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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.
Jun 2, 2020 · Luigi Musso’s life story. Luigi Musso was born on 28 July 1924 in Rome. The Italian competed in 24 Formula 1 races, fifteen of them at the wheel of a Ferrari.
On 6th July 1958, Luigi Musso crashed heavily off the track at the Muizon corner in Reims and lost his life during the French Grand Prix. He had been chasing Ferrari team-mate Mike Hawthorn at the time.
Luigi Musso biography. 28/7/1924 - 6/7/1958. Record updated 21-Jun-23. Winner of the Italian two-liter sportscar championship in 1953 and the Targa Florio in 1957. He also raced in F1 on occasion and won the Italian Championship in 1955. He was killed in the French Grand Prix in 1958.
Nov 9, 2017 · Luigi Musso was another Ferrari driver who died during the 1950s. A fierce rival of his British teammates Hawthorn and Collins, Musso was killed when he crashed at the French Grand Prix in...
Jun 5, 2024 · One of the older Ferrari drivers of the late 1950s, Luigi Musso, began racing in F1 in 1953. He had been a factory Maserati driver, finishing third in the Targa Florio and competing in the Mille Miglia in the same year.
Jul 28, 2021 · Italian race car driver and Ferrari team member Luigi Musso was born on this day in 1924 in Rome, Italy. He entered several smaller races in the early 1950s, driving open top sports cars, before making his Formula One debut in January of 1954 driving a Maserati.
Luigi Musso (July 28, 1924 – July 6, 1958) was an Italian driver who last drove for Ferrari.
Oct 3, 2021 · Anointed as Italy’s next great racing hero after the tragic death of Alberto Ascari, Luigi Musso was pushed out of favour at Ferrari by Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn.
Luigi Musso, who for a period of his life was Italy’s top racing driver, was born on this day in 1924 in Rome. Musso competed six times for the world drivers’ championship, three times for Maserati and three times for Ferrari.
