Roberto Lippi
Count Roberto Lippi ( born October 17, 1926 in Rome, † 31 October, 2011 Anzio ) was an Italian racing driver.
Career
Roberto Lippi was successful as a sports car pilot already in the 1950s. In 1955, he shared in the Targa Florio the wheel of a Maserati with Giorgio Scarlatti. The duo reached the eighth place in the overall standings. In 1957, he secured the Italian sports car championship in the class up to 750 cc. In the same year he participated on a Stanguellini also on 24 - hour race at Le Mans. After 67 laps he had to abandon the race after a defect in the ignition system.
In Italy, Lippi was known with the introduction of the Formula Junior in 1958. He won the very first race of the Formula racing in his homeland and won the end of the championship.
Were less successful the ambitions of the Count in Formula 1 Lippi stepped 1961-1963 to the private team Scuderia Settecolli, the one De Tomaso F1 - had acquired from De Tomaso - specifically the second of five made chassis. 1961 and 1962 the car was powered by a 1.5 -liter four- cylinder engine of Osca. In 1963, Lippi first to a Maserati engine before he was installable for the last bet, the Italian Grand Prix, a Ferrari 156 engine.
Between 1961 and 1963, Lippi announced with the Scuderia Settecolli to three World Cup races and five other Formula 1 races, but who had no world championship status.
From his efforts to qualify for the Grand Prix of Italy for the years 1961, 1962 and 1963 in Monza, only the first attempt was successful. Lippi here could qualify in 32nd and last, but fell after an engine failure from an early stage. 1962 and 1963 - now equipped with the Ferrari engine - Lippi missed the qualification in each significantly.
Apart from these World Cup races, the Scuderia Settecolli and Lippi reported in 1961 for the Gran Premio di Modena and the Coppa Italia in 1962 for the Gran Premio di Napoli and the Gran Premio Mediterraneo and 1963 for the Gran Premio di Roma in Vallelunga. At the event at Vallelunga six De Tomaso constructions were reported, including two for the factory team Scuderia De Tomaso. Lippi came here in fourth place. He was Tomaso drivers in this race the best De yet reached here the best result of his Formula 1 career.
After Lippi was started together with the Scuderia Settecolli 1963 in Formula Junior, he ended his active racing career in 1964. He worked later with the driver training.
Le Mans results
Literature and sources
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd Edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8.
- Roberto Lippi in motorsport total.com