Scuderia Ambrosiana was an Italian motor racing team that competed in Grand Prix motor racing and the Formula One World Championship. The team was founded in 1937 by drivers Giovanni Lurani, Luigi Villoresi, Franco Cortese and Eugenio Minetti and was named after the patron saint of Milan, Saint Ambrose. The team's cars were painted in blue and black after the colours of F.C. Internazionale Milano, which at the time went under the name Ambrosiana Inter.[1]

Scuderia Ambrosiana
Full nameScuderia Ambrosiana
BaseMilan, Italy
Founder(s)Franco Cortese, Giovanni Lurani, Eugenio Minetti, Luigi Villoresi
Noted driversUnited Kingdom David Hampshire
United Kingdom David Murray
United Kingdom Reg Parnell
Formula One World Championship career
First entry1950 British Grand Prix
Races entered6 (5 starts)
Race victories0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
Final entry1954 British Grand Prix

The team competed at the Targa Florio in 1937, 1938 and 1939, where it finished second, third, and second again with Lurani, Cortese and Villoresi. Cortese took also part at the German Grand Prix in 1938, where he finished ninth. In 1947 future World Champion Alberto Ascari drove for the team. Other drivers associated with Scuderia Ambrosiana include Tazio Nuvolari, Reg Parnell, Leslie Brooke and Clemar Bucci.[citation needed]

Between 1950 and 1954 Scuderia Ambrosiana competed sporadically in the Formula One World Championship. Their best result was ninth place in their first event, the 1950 British Grand Prix, with David Hampshire in a Maserati 4CL. The team's last entry was at the 1954 British Grand Prix, Reg Parnell retiring his Ferrari 500.[2]

In 1951 Lurani and Giovanni Bracco took part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a Lancia Aurelia B20, finishing twelfth.

Formula One results edit

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Chassis Engine Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1950 Maserati 4CL
Maserati 4CLT/48
Maserati 1.5-litre L4 GBR MON 500 SUI BEL FRA ITA
  David Hampshire 9 Ret
  David Murray Ret Ret
  Reg Parnell Ret
1951 Maserati 4CLT/48 Maserati 1.5-litre L4 SUI 500 BEL FRA GBR GER ITA ESP
  David Murray Ret DNS
1954 Ferrari 500 Ferrari 2.5-litre L4 ARG 500 BEL FRA GBR GER SUI ITA ESP
  Reg Parnell Ret

Gallery of Scuderia Ambrosiana representatives edit

References edit

  1. ^ Gauld, Graham. "Scuderia Ambrosiana". Retrieved 2022-01-15.
  2. ^ "Scuderia Ambrosiana FIA Results Database". Retrieved 2022-01-16.