Clemar Bucci

Clemar Bucci ( born September 4, 1920 in Zénon Pereyra, † January 12, 2011 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine racing driver.

His first successes in motorsport achieved Clemar Bucci in his native Argentina. In 1950 he was with a 4.5 -liter Alfa Romeo third at Evita Peron Cup in Buenos Aires. With the Alfa Romeo, he went in the early 1950s regularly at national races at the start. In 1953, Clemar Bucci of the company Autoar the job that Cisitalia roadworthy made ​​by Ing Giovanni Rossi 360 on the airport road from Buenos Aires a record run over the flying kilometer to unterziehen.Wegen blown piston achieves the car on June 18, 1953 as a medium Geschwinidigkeit only 233.010 km / h, which was enough for the South American speed record. In 1954 he attempted to qualify for the Grand Prix of Argentina with his old Alfa Romeo. Bucci was disqualified before the first training because he refused to wear a helmet.

In 1954, he came to Europe and became a member of the works team of Gordini. His first World Cup race of the Formula 1 went Bucci at Silverstone. At the Grand Prix of Great Britain, he started with a Gordini Type 16 The race ended prematurely after an accident. In all four factory supported events in 1954 Bucci did not even see the checkered flag. Even in his last race in Formula 1, he went in 1955 with a works Maserati 250F in Buenos Aires, ended by a defect in the fuel line with a loss.

In the same year he drove a 2.5-liter Ferrari in the race of the Formula Libre, which was also held in Buenos Aires. 400,000 viewers, more than twice as much as the Grand Prix, watched the event. Bucci was ninth. With Umberto Maglioli he shared the cockpit of a 1955 also works Ferraris at the 1000 km race from Buenos Aires. The two arrived at the end of the race, not in the standings, with some pit stops ensured too little kilometers driven.