About Luigi Musso
Luigi Musso (28 July 1924 – 6 July 1958) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1953 to 1958. Musso won the 1956 Argentine Grand Prix with Ferrari. Born in Rome, Musso started his career in sportscar racing before progressing to Formula One in 1953 with Maserati at the Italian Grand Prix. He returned in 1954, finishing second at the Spanish Grand Prix to score his maiden podium finish. Musso raced full-time for Maserati in 1955, repeating his podium feat at the Dutch Grand Prix. After three seasons at Maserati, he joined rivals Ferrari in 1956. On debut for Ferrari, Musso won the Argentine Grand Prix alongside Juan Manuel Fangio, completing 30 of the 98 laps, but his season was curtailed after a sportscar crash at the Nürburgring. During his time at Ferrari, Musso entered into a fierce rivalry with British drivers Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins. Multiple podiums followed in 1957, as Musso beat both Hawthorn and Collins to third in the World Drivers' Championship, amongst winning the 1000km Buenos Aires in the World Sportscar Championship. During the 1958 French Grand Prix at Reims, Musso died whilst chasing Hawthorn, when his Ferrari 246 went airborne and critically injured him. He achieved one win, one fastest lap and seven podiums in Formula One, as well as three non-championship race victories. In 1954 he won the Coppa Acerbo, a non-championship Formula One race. With Olivier Gendebien he won the 1958 Targa Florio driving a Ferrari Testa Rossa.
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