Gino Munaron
Nation: | Italy | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | 1960 Argentine Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1960 Italian Grand Prix | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1960 Gino Munaron - Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
Podiums : | - | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | - |
Virginio "Gino" Munaron (born April 2, 1928 in Turin , † November 22, 2009 in Valenza ) was an Italian racing driver .
Career
Munaron was one of the best sports car drivers from 1955 to 1965 . In the 1950s he was a works driver for Ferrari , Maserati and OSCA . He won the sports car race in Hyeres for Ferrari in 1955 , finished third in the Pescara race and fourth in Bari . In a Ferrari 250 GT he finished third in the 1957 12-hour race in Reims, driving alone .
Munaron made his debut in the automobile world championship on an aging Maserati 250F at the 1960 Argentine Grand Prix . Eight laps behind the winner Bruce McLaren , Munaron finished 13th in the race. Back in Europe, he drove the Cooper T51 of the Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti with little success in several world championship races .
He continued to drive sports and touring car races until the mid-1960s. Together with Andrea de Adamich, he finished fifth in the 1965 Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race .
statistics
Statistics in Formula 1
general overview
season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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1960 | Gino Munaron | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti | Cooper T51 | Castellotti 2.5 L4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | |||
total | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 |
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1960 | ||||||||||
13 | DNF | 15th | DNF |
Legend | ||
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1959 | Lino Fayen | Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta | Lino Fayen | Rank 6 | |
1960 | Camoradi USA | Maserati Tipo 61 longtail | Giorgio Scarlatti | failure | Electrics |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th |
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1953 | Peugeot 203 | SEB | MIM | LEM | SPA | ONLY | RTT | CAP | |
130 | |||||||||
1954 | Moretti 750 Grand Sport | BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | CAP | ||
DNF | |||||||||
1955 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 750 Monza | BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | TAR | |
DNF | |||||||||
1957 | Ferrari 500TRC | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | LEM | KRI | CAR | |
8th | 10 | ||||||||
1958 | Scuderia Ferrari |
Ferrari 500TR Ferrari 250TR |
BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | |
6th | DNF | 5 | |||||||
1959 | Lino Fayen | Ferrari 250 GT | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | ||
6th | |||||||||
1960 | Virgilio Conrero Camoradi Racing |
Conrero-Alfa Romeo 1150 Maserati Tipo 61 |
BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | ||
DNF | 6th | DNF | |||||||
1961 | Virgilio Conrero | Lotus Eleven | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | PES | ||
DNF |
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Munaron, Gino |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Munaron, Virginio (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1928 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Turin |
DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 2009 |
Place of death | Valenza |