Luigi Musso
Luigi Musso, 1957
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| Born | 28 July 1924 |
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| Died | 6 July 1958 (aged 33) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 Italian |
| Active years | 1953–1958 |
| Teams | Ferrari, Maserati |
| Entries | 25 (24 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 7 |
| Career points | 44 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| First entry | 1953 Italian Grand Prix |
| First win | 1956 Argentine Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1956 Argentine Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1958 French Grand Prix |
Luigi Musso (28 July 1924 – 6 July 1958) was an Italian racing driver. In 1955 he joined the Ferrari team, entering into a fierce rivalry with Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins, which boosted the performance of the team, but also encouraged greater risk-taking. According to Musso's fiancée, he was deep in debt by the time of the lucrative 1958 French Grand Prix, where he was fatally injured, somersaulting into a ditch while chasing Hawthorn.
Musso was born in Rome and began his racing career driving sports cars before making his début on the Formula One circuit on 17 January 1954, driving a Maserati. In 1954 he won the Coppa Acerbo, a non-championship Formula One race. At Zandvoort, in the 1955 Dutch Grand Prix, Musso placed third in a Maserati. At the end of the 1955 Formula 1 season he switched to Ferrari. He shared victory in the 1956 Argentine Grand Prix with Juan Manuel Fangio, however his season was cut short after a crash in a sports car race at Nürburgring.
Musso triumphed in a Ferrari 3500 in the City of Buenos Aires sports car race on 20 January 1957. He was the third driver of the car. Stirling Moss finished second in a 'light powered' Maserati 3000. Moss made a last-ditch effort for his team at the end but came up short. A second Ferrari 3500, driven by Eugenio Castellotti, came in third. The Ferrari team gained eight points toward the 1957 World Championship in the event. The same year he won the Grand Prix de la Marne. Although the Marne was also not part of the Drivers' Championship, Musso nevertheless finished third in the overall standings for the season.
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