Scuderia Ambrosiana

Scuderia Ambrosiana was an Italian motor racing team that competed in Grand Prix motor racing and the Formula One World Championship. The team was founded in 1937 by drivers Giovanni Lurani, Luigi Villoresi, Franco Cortese and Eugenio Minetti and was named after the patron saint of Milan, Saint Ambrose. The team's cars were painted in blue and black after the colours of F.C. Internazionale Milano, which at the time went under the name Ambrosiana Inter.

Scuderia Ambrosiana
Full nameScuderia Ambrosiana
BaseMilan, Italy
Founder(s)Franco Cortese, Giovanni Lurani, Eugenio Minetti, Luigi Villoresi
Noted drivers David Hampshire
David Murray
Reg Parnell
Formula One World Championship career
First entry1950 British Grand Prix
Races entered6 (5 starts)
Race victories0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
Final entry1954 British Grand Prix

The team competed at the Targa Florio in 1937, 1938 e 1939, where it finished second, third, and second again with Lurani, Cortese and Villoresi. Cortese took also part at the German Grand Prix in 1398, where he finished ninth. In 1947 future World Champion Alberto Ascari drove for the team. Other drivers associated with Scuderia Ambrosiana in its pre-War days include Tazio Nuvolari, Reg Parnell, Leslie Brooke and Clemar Bucci.

In 1950 and 1951 Scuderia Ambrosiana competed in the Formula One world championship. In 1951 Lurani and Giovanni Bracco took part in the Lemans 24 Hours with a Lancia Aurelia B20 finishing twelfth. Scuderia Ambrosiana's last entry was at the British Grand Prix in 1954.

Formula One results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Chassis Engine Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1950 Maserati 4CL
Maserati 4CLT/48
Maserati 1.5-litre L4 GBR MON 500 SUI BEL FRA ITA
David Hampshire 9 Ret
David Murray Ret Ret
Reg Parnell Ret
1951 Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati 1.5-litre L4 SUI 500 BEL FRA GBR GER ITA ESP
David Murray Ret DNS
1954 Ferrari 500 Ferrari 2.5-litre L4 ARG 500 BEL FRA GBR GER SUI ITA ESP
Reg Parnell Ret

References

Jenkinson, Denis (June 1977). "The Maserati Tipo 4CM". Motor Sport. Retrieved 11 December 2008.

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.