Cesare Perdisa

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Cesare Perdisa
Nation: ItalyItaly Italy
Automobile world championship
First start: 1955 Monaco Grand Prix
Last start: 1957 Grand Prix of Argentina
Constructors
1955–1956 Maserati  · 1957 Scuderia Ferrari
statistics
World Cup balance: WM-16. ( 1956 )
Starts Victories Poles SR
7th - - -
World Cup points : 5
Podiums : 2
Leadership laps : -
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Giuseppe Cesare Perdisa (born October 21, 1932 in Bologna ; † May 10, 1998 ibid) was an Italian racing driver and businessman.

Career

Coming from a family of wealthy journalists and newspaper publishers who owned the respected motorsport magazine "Quattrorotte" , Perdisa was able to afford a Maserati 250F as a "man's driver " , which he drove with great talent during the 1955 Formula 1 season . At the Monaco Grand Prix , which was marked by many failures of the favorites, he shared the car with the more prominent Jean Behra , which brought him to the podium with third place. Due to the mandatory division of points, he was ranked 17th in the final classification of Formula 1 .

Between 1955 and 1957 it was to start eight times. However, with a fourth place in Belgium and fifth place at the French Grand Prix in Reims in the 1956 season , Cesare Perdisa had two more impressive placings, again sharing his monoposto with a driver - the Briton Stirling Moss . At the Argentine Grand Prix , Perdisa even drove a Ferrari up to the 33rd lap and then had to hand it over to Peter Collins , who at least now achieved sixth place. Since Perdisa didn't smile at her luck with another guest start this year, he must have cut back on his ambitions with a comparatively modest effort. The curious fact is that although he scored the points several times, he always had to share the car and the points with other drivers.

Perdisa had a special quirk of irritating Stirling Moss by beheading raw eggs and swallowing their contents in one gulp. Sometimes he is said to have even done this on the grid, which Moss just hated.

Perdisa also competed in sports car races , such as B. 1956 at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring with a Maserati 300S and well-known "passengers" like Behra and Moss, but a defective wheel suspension ended the race prematurely. In 1957, however, he was lucky enough to win the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires with Eugenio Castellotti . When this gifted sports car driver had a fatal accident during test drives for Ferrari in Modena , Perdisa was shocked to announce his withdrawal from racing and devoted himself exclusively to his business.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

general overview

season team chassis engine run Victories Second Third Poles nice
Race laps
Points WM-Pos.
1955 Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati 2.5 L6 2 - - 1 - - 2 18th
1956 Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 250F Maserati 2.5 L6 4th - - 1 - - 3 16.
1957 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 801 Ferrari 2.5 V8 1 - - - - - - NC
total 7th - - 2 - - 5

Single results

season 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th
1955 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Italy.svg
3 8th
1956 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Italy.svg
7th 3 5 7th DNS
1957 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Italy.svg
6th
Legend
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
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1955 ItalyItaly Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 300S ArgentinaArgentina Roberto Mieres failure Gearbox damage

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1955 ItalyItaly Maserati Co. & BS Cunningham Maserati 300S ItalyItaly Luigi Valenzano Rank 4
1956 ItalyItaly Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati 300S FranceFrance Jean Behra ItalyItaly Piero Taruffi Rank 5

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season team race car 1 2 3 4th 5 6th
1954 Maserati Fiat 1100
Maserati A6GCS
ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT MexicoMexico CAP
57 DNF
1955 Maserati Co. & BS Cunningham
Maserati
Maserati 300S ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM FranceFrance LEM United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT ItalyItaly TAR
4th DNF DNF
1956 Maserati Maserati 300S
Maserati 350S
ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM GermanyGermany ONLY SwedenSweden KRI
5 28 DNF

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. www.oldracingcars.com - Where are they now?