Martino Severi

Martino Severi is a former Italian racing car driver .

Career

Severi was a works test driver at Ferrari in the 1950s and 1960s . In this role, he also rose to become the official test driver of the Scuderia from the mid-1950s and was always the first to drive the new racing cars. In 1959 and 1960 he was a test driver in Formula 1 .

The fast Italian became a driver in 1957 and competed in sports car races for the Scuderia. In the same year he was also at the start of the 24-hour race at Le Mans and at the end of the race sat in the only factory Ferrari that crossed the finish line. Together with Stuart Lewis-Evans , he drove a Ferrari 315S in fifth place in the overall standings.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement
1957	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 315S	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Rank 5

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1957	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 315S	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
							5

literature

• Pino Casamassima: Storia della Scuderia Ferrari Nada Editore, Vimodrome 1998, ISBN 88-7911-179-5 .

Web links

• Martino Severi at Racing Sports Cars