Scuderia Milano

Milano was an Italian auto racing team in the 1950s.

1949, shortly after the Second World War, the starting fields were modern racing cars at car races still scarce and small. The organizers of the Italian Grand Prix in 1949 guaranteed all competitors who brought two cars to the starting line, to an extra bonus. The brothers Ruggeri - they led the Scuderia Milano - therefore brought two Maserati 4 CLT/48 to the starting line and reported the vehicles under the designation Milano. The wheelbase of the Grand Prix car was shortened and adapted the body of it. Mario Speluzzi, a specialist in marine engines, was given the task to elicit the motor 30 hp more.

Both, now known as the Milano - Speluzzi vehicles took part in the race and took care of the extra premium. At the valance were the two top drivers Giuseppe Farina, and Piero Taruffi. Only the works Ferraris were faster in training. In the race, Farina was after 18 rounds with the argument that he could not compete with the Ferrari up. Taruffi was after all a third party. The brothers wanted Ruggeri 1950, large boarding the Grand Prix racing and designed a new vehicle. You should see two cars emerge. Both cars had a tubular frame with triangular wishbones and torsion bars forward of a However, a De Dion rear axle with transverse leaf spring, the second is a rear axle with dual trailing arm. The limited resources of the Scuderia and the unusual idea to build two different chassis, with completion delayed considerably. Finally, only the De Dion version was ready.

In the meantime, put the Scuderia, the Maserati more than a Milano. Felice Bonetto saw so in 1950 at the Grand Prix of Switzerland and the Grand Prix of France. In Switzerland, he finished sixth, in France he left. The De Dion Milano had his debut at the Grand Prix of Nations, went in 1950 to a course in Geneva ( the race did not count for the World Cup ). At the wheel Gianfranco Comotti sat. He dropped out after eight rounds while Bonetto was eighth in the Milano -Maserati.

For the Freiburg hillclimb race in 1950, the Scuderia was the German Paul Pietsch commit. Pietsch but did not want to drive the De Dion Milano and therefore sat at the race in Milano -Maserati of 1949. He won with a personal best. The lack of clarity, which should be followed in car concept now, was in addition to the lack of funds ultimately also a reason for the end of the Scuderia.

Although the brothers Ruggeri continued to use on the new building, but had in 1950 to recognize the limits of their action at the Grand Prix of Pescara. The car suffered simply to a lack of power. Bonetto reached on the line while a top speed of 244.5 km / h, but was an increase of almost 50 km / h slower than the fastest Alfa Romeo, driven by Juan Manuel Fangio. At the Italian Grand Prix, Scuderia was with Comotti and the De Dion car again at the start. Speluzzi designed for the cylinder heads, each having two racing candles to increase performance. The engine, which now allegedly had 320 hp, the claims was not fair. Comotti retired on lap 16 with engine trouble and the Scuderia hired racing. The second, never used chassis was later sold and served as the basis for the Arzani - Volpini Formula 1 car of 1955.

Literature and sources

  • David Hodges: race car from A to Z 1945 engine book publishing house, Stuttgart 1994, p 191, ISBN 3-613-01477-7.
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