Name:Luigi   Surname:Piotti
Country:Italy   Entries:8
Starts:5   Podiums:0
Fastest laps:0   Points:0
Start year:1956   End year:1958
Active years:3    

Luigi Piotti (27 October 1913 in Milan – 19 April 1971 in Godiasco) was a racing driver from Italy.
He participated in nine Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on January 22, 1956. He scored no championship points. Info from Wiki


Abusinessman and part-time racer, Piotti achieved minor success in sports cars, including a class win in the 1952 Tour of Sicily in an OSCA, third place in a rather weak Targa Florio with a Lancia in 1954 and a win in the Hyeres 12 Hours the same year in a Ferrari with Trintignant.

He made his Formula 1 debut in 1955, taking seventh place in the Syracuse GP in a works Maserati 250F, before purchasing a car for the 1956 season, in which he proved hopelessly slow, especially in the Argentine GP where he continually balked faster cars, eventually colliding with Collins’ Ferrari. Later he caused a furore at the Italian GP by using his car to push Moss’ fuel-starved machine into the pits and thus give the Englishman a chance to win the race. Piotti plodded through the 1957 season with the Maserati, and after finding little success in an OSCA in 1958 wisely returned to a more sedate occupation.


Rare colour shot of Luigi Piotti in his Maserati 250F in front of another 250F which was shared by Schell and Scarlatti during practice for the Monaco GP in 1957. For this race he did not qualify the car. Source FB

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