Grand Prix car for the 1957 season.^[4] He crashed against a curve of the Autodrome and his body was hurled 100 yards (90 m). He had just been told to accelerate his speed so that he could average 85.127 miles per hour (136.999 km/h). The car turned over several times and finished up in the members stand. No one else was injured. Doctors said Castellotti died instantly from a fractured skull.^[1]

Legacy[]

Four years later, another Italian driver, Giulio Cabianca, Castellotti's best friend, fatally crashed in the same Autodrome. Castellotti was considered the greatest Italian driver since Alberto Ascari, who died testing a car on 26 May 1955.^[1]

Major career wins (sportscars):

Complete Formula One results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	WDC	Points
1955	Scuderia Lancia	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50 2.5 V8	ARG Ret	MON 2	500	BEL Ret					3rd	12
	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 625	Ferrari 107 2.5 L4					NED 5	GBR 6
	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 555	Ferrari 106 2.5 L4							ITA 3
1956	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia Ferrari D50	Lancia Ferrari DS50 2.5 V8	ARG Ret	MON 4	500	BEL Ret	FRA 2	GBR 10	GER Ret	ITA 8	6th	7.5
1957	Scuderia Ferrari	Lancia Ferrari 801	Lancia Ferrari DS50 2.5 V8	ARG Ret	MON	500	FRA	GBR	GER	PES	ITA	NC	0

Notes[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Castellotti, Ace Italian Driver, Killed Testing New Racing Car, New York Times, March 15, 1957, Page 29
↑ Castellotti Auto First, New York Times, July 9, 1956, Page 29.
↑ Eugenio Castellotti www.grandprix.com Retrieved 15 February 2007.
↑ Memoirs of Enzo Ferrari's Lieutenant by Franco Gozzi p.58

External links[]

The dashing Milanese that stayed young forever. Article on Castellotti at 8w

Preceded by:
Bill Vukovich

Formula One fatal accidents
March 14, 1957

Succeeded by:
Keith Andrews

Records

Preceded by:
Jerry Hoyt
26 years, 121 days
(1955 Indianapolis 500)

Youngest Grand Prix Polesitter
24 years, 238 days
(1955 Belgian Grand Prix)

Succeeded by:
Jacky Ickx
23 years, 216 days
(1968 German GP)

This page uses some content from Wikipedia. The original article was at Eugenio Castellotti. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Autopedia, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.

[Ace-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Castellotti, Ace Italian Driver, Killed Testing New Racing Car, New York Times, March 15, 1957, Page 29

[2] Castellotti Auto First, New York Times, July 9, 1956, Page 29.

[3] Eugenio Castellotti www.grandprix.com Retrieved 15 February 2007.

[4] Memoirs of Enzo Ferrari's Lieutenant by Franco Gozzi p.58

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