Villoresi on the cover of El Gráfico magazine, 1947
Born
(1909-05-16)16 May 1909 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Died
24 August 1997(1997-08-24) (aged 88) Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
Italian
Active years
1950–1956
Teams
Ferrari, Maserati, Lancia, Scuderia Centro Sud
Entries
34 (31 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
8
Career points
46 (49)[1]
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
1
First entry
1950 Monaco Grand Prix
Last entry
1956 Italian Grand Prix
Champ Car career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish
16th (1946)
First race
1946 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
0
0
0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years
1952–1953
Teams
Ferrari
Best finish
DNF (1952, 1953)
Class wins
0
Luigi Villoresi (16 May 1909 – 24 August 1997) was an Italian racing driver. He competed in Formula One at the time of its inception.
^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). Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
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military. During this period, he and his partner fellow racing driver LuigiVilloresi established a lucrative transport business, supplying fuel to army...
Alberto Ascari after he started from second position. His teammate LuigiVilloresi finished second and Maserati driver Onofre Marimón came in third. Two...
was won by Italian LuigiVilloresi driving the new 4 1/2 litre Ferrari 375 on the 3.4 miles (5.5 km) public road circuit. Villoresi would triumph again...
Championship debut around the streets of Monaco. Their leading drivers, LuigiVilloresi and Alberto Ascari had to settle for the third row of the grid, however...
Argentine Grand Prix. Further down the order, Giuseppe Farina and LuigiVilloresi, also driving for Ferrari, completed the podium, resulting in an Italian...
times in the second session on the Saturday. This format meant that LuigiVilloresi started 6th, despite his time being fast enough for 2nd place on the...
González finished second for the Maserati team and Ascari's teammate LuigiVilloresi came in third. Due to the dominance of the Ferrari team throughout...
LuigiVilloresi finished in second and third places. Ascari overtook Fangio's record for the most race wins, scoring his seventh at this race. Luigi Villoresi...
races were recognised as Grandes Épreuves (great trials) by the FIA. LuigiVilloresi proved to be the most successful driver, winning six Grands Prix. Alfa...
ambitions. They were able to hire top-class drivers Alberto Ascari, LuigiVilloresi and Eugenio Castellotti. Maserati driver Sergio Mantovani lost a leg...
Giuseppe Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli and the Scuderia Ferraris of Alberto Ascari, LuigiVilloresi (who had the latest model with de Dion...
pre-war Grand Prix motor racing standards. Winner was the Italian LuigiVilloresi, in a Maserati 4CLT/48. A 13-lap 500 cc race, preceding the Grand Prix...
factory entries but Scuderia Ambrosiana sent two Maserati 4CLT/48s for LuigiVilloresi and Alberto Ascari who finished in that order (notwithstanding having...
races were recognised as Grandes Épreuves (great trials) by the FIA. LuigiVilloresi proved to be the most successful driver, for the second consecutive...
of Nino Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli. Scuderia Ferrari was down to two 125s for LuigiVilloresi and Alberto Ascari, although Ascari had...
Silva Ramos, Toulo de Graffenried, Robert Manzon, Piero Taruffi, and LuigiVilloresi. Ron Flockhart scored his first World Championship points and podium...
qualified on pole position, ahead of Fangio and Ferrari teammates LuigiVilloresi and Nino Farina. The race attracted so many spectators that they were...
salary dispute to join newcomers Lancia. Teammate and personal mentor LuigiVilloresi made the same change. The team hired Maurice Trintignant from Gordini...
Championship. The team was founded in 1937 by drivers Giovanni Lurani, LuigiVilloresi, Franco Cortese and Eugenio Minetti and was named after the patron...
eventually led to the introduction of the 4CLT in 1948. In the hands of LuigiVilloresi the streamliner took pole position on the 4CL's race debut at the 1939...
Ascari immediately set the fastest practice lap and led from pole. LuigiVilloresi in the fellow Lancia retired with brake trouble after just 1 lap and...
Richard "Dick" Seaman, Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth and the 1939 winner LuigiVilloresi. World War II brought an end to the race, but it was revived in 1960...
the "Maserati 6CS 1500" which won at Voghera in October 1946 with LuigiVilloresi at the wheel is also one of this type. A6CS Barchetta Maserati A6CS...
Besides remaining driver Eugenio Castellotti, the squad was completed by Luigi Musso and Peter Collins, both coming from Maserati. Stirling Moss, 1955...
Philippe Étancelin's Talbot-Lago; and the two Scuderia Ferrari entries of LuigiVilloresi and Alberto Ascari withdrew in practice. Fangio put in a stunning display...
1953 German) shared 3 drives with 1 additional car (in latter with LuigiVilloresi) which would reduce his percentages to 37.14%. Some sources extend...
Carlos Menditeguy (10 laps). Car #36: Eugenio Castellotti (20 laps) and LuigiVilloresi (15 laps). Drivers' Championship standings Note: Only the top five...
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