Pietro Ghersi
Pietro Ghersi (1899 – 1 January 1972)[1] was an Italian motorcycle racer and, from 1927, also a racecar driver. He was born in Genoa.
With his brother Mario Ghersi and Luigi Arcangeli he biked in the 1926 Isle of Man TT and 1930 Isle of Man TT in Moto Guzzi.
Racing cars, he won the
monoposto, and a 2.3-liter Alfa Romeo.[2] He raced for Scuderia Ferrari 1934 and privately in a Maserati 8CM
1935–36. He continued until the 1938 season.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | U. Klinger | 26M
|
Maserati 2.5 L8 | ITA 8 |
—1 | |||||||
| Officine A. Maserati | FRA 8 |
BEL | ||||||||||
| 1932 | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo Monza | Alfa Romeo 2.3 L8 | ITA 7 |
FRA | GER | 9th | 20 | ||||
| 1935 | Scuderia Subalpina | Maserati 8CM | L8
|
MON | FRA | BEL | GER 12 |
SUI | 21st | 51 | ||
| Maserati 6C-34 | L6
|
ITA Ret |
ESP | |||||||||
| 1936 | Scuderia Torino | Maserati 6C-34 | V8
|
MON 8 |
GER | SUI | 17th | 27 | ||||
| Scuderia Maremmana | L6
|
ITA Ret |
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| 1938 | Scuderia Torino | Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A | Alfa Romeo 2.9 L8 | FRA | GER 8 |
SUI | 9th | 24 | ||||
| Alfa Romeo Tipo 308 | Alfa Romeo 3.0 L8 | ITA 5 |
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Source:[3]
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- Notes
- ^1 – Ghersi was co-driver with Klinger at the Italian GP and with Dreyfus at the French GP, therefore rules excluded him from the championship.
References
- ^ picture and biography (including race participations) from Leif Snellmans racing archive
- ^ "1933 season lineup". Archived from the original on 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
- ^ "THE GOLDEN ERA – OF GRAND PRIX RACING". kolumbus.fi. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2016.