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Luigi Musso

1953–1958
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Born 28 July 1924 in Rome
Died 6 July 1958

Compare with another driver Season by season in the Explorer

Starts2425 entries
Wins14% of starts
Podiums729% of starts
Pole positions00× started from P1
Fastest laps1
Titles0best finish P3

Career numbers

Avg grid position7.2
Avg finish4.2
Retirement rate42%
Pole-to-win conversion–
Positions gained+53
Points scored44
Longest winning streak1
Longest podium streak2
Longest points-scoring streak3
TeamsMaserati (1953–1955) · Ferrari (1956–1958)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

Season	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	Points	Championship
1953	Maserati	1			0	–
1954	Maserati	2		1	6	P8
1955	Maserati	6		1	6	P10
1956	Ferrari	4	1	1	4	P11
1957	Ferrari	6		2	16	P3
1958	Ferrari	5		2	12	P8

Every race

26 entries, 24 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

First entryItalian Grand Prix 1953P7 · Maserati
First winArgentine Grand Prix 1956P1 · Ferrari
Last startFrench Grand Prix 1958DNF · Ferrari

All 26 races, season by season

Year	Race	Team	Grid	Result	Points
1953	Italian Grand Prixshared	Maserati	–	P7
1954	Argentine Grand Prix	Maserati	7	DNS
	Italian Grand Prix	Maserati	14	DNF
	Spanish Grand Prix	Maserati	7	P2	6
1955	Argentine Grand Prix	Maserati	18	P7
	Argentine Grand Prixshared	Maserati	–	DNF
	Monaco Grand Prix	Maserati	8	DNF
	Belgian Grand Prix	Maserati	7	P7
	Dutch Grand Prix	Maserati	4	P3	4
	British Grand Prix	Maserati	9	P5	2
	Italian Grand Prix	Maserati	10	DNF
1956	Argentine Grand Prix	Ferrari	3	P1	4
	Monaco Grand Prix	Ferrari	8	DNF
	German Grand Prix	Ferrari	5	DNF
	Italian Grand Prix	Ferrari	3	DNF
1957	Argentine Grand Prix	Ferrari	6	DNF
	French Grand Prixfastest lap	Ferrari	3	P2	7
	British Grand Prix	Ferrari	10	P2	6
	German Grand Prix	Ferrari	8	P4	3
	Pescara Grand Prix	Ferrari	3	DNF
	Italian Grand Prix	Ferrari	9	P8
1958	Argentine Grand Prix	Ferrari	5	P2	6
	Monaco Grand Prix	Ferrari	10	P2	6
	Dutch Grand Prix	Ferrari	12	P7
	Belgian Grand Prix	Ferrari	2	DNF
	French Grand Prix	Ferrari	2	DNF

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mate	Years	Races	Qualifying	Quali gap	Points
Peter Collins	1955–1958	3:1	8:8	+0.05%	40 : 20	Compare
Mike Hawthorn	1957–1958	3:3	3:7	+0.35%	28 : 36	Compare
Roberto Mieres	1954–1955	2:1	3:4	+0.19%	12 : 10	Compare
Louis Rosier	1954–1955	3:0	5:0	−5.73%	10 : 0	Compare
Jean Behra	1955	1:1	1:4	+1.50%	6 : 6	Compare
Juan Manuel Fangio	1953–1956	0:2	0:4	+2.46%	8 : 30	Compare
Eugenio Castellotti	1956–1957	0:0	0:5	+0.58%	4 : 1.5	Compare
Cesare Perdisa	1955–1957	1:0	3:0	−3.50%	0 : 2	Compare
Wolfgang von Trips	1957–1958	0:1	2:1	−1.63%	6 : 8	Compare
Sergio Mantovani	1953–1955	0:1	1:1	−0.35%	6 : 0	Compare
Olivier Gendebien	1956–1958	1:0	2:0	–	4 : 2	Compare
Alfonso de Portago	1956–1957	0:0	3:0	−2.44%	0 : 1	Compare
Maurice Trintignant	1957	1:0	1:1	–	13 : 3	Compare
Horace Gould	1955	0:0	3:0	−7.02%	6 : 0	Compare
Birabongse Bhanudej	1953–1954	2:0	1:0	–	6 : 0	Compare
Lance Macklin	1955	1:0	1:0	–	2 : 0	Compare
Stirling Moss	1954	0:0	0:2	–	6 : 0	Compare
Paco Godia	1954	1:0	1:0	–	6 : 0	Compare
Ken Wharton	1954	1:0	1:0	–	6 : 0	Compare
Harry Schell	1954–1955	0:0	0:1	+0.64%	6 : 0	Compare
Carlos Menditéguy	1955	0:0	1:0	−0.92%	0 : 2	Compare
Alejandro de Tomaso	1957	0:0	1:0	–	0 : 0	Compare
Giorgio Scarlatti	1956	0:0	1:0	–	0 : 0	Compare
Roy Salvadori	1955	0:0	1:0	–	2 : 0	Compare
André Simon	1955	0:0	0:1	–	2 : 0	Compare
Emmanuel de Graffenried	1953–1954	0:0	1:0	–	6 : 0	Compare
Luigi Villoresi	1954	0:0	0:1	–	0 : 0	Compare
Jorge Daponte	1954	0:0	1:0	–	0 : 0	Compare
John Fitch	1955	0:0	1:0	–	0 : 0	Compare
Peter Walker	1955	0:0	1:0	–	4 : 0	Compare
Clemar Bucci	1955	0:0	0:0	–	0 : 0	Compare
Alberto Uria	1955	0:0	0:0	–	0 : 0	Compare
José Froilán González	1957	0:0	0:0	–	0 : 1	Compare
Felice Bonetto	1953	0:0	0:0	–	0 : 0	Compare
Onofre Marimón	1953	0:0	0:0	–	0 : 0	Compare
Chico Landi	1953	0:0	0:0	–	0 : 0	Compare
Ottorino Volonterio	1954	0:0	0:0	–	6 : 0	Compare

Green: Luigi Musso came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

Circuit	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Avg finish
Juan y Oscar Gálvez	4	1	2	3.3
Monza	5			7.5
Monaco	3		1	2
Spa-Francorchamps	2			7
Zandvoort	2		1	5
Aintree	2		1	3.5
Nürburgring	2			4