Felice Bonetto
Series Position Team Car
Coppa Principessa di Piemonte 2nd Alfa Romeo 8C 2600
Gran Premio di Monza 2nd Alfa Romeo 8C 2600
Coppa Asti Spumante 1st Cisitalia SpA Cisitalia-Fiat D46
Circuito di Vigevano 1st Cisitalia SpA Cisitalia-Fiat D46
Circuito di Firenze 1st Delage 3000
Italian 1500cc u/s Championship 3rd Cisitalia SpA Cisitalia-Fiat D46
Circuito di Pescara , Coppa Acerbo 3rd Maserati
Gran Premio di Apertura 1st Cisitalia SpA Cisitalia-Fiat D46
Coppa Giorgio e Alberto Nuvolari 1st Cisitalia SpA Cisitalia-Fiat D46
Gran Premio di Bari , Coppa Brasile 2nd Cisitalia SpA Cisitalia-Fiat D46
Prix de Berna 3rd Squardra Peiro Dusio Cisitalia-Fiat D46
Mille Miglia 2nd Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta Touring
Gran Premio di Napoli 2nd Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 166 MM Touring
Gran Premio dell'Autodromo di Monza 2nd Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 166C
Gran Premio di Bari 3rd Felice Bonetto Ferrari 166C
Gran Premio di Oporto 1st Alfa Romeo 412
Pontedecimo - Giovi 1st Osca
FIA Formula One World Championship 19th Scuderia Milano Maserati 4CLT/50 Milano-Speluzzi
Gran Premio d'Italia 3rd Alfa Romeo SpA Alfa Romeo 159A
FIA Formula One World Championship 8th Alfa Romeo SpA Alfa Romeo 159A Alfa Romeo 159M
Racing record -- Career highlights
Felice Bonetto (9 June 1903 in Manerbio, near Brescia, Italy - 21 November 1953 in Silao, Mexico) was a courageous racing driver who earned the nickname Il Pirata (The Pirate). He was a road racing legend, who started racing in the 1930s, and enjoyed a brief Formula One career, including a win in the non-Championship Grande Premio do Jubileu in 1953. During his Formula One career, he raced Italian cars, starting with a privateer Maserati for Scuderia Milano, then the works Alfa Romeo, and finally the works Maserati, achieving two shared podiums finishes in the World Championship. His greatest successes were in sport cars, winner of the 1952 Targa Florio, but his career and life were cut short when he fatally crashed into a lamp post in the 1953 Carrera Panamericana whilst leading.