Peter Monteverdi
Born | Binningen, Switzerland | 7 June 1934
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Died | 4 July 1998 Binningen, Switzerland | (aged 64)
Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Swiss |
Active years | 1961 |
Teams | MBM |
Entries | 1 (0 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1961 German Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1961 German Grand Prix |
Peter Monteverdi (7 June 1934 – 4 July 1998) was a
At the beginning of his career, Monteverdi was a car salesman. His father ran a garage and truck business, which Peter used as his initial inspiration.[1] He built his Monteverdi Special in 1952 using the remains of a wrecked 1949 Fiat. It is now on display at the Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne. In 1957 he acquired the Swiss franchise for Ferrari, subsequently becoming Swiss importer for other international prestige brands including Rolls-Royce and Bentley.[2] In 1952, he started producing cars under his own name.
Formula One involvement
Peter Monteverdi was born in Binningen, in the northern Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft. He engaged in the construction of Formula One cars from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. In 1961, he built the first Swiss Formula One car, which bore the name MBM (Monteverdi Basel Motoren). He made a single Formula One appearance at the 1961 Solitude Grand Prix, where he retired after two laps, and subsequently withdrew his entry for the German Grand Prix[3] having been injured in a prior race. He subsequently retired from race driving.
In 1989 Monteverdi bought the
Death
Monteverdi died from cancer on 4 July 1998 in Binningen, in his apartment directly above his own car-assembly workshop.[4] He was 64.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | WDC | Points |
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1961 | Piero Monteverdi | MBM | Flat-4
|
MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER WD |
ITA | USA | NC | 0 |
Non-championship results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
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1961 | Piero Monteverdi | MBM | Flat-4
|
LOM | GLV | PAU | BRX | VIE | AIN | SYR | NAP | LON | SIL | SOL Ret |
KAN | DAN | MOD | FLG | OUL | LEW | VAL | RAN | NAT | RSA |
References
- ^ Brown, Allen. "Peter Monteverdi". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- Auto Motor u. Sport. Heft 25 2010: Seite 46. 18 November 2010.
- ^ John Thompson, "The Formula One Record Book", Leslie Frewin Publishing, 1974. pp. 40-41
- Auto, Motor und Sport. 1998 Heft 15: Seite 11. 15 July 1998.
External links
- "Monteverdi - History of the Company". Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2008.