Count Carlo Felice Trossi di Pian Villar (27 April 1908 – 9 May 1949) was an Italian racing driver and auto constructor.
| Carlo Felice Trossi | |
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 Trossi in 1934 | |
| Born | Carlo Felice Trossi 27 April 1908 Gaglianico, Piedmont, Italy |
| Died | 9 May 1949 (aged 41) Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
Racing career
editDuring Trossi's career, he raced for three different teams: Mercedes-Benz, Alfa Romeo and, briefly, Maserati. He won the 1947 Italian Grand Prix and the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix. He relieved playboy-driver Frederick McEvoy for 51 laps of the 75-lap 1936 Vanderbilt Cup;[1] while the Australian started and finished the race, Trossi earned more points than him under the mileage-based AAA points system.[2]
Trossi backed one of the most unusual Grand Prix cars, the Trossi-Monaco of 1935. It featured a 16-cylinder, two-stroke cycle, two-row radial, air-cooled engine and an aircraft-like body designed by Augusto Monaco. The car was a spectacular failure and never raced in a Grand Prix event.[3]
Trossi had many exciting hobbies: racing boats and airplanes in addition to cars. He was also the president of the Scuderia Ferrari in 1932.
Enzo Ferrari said of Trossi: "He was a great racer but never wanted to make the effort to reach a dominant position and I remember him with emotion since he was one of the first to believe in my scuderia of which he was a part".[4][better source needed]
Personal life
editTrossi was born in Gaglianico, Italy. He died of a brain tumor in Milan at 41 years of age.[5]
Motorsports career results
editEuropean Championship results
edit(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3 | Alfa Romeo 3.2 L8s | MON Ret1 |
FRA | BEL | GER | SUI | ITA | ESP | —1 | |
| 1936 | Scuderia Torino | Maserati V8RI | Maserati 4.8 V8s | MON Ret |
ITA 7 |
7th | 23 | |||||
| Maserati 4C 2500 | Maserati 2.5 L4s | GER 8 |
SUI | |||||||||
| 1937 | Scuderia Ferrari | Alfa Romeo 12C-36 | Alfa Romeo 4.1 V12s | BEL Ret |
GER | MON | SUI | ITA 8 |
17th | 35 | ||
| 1938 | Officine A. Maserati | Maserati 8CTF | Maserati 3.0 L8s | FRA | GER | SUI | ITA DSQ |
36th | 32 | |||
Source:[6]
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- Notes
- ^1 – As a co-driver Trossi was ineligible for championship points
Post-WWII Grandes Épreuves results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo 158 | Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8s | SUI 3 |
BEL 3 |
ITA 1 |
FRA |
| 1948 | Alfa Corse | Alfa Romeo 158 | Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8s | MON | SUI 1 |
FRA | ITA Ret |
Source:[7]
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References
edit- ^ "Carlo Felice Trossi". www.champcarstats.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "1936 AAA National Championship Trail". www.champcarstats.com. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ Road & Track, April 1972.
- ^ Piloti Che Gente, Enzo Ferrari, 1893
- ^ Saward, Joe. "Jean-Pierre Wimille: The man who would have been champion..." Archived 2001-06-17 at the Wayback Machine at grandprix.com
- ^ "Drivers – Carlo Felice Trossi". kolumbus.fi. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Carlo Felice Trossi – Biography". MotorSportMagazine. Retrieved 21 May 2019.