Sergio Mantovani

Sergio Mantovani

Nation:	Italy
Automobile world championship
First start:	1953 Italian Grand Prix
Last start:	1955 Grand Prix of Argentina
Constructors
1953-1955  Maserati
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-16. ( 1954 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 7th - - -
World Cup points :	4th
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Sergio Mantovani (born May 22, 1929 in Cusano Milanino , † February 23, 2001 in Milan ) was an Italian racing driver .

Career

Mantovani was a businessman before he started racing as a hobby. He started in a Maserati in 1953 at the Targa Florio together with Juan Manuel Fangio and came third. Maserati signed him as a works driver for the 1954 World Cup . The reward for his commitment was the fifth place at the Grands Prix of Germany and Switzerland .

During training for the Gran Premio del Valentino in Turin in March 1955 , which was not part of the World Cup , Mantovani suffered a serious accident, as a result of which his left foot had to be amputated . Mantovani tried to return to motorsport with a prosthesis , but soon realized the futility of his attempts and withdrew from motorsport at the age of 26.

Afterwards Mantovani was a senior member of the Italian motorsport authority for many years. He died in 2001 at the age of 71.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1953	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati 2.0 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1954	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	5	-	-	-	-	-	4th	16.
1955	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				7th	-	-	-	-	-	4th

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
1953
									7th
1954
			7th	DNS		5	5	9	DNF
1955
	7th

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	WD	withdrawn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

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
1953	Bruno Margnoli	Maserati A6GCS Alfa Romeo 1900	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
				10			24
1954	Maserati Alfa Romeo Finmeccanica	Maserati A6GCS Alfa Romeo 1900	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	CAP
					DNF		5	18th
1957	Madunina	Osca S1500	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
						DNF

Web links

Commons : Sergio Mantovani  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sergio Mantovani. www.motorsportmagazine.com, accessed December 30, 2018 .