Count Carlo Felice Trossi di Pian Villar (27 April 1908 – 9 May 1949) was an Italian racing driver and auto constructor.
Racing career
During 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; while the Australian started and finished the race, Trossi earned more points than him under the mileage-based AAA points system.
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.Road & Track, April 1972.
Trossi had many 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".Piloti Che Gente, Enzo Ferrari, 1893
Personal life
Trossi was born in Gaglianico, Italy. He died of a brain tumor in Milan at 41 years of age.Saward, Joe. "Jean-Pierre Wimille: The man who would have been champion..." at grandprix.com
Motorsports career results
European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts 1935 Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3 Alfa Romeo 3.2 L8s MON FRA BEL GER SUI ITA ESP — 1936 Scuderia Torino Maserati V8RI Maserati 4.8 V8s MON ITA 7th 23 Maserati 4C 2500 Maserati 2.5 L4s GER SUI 1937 Scuderia Ferrari Alfa Romeo 12C-36 Alfa Romeo 4.1 V12s BEL GER MON SUI ITA 17th 35 1938 Officine A. Maserati Maserati 8CTF Maserati 3.0 L8s FRA GER SUI ITA 36th 32 Notes – As a co-driver Trossi was ineligible for championship points
Post-WWII Grandes Épreuves results
(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 BEL ITA FRA 1948 Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8s MON SUI FRA ITA
References
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