Anna Maria Peduzzi
Anna Maria "Marocchina" Peduzzi (born July 12, 1912 in Olgiate Comasco , † August 23, 1979 in Bergamo ) was an Italian racing driver and the wife of Gianfranco Comotti .
Career as a racing driver
Anna Maria Peduzzi was the best known and most successful Italian car racing driver for many years. She owed her nicknames Marocchina and Moroccan Girl to her dark complexion and Gianfranco Comotti, whom she married in 1932, for her passion for fast cars. Comotti's generous wedding present was a new Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 with a Zagato body. The car was often used as Peduzzi entered the Alfa Romeo almost every weekend in mountain and road races. Comotti was a works driver for Scuderia Ferrari in 1934 , which is why Peduzzi made her first appearance in the Mille Miglia . They drove an Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SSft Spider Brianza to 13th place in the overall standings and to victory in the class for sports cars up to 1.5 liters.
In 1936 politics interrupted its racing activities for 16 years. The war in Abyssinia and the announcement of the annexation of Ethiopia on May 9th in Rome by Benito Mussolini were reason enough for the anti-fascist Comotti to leave Italy for good. Anna Maria Peduzzi followed her husband to Paris . During the Second World War , the couple returned to their home country and joined the Resistancea . Comotti was an informant in northern Italy, which was occupied by the Wehrmacht , and only narrowly escaped his arrest and announced execution by the occupiers.
Anna Maria Peduzzi did not resume her racing activities until 1952. She started in a Stanguellini S 750 at the Eifel race on the Nürburgring and was the first to finish the race in the sports car class up to 750 cm³, which was occupied by only four vehicles. However, she was not rated because she had strayed from the piste and sought help from others. In 1953 she drove her second Mille Miglia and made her debut at the Targa Florio . As before the war, she was mainly interested in Italian road races, where she kept getting good results. It had one of the rare starts outside Italy at the 1000 km race in Paris in 1956 . Together with the Belgian Gilberte Thirion , she drove a Ferrari 500 TR in tenth place in the overall standings. The ladies' duo thus secured victory in the class for sports cars up to 2 liters. She raced until 1961 and had her last start at the 1961 Coppa Ascari in Monza . After the death of her husband in 1963 she continued to live in Bergamo, where she died in August 1979.
statistics
Individual results in the sports car world championship
| season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Anna Maria Peduzzi | Stanguellini S750 |
 SEB
|
 MIM
|
 LEM
|
 SPA
|
 ONLY
|
 RTT
|
 CAP
|
| 117 | |||||||||
| 1954 | Anna Maria Peduzzi | Stanguellini S750 |
 BUA
|
SEB
|
MIM
|
LEM
|
RTT
|
CAP
|
|
| DNF | |||||||||
| 1955 | Anna Maria Peduzzi | Stanguellini 750 Sport |
BUA
|
SEB
|
MIM
|
LEM
|
RTT
|
TAR
|
|
| 99 | |||||||||
| 1958 | Ferrari 500 TR |
BUA
|
SEB
|
TAR
|
ONLY
|
LEM
|
RTT
|
||
| DNF | |||||||||
| 1959 | Osca S750 |
SEB
|
TAR
|
ONLY
|
LEM
|
RTT
|
|||
| 20th | |||||||||
| 1960 | Aspromonte | Osca F2 / S 1500 |
BUA
|
SEB
|
TAR
|
ONLY
|
LEM
|
||
| 17th |
literature
- Hans-Jörg Götzl: Mille Miglia. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02562-0 .
Web links
- Anna Maria Peduzzi at Historic Racing
- Anna Maria Peduzzi at Racing Sports Cars
- Anna Maria Peduzzi on the website of the Technical Museum Vienna
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Anna Maria Peduzzi (Italian)
- ↑ Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC Eifelrennen . Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2009, ISBN 978-3-86852-070-5 , p. 56.
- ↑ Eifel race 1952
- ↑ Coppa Ascari 1961
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peduzzi, Anna Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peduzzi, Marocchina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Olgiate Comasco |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd August 1979 |
| Place of death | Bergamo |