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4 days ago · Ferrari driver Luigi Musso was fatally injured during the French Grand Prix when he ran wide, his car struck a ditch and somersaulted. He was airlifted to hospital with critical head injuries and died later that day.
5 days ago · During the 1957 and 1958 racing seasons, the two Englishmen became engaged in a fierce rivalry with Luigi Musso, another Ferrari driver, for prize money. Hawthorn driving his Ferrari to third in the Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
4 days ago · Besides remaining driver Eugenio Castellotti, the squad was completed by Luigi Musso and Peter Collins, both coming from Maserati. Stirling Moss , 1955 runner-up and Fangio's teammate at Mercedes, had moved to rival team Maserati.
Jul 6, 2024 · On this day in 1958 at the French Grand Prix in Reims, future world champion Mike Hawthorn took his third career win in Formula 1. But it was a victory marred in tragedy for the Briton and the Ferrari team as teammate Luigi Musso had been killed while chasing down Hawthorn.
6 days ago · Latin American legend for life. Five F1 world championships, 24 Grand Prix wins, 29 pole positions, 23 fastest laps, and 35 podiums from 51 starts made Fangio the undisputed “Maestro” of Formula 1. During the 1957 season, Fangio also won the sports car Havana Grand Prix in a Maserati 300S.
4 days ago · Musso had to controversially share his victory in Argentina. Luigi Musso might have won more than one race, had he been less headstrong. But how many times have we heard that about a racing driver?
3 days ago · Team orders have existed in Formula 1 since the start of the championship in the 1950s. Back then it was a case of a driver swapping their car with a teammate because of a mechanical problem and enabling them to win a race, just as Luigi Musso was told by Ferrari to hand his car over to Juan Manuel ...
