Scuderia Centro Sud
The Scuderia Centro Sud was a motorsport team from the 1950s and 1960s.
The Scuderia
Scuderia Centro Sud was founded in the early 1950s by the Italian Mimmo Dei . Originally intended as a racing team for the sports car world championship , in which the team took part from 1956 to 1965, team owner Dei soon expanded its activities to include Formula 1 as well.
With vehicles like the Ferrari 500 , the Maserati 250F and the BRM P57 as well as various makes of Cooper , the team achieved a total of 24 world championship points. The best individual result was third place at the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix , achieved by Masten Gregory . With the engagement of Maria Teresa de Filippis , the Scuderia also made it possible for a woman to compete in a Formula 1 world championship race for the first time.
World-famous pilots such as Cliff Allison , Giancarlo Baghetti , Lorenzo Bandini , Lucien Bianchi , Joakim Bonnier , Louis Chiron , Masten Gregory , Hans Herrmann , Willy Mairesse , Maurice Trintignant , Wolfgang von Trips and Luigi Villoresi drove for the Scuderia.
Results
Victories in the sports car world championship
| year | run | vehicle | Driver 1 | Driver 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4 hour race from Pescara | Ferrari 250TRI |
 Lorenzo Bandini
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Giorgio Scarlatti
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Successes in the sports car world championship in 1961 ( Memento from September 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )