Luigi Fagioli
Alfa Romeo | |
Entries | 7 |
---|---|
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 6 |
Career points | 28 (32)[1] |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1950 British Grand Prix |
First win | 1951 French Grand Prix |
Last win | 1951 French Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1951 French Grand Prix |
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Luigi Cristiano Fagioli (Italian pronunciation:
Grand Prix racing
Fagioli was born in the small town of
Fagioli's confidence in his abilities would occasionally inform his fiery temper. One not to refrain from retaliating against other drivers when he felt they had done something wrong on the track, he would frequently take chances, and as such developed a somewhat controversial reputation after a string of significant crashes. In 1934 Mercedes, acknowledging Fagioli's talent, hired him to drive one of their Silver Arrows alongside chief mechanic Hermann Lang. The relationship was successful although not without drama. In his very first outing for Mercedes, a furious Fagioli abandoned his car after team manager Alfred Neubauer ordered him to stay put in second place and let fellow Mercedes driver Manfred von Brauchitsch to win the race. Despite such bumpy start, Fagioli went on to win his second consecutive Coppa Acerbo and, together with Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes W25A, won his second straight Italian Grand Prix. Fagioli's third win of the season came on the occasion of the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuito Lasarte.
For the 1935 racing season, Fagioli's factory Mercedes was upgraded to a W25B model. He won the
Fagioli left Mercedes at the end of the 1936 season and joined Auto Union. No longer restricted by team politics, his rivalry with Caracciola escalated, culminating in a physical altercation between the two at the Tripoli Grand Prix. Towards the end of the season, a series of health problems, including crippling rheumatism, began to severely affect Fagioli's racing ability. At the 1936 Coppa Acerbo, he could only walk with the aid of a cane and was forced to drop out of the race.
Formula One
By the end of
Final years
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For 1952, Fagioli signed with Lancia to drive sports cars. He finished in third place at the 1952 edition of the Mille Miglia ahead of arch rival Caracciola. In June, while practising for the Monaco Grand Prix, which was a sport cars event that year, Fagioli crashed during practice in the tunnel. His injuries, initially believed to be minor, worsened after a few days. Fagioli died in a Monte Carlo hospital three weeks later.
Luigi Fagioli ranks as one of Italy's greatest race car drivers. With the exception of the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, where a pile-up on the opening lap involving seven cars forced him to retire, he managed to finish on the podium of every single Formula One race he entered. That gives him the second-highest percentage of podium finishes in the Formula One World Championship (85.71%), after "one-time wonder" Dorino Serafini who has a perfect 100%.[4]
Major wins
- Avusrennen1935
- Coppa Acerbo 1933, 1934
- Coppa Ciano 1930
- French Grand Prix/European Grand Prix 1951
- Grand Prix du Comminges 1933
- Italian Grand Prix 1933, 1934
- Monaco Grand Prix 1935
- Penya Rhin Grand Prix 1935
- Spanish Grand Prix 1934
Racing record
Complete European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | EDC | Pts |
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1931 | Officine A. Maserati | 26M
|
L8
|
ITA | FRA Ret |
BEL | 26th | 22 | ||||
1932 | Officine A. Maserati | Maserati V5 | Maserati 5.0 V16 | ITA 2 |
FRA | GER | 7th | 18 | ||||
1935 | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes W25A | Mercedes 4.0 L8 | MON 1 |
FRA 4 |
BEL 2 |
GER 6 |
SUI 2 |
ITA Ret |
2nd | 22 | |
Mercedes W25B | ESP 2 | |||||||||||
1936 | Daimler-Benz AG | Mercedes W25 | Mercedes 4.3 L8 | MON Ret |
14th | 26 | ||||||
Mercedes W25K | Mercedes 4.7 L8 | GER 5 |
SUI Ret |
ITA | ||||||||
1937 | Auto Union AG | Auto Union C | Auto Union 6.0 V16 | BEL | GER DNS |
MON | SUI 7 |
ITA | 20th | 36 | ||
Source:[5]
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Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | WDC | Pts[1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Alfa Romeo SpA
|
Alfa Romeo 158
|
L8s
|
GBR 2 |
MON Ret |
500 | SUI 2 |
BEL 2 |
FRA 2 |
ITA 3 |
3rd | 24 (28) | |
1951 | Alfa Romeo SpA
|
Alfa Romeo 159
|
L8s
|
SUI | 500 | BEL | FRA 1* |
GBR | GER | ITA | ESP | 11th | 4 |
Source:[6]
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* Fagioli exchanged cars with Juan Manuel Fangio, each being jointly classified 1st and 11th. Each scored half points for the win.
Non-championship Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
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1950 | Alfa Romeo SpA
|
Alfa Romeo 158
|
L8s
|
PAU | RIC | SRM | PAR | EMP | BAR | JER | ALB | NED | NAT | NOT | ULS | PES 3 |
STT | INT | GOO | PEN |
See also
References
- ^ a b Up until 1990, not all points scored by a driver contributed to their final World Championship tally (see list of points scoring systems for more information). Number without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
- ^ "The Golden Era of GP Racing 1934–40 – Drivers (F)". Kolumbus.fi. Archived from the original on 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
- ^ "F1 | I soprannomi della Formula 1 in bianco e nero". 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Profile at ChicaneF1". Chicanef1.com. 1952-06-20. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ "The Golden Era of Grand Prix Racing". kolumbus.fi. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ "Luigi Fagioli – Grand Prix started". statsf1.com. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
External links
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