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Scuderia Centro Sud

Image:1956_Maserati_A6GCS-53_Bertocchi_Scarlatti_Dei_Taruffi.jpg (mechanic, seated in Maserati A6GCS/53) and team drivers Giorgio Scarlatti (left) and Piero Taruffi (right).]]

Image:Cooper T51 Centro Sud Donington.jpg-Maserati T51 in Scuderia Centro Sud's rosso corsa livery.]]

Scuderia Centro Sud was a privateer racing team founded in Modena by Guglielmo "Mimmo" Dei and active in Formula One and sports car racing between 1956 and 1965.

Dei had been an amateur driver in the 1930s. In the early 1950s he opened a Maserati dealership in Rome. Keen on maintaining a relationship with motorsport, in 1956 he founded his own team. The name "Centro Sud" refers to the parts of Italy where his adoptive and native cities are (Modena and Rome).

Over the course of nine seasons, Scuderia Centro Sud entered a total of 49 World Championship rounds, with cars such as the Maserati 250F, various Maserati-powered Coopers and, in the 1960s, a BRM P57. After a very promising start (they scored their first points at their debut with Luigi Villoresi), Centro Sud went on to earn a further total of 24 points, mostly with Masten Gregory and Tony Maggs. But they never won a race: Gregory's third place at the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix was the team's best result.

Centro Sud was the only Italian racing team that took part in the Tasman races in Australia and New Zealand during the winter of 1961-1962."Lorenzo Bandini", The Times, May 11, 1967, Page 12.

One of their most notable feats was to be the first team in the history of Formula One to run a female driver, when Maria Teresa de Filippis (who had already raced as a privateer in the 1958 Belgian Grand Prix a few weeks earlier) competed in the 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix as a Centro Sud team driver.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/09/maria-teresa-de-filippis-female-f1-driver|title=Maria Teresa de Filippis, first female Formula One driver, dies aged 89|newspaper=The Observer |date=9 January 2016|accessdate=26 October 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}} Future 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans) and 1967 24 Hours of Daytona winner Lorenzo Bandini made his Formula One debut with the team at the 1961 Belgian Grand Prix.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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! Year

! Chassis

! Engine(s)

! Tyres

! Driver

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

rowspan="6"| 1956

! rowspan="5"| Maserati 250F

! rowspan="5"|Maserati Straight-6

| rowspan="6"| {{Pirelli}}

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| ARG

| MON

| 500

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| ITA

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align="left"| {{flagicon|MON}} Louis Chiron

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| style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

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align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luigi Villoresi

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| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5

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align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Harry Schell

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Toulo de Graffenried

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7

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Ferrari 500

! Ferrari Straight-4

| align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Scarlatti

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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rowspan="7"| 1957

! rowspan="6"| Maserati 250F

! rowspan="6"|Maserati Straight-6

| rowspan="7"| {{Pirelli}}

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| ARG

| MON

| 500

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| PES

| ITA

|

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align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Harry Schell

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4

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align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Joakim Bonnier

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Masten Gregory

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| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4

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align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} André Simon

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| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} Hans Herrmann

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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Ferrari 500

! Ferrari Straight-4

| align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} Alejandro de Tomaso

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9

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rowspan="11"| 1958

! rowspan="11"| Maserati 250F

! rowspan="11"| Maserati Straight-6

| rowspan="11"| {{Pirelli}}

|

| ARG

| MON

| NED

| 500

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| POR

| ITA

| MOR

align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Joakim Bonnier

| DNA

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gerino Gerini

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| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12

align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Maurice Trintignant

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7

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align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Masten Gregory

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} Wolfgang Seidel

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Carroll Shelby

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret*

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align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Troy Ruttman

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10

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| style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} Hans Herrmann

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Cliff Allison

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Maria Teresa de Filippis

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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rowspan="7"| 1959

! rowspan="5"| Cooper T51

! rowspan="5"| Maserati Straight-4

| rowspan="7"| {{Dunlop}}

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| MON

| 500

| NED

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| POR

| ITA

| USA

|

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ian Burgess

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 6

|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Colin Davis

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} Hans Herrmann

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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align="left"| {{flagicon|POR}} Mário de Araújo Cabral

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10

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rowspan="2"| Maserati 250F

! rowspan="2"| Maserati Straight-6

| align="left"| {{flagicon|URU}} Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo

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| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

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align="left"| {{flagicon|BRA}} Fritz d'Orey

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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rowspan="9"| 1960

! rowspan="9"| Cooper T51

! rowspan="9"| Maserati Straight-4

| rowspan="9"| {{Dunlop}}

|

| ARG

| MON

| 500

| NED

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| POR

| ITA

| USA

|

align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} Roberto Bonomi

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11

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align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Menditeguy

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4

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align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Masten Gregory

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| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

|

| style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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|

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ian Burgess

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| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Maurice Trintignant

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 15

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align="left"| {{flagicon|POR}} Mário de Araújo Cabral

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Alfonso Thiele

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} Wolfgang von Trips

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9

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rowspan="3"| 1961

! rowspan="2"| Cooper T53

! rowspan="3"| Maserati Straight-4

| rowspan="3"| {{Dunlop}}

|

| MON

| NED

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| ITA

| USA

|

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align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Bandini

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8

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Cooper T51

| align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Natili

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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| style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

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rowspan="6"| 1963

! rowspan="4"| BRM P57

! rowspan="4"| BRM V8

| rowspan="6"| {{Dunlop}}

|

| MON

| BEL

| NED

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| ITA

| USA

| MEX

| RSA

|

align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Bandini

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Maurice Trintignant

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9

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align="left"| {{flagicon|MEX}} Moisés Solana

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11

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Cooper T60

! Climax V8

| align="left"| {{flagicon|POR}} Mário de Araújo Cabral

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

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Cooper T53

! Maserati Straight-4

| align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ernesto Brambilla

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| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

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rowspan="3"| 1964

! rowspan="3"| BRM P57

! rowspan="3"| BRM V8

| rowspan="3"| {{Dunlop}}

|

| MON

| NED

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| AUT

| ITA

| USA

| MEX

|

align="left"| {{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} Tony Maggs

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| style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

| style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4

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align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giancarlo Baghetti

| DNA

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 10

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 7

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8

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rowspan="5"| 1965

! rowspan="5"| BRM P57

! rowspan="5"| BRM V8

| rowspan="5"| {{Dunlop}}

|

| RSA

| MON

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| NED

| GER

| ITA

| USA

| MEX

|

align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Lucien Bianchi

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12

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align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Masten Gregory

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12

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| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 8

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Bussinello

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| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| DNQ

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13

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align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giorgio Bassi

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| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret

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* After retiring his Scuderia Centro Sud-entered car, Shelby subsequently took over Masten Gregory's car, entered by Temple Buell, finishing fourth.{{cite book | last = Lang | first = Mike | title = Grand Prix! Vol 1 | publisher = Haynes Publishing Group | date = 1981 | page = 138 | isbn = 0-85429-276-4}}

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [http://8w.forix.com/centrosud.html Italy's Maserati privateer]

Bibliography

  • Mimmo Dei, Dei ex Machina: La storia della Scuderia Centro-Sud, Milan, Fucina Editore, 2008. (IT)

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