Felice Bonetto
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Swiss Grand Prix 1950 | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1953 Italian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1950 Maserati • 1951 Alfa Romeo • 1952–1953 Maserati | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | World Cup eighth ( 1951 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 17.5 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 2 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | 1 over 4.649 km | ||||||||
Felice Bonetto (born June 9, 1903 in Manerbio near Brescia , † November 21, 1953 in Silao , Mexico ) was an Italian racing driver .
Career
Bonetto drove sports car races as early as the 1930s , but he only came into the limelight after the Second World War , with cars from the brands Cisitalia and Ferrari , with which he was second in the 1949 Mille Miglia .
In the Formula 1 World Championship in 1951, after Luigi Fagioli's resignation , Bonetto took his place at Alfa Romeo and achieved third place in Italy . In 1952 and 1953 he drove a Maserati and also came third again in the 1953 Dutch Grand Prix .
Felice Bonetto also competed in sports car races. He achieved his greatest success in 1952 when he won the Targa Florio . The sports cars also became his undoing. At the end of 1953 he had a fatal accident at the Mexican endurance race Carrera Panamericana .
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
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| 1950 | Scuderia Milano | Maserati 4CLT / 50 | Maserati 1.5 L4s | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 19th |
| 1951 | Alfa Romeo SpA | Alfa Romeo type 159A | Alfa Romeo 1.5 L8s | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 7th | 8th. |
| Alfa Romeo type 159M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| 1952 | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati 2.0 L6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 16. |
| 1953 | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati 2.0 L6 | 7th | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6.5 | 9. |
| total | 15th | - | - | 2 | - | - | 17.5 | ||||
Single results
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Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1952 |
Scuderia Lancia
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Lancia Aurelia B20 |
Enrico Anselmi
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Rank 8 | |
| 1953 |
Scuderia Lancia
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Lancia D20 |
Luigi Valenzano
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failure | Defective starter |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
| season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th |
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| 1953 | Lancia |
Lancia D20 Lancia D24 |
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MIM
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LEM
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RTT
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| 3 | DNF | DNF | DNF |
Web links
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| SURNAME | Bonetto, Felice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manerbio |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1953 |
| Place of death | Silao |