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Luigi Fagioli - the 'Abruzzi Robber'?

Started by James L. Kalie , Jan 23 2004 20:40

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#51 Eric Dunsdon

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Posted 06 June 2011 - 16:58

To me, Fagioli was a great Maserati, Alfa and Mercedes driver. To suggest his greatest achievement was being the third member of a team with Fangio and Farina, at the end of his career, does him no justice at all

Agreed!. His wonderful third place in the 1952 Mille Miglia with a Lancia-Aurelia one place ahead of his great pre-war rival Carraciola's Mercedes 300SL was a fine example. A true 'Campione'!. :cool:

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#52 David McKinney

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Posted 06 June 2011 - 17:54

Considering the strong family connection linking Ascari with Alfa and with him being an obvious star of the future, I am surprised that he wasn't offered a permanent place with the team

Perhaps he would have been if Alfa had raced in 1949

By the time they returned in 1950 Ascari was presumably happy to stay with Ferrari (run by his late father's one-time team-mate)

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#53 Eric Dunsdon

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Posted 07 June 2011 - 08:37

Perhaps he would have been if Alfa had raced in 1949

By the time they returned in 1950 Ascari was presumably happy to stay with Ferrari (run by his late father's one-time team-mate)

Point taken, but I still find that one-off drive at Rheims a little odd. Thats just me though, and anyway this thread is supposed to be about the great Luigi Fagioli. Sorry for taking it off topic.

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#54 Bauble

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Posted 08 June 2011 - 07:25

In 1950 driving for Alfa Romeo Fagioli finished second in Britain, Switzerland, Belgium and France, and third in Italy. He finished third in the World Championship just one point behind Fangio, but only after having to drop one score, when in fact he out scored Juan Manuel. Not bad at the age of 52, he was also joint winner of the 1951 French Grand Prix with Fangio.
I believe that he is the oldest driver to have score points in the Championship, but I could wrong on that.

A great man by any standards.

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