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Luigi Villoresi

  • 1950–1956
  • VIL
  • Born 16 May 1909 in Milan
  • Died 24 August 1997

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position7.3
  • Avg finish4.3
  • Retirement rate42%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+34
  • Points scored49
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak3
  • Longest points-scoring streak5
  • TeamsFerrari (1950–1953) · Maserati (1954, 1956) · Lancia (1954–1955)

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

8 1950: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1951: 7 starts, 3 podiums, 0 wins , championship P5 1952: 2 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins , championship P8 1953: 8 starts, 3 podiums, 0 wins , championship P5 1954: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P19 1955: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P19 1956: 5 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P19 19501951195219531954195519568 1950: 3 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1951: 7 starts, 3 podiums, 0 wins , championship P5 1952: 2 starts, 2 podiums, 0 wins , championship P8 1953: 8 starts, 3 podiums, 0 wins , championship P5 1954: 4 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P19 1955: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P19 1956: 5 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P19 1950195219541956
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1950Ferrari30–
1951Ferrari7315P5
1952Ferrari228P8
1953Ferrari8317P5
1954Maserati, Lancia42P19
1955Lancia22P19
1956Maserati52P19

Every race

35 entries, 31 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 35 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1950Monaco Grand PrixFerrari6DNF
Swiss Grand PrixFerrari4DNF
Belgian Grand PrixFerrari4P6
1951Swiss Grand PrixFerrari3DNF
Belgian Grand PrixFerrari3P34
French Grand PrixFerrari4P34
British Grand PrixFerrari5P34
German Grand PrixFerrari5P43
Italian Grand PrixFerrari5P43
Spanish Grand PrixFerrari5DNF
1952Dutch Grand PrixFerrari4P34
Italian Grand PrixFerrari2P34
1953Argentine Grand PrixFerrari3P26
Dutch Grand Prixfastest lapFerrari4DNF1
Belgian Grand PrixFerrari5P26
French Grand PrixFerrari3P6
British Grand PrixFerrari6DNF
German Grand PrixsharedFerrari–P8
German Grand PrixFerrari6DNF
Swiss Grand PrixFerrari6P6
Italian Grand PrixFerrari5P34
1954French Grand PrixMaserati14P52
British Grand PrixMaserati27DNF
German Grand PrixMaserati10DNS
Italian Grand PrixMaserati6DNF
Spanish Grand PrixLancia5DNF
1955Argentine Grand PrixsharedLancia–DNF
Argentine Grand PrixLancia11DNF
Monaco Grand PrixLancia7P52
Italian Grand PrixLancia8DNS
1956Belgian Grand PrixMaserati11P52
French Grand PrixMaserati10DNF
British Grand PrixMaserati19P6
German Grand PrixMaserati20DNF
Italian Grand PrixMaserati8DNF

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-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Alberto Ascari1950–19550:116:18+1.88%51 : 101.1Compare
Louis Rosier1952–19565:011:2−5.30%17 : 2Compare
Nino Farina1952–19531:43:7+0.91%25 : 41Compare
Mike Hawthorn19533:26:2−0.98%17 : 27Compare
Piero Taruffi1951–19563:07:0−1.03%14 : 10Compare
José Froilán González19510:41:4+1.73%14 : 27Compare
Stirling Moss1954–19560:10:7+2.27%4 : 20.1Compare
Jean Behra19561:10:5+3.26%2 : 12Compare
Paco Godia19561:04:1−4.39%2 : 6Compare
Cesare Perdisa19561:11:2+0.54%2 : 3Compare
Peter Whitehead19511:04:0−8.79%11 : 0Compare
Roy Salvadori1954–19560:01:4+4.09%2 : 0Compare
Umberto Maglioli1953–19561:03:1−2.90%4 : 0Compare
Horace Gould19560:11:2–2 : 2Compare
Rudi Fischer1951–19521:03:0−3.95%7 : 0Compare
Roberto Mieres19540:02:1–2 : 0Compare
Harry Schell1954–19560:01:2–2 : 0Compare
Birabongse Bhanudej19540:10:2–2 : 3Compare
André Simon1952–19561:02:0–4 : 0Compare
Bruce Halford19560:02:1–0 : 0Compare
Eugenio Castellotti19550:10:1–2 : 6Compare
Reg Parnell19511:01:0–4 : 3Compare
Onofre Marimón19540:01:1–2 : 4.1Compare
Ken Wharton19540:01:1–2 : 0Compare
Jacques Swaters19530:02:0–0 : 0Compare
Raymond Sommer19500:02:0–0 : 3Compare
Louis Chiron19551:01:0–2 : 0Compare
Max de Terra19531:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Kurt Adolff19530:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Ottorino Volonterio19560:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Jack Brabham19560:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Chico Landi19510:01:0–3 : 0Compare
Piero Carini19530:01:0–4 : 0Compare
Luigi Musso19540:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Sergio Mantovani19540:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Jorge Daponte19540:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Luigi Piotti19560:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Emmanuel de Graffenried19560:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Gerino Gerini19560:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Charles de Tornaco19520:01:0–4 : 0Compare
Peter Hirt19530:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Ron Flockhart19540:00:0–0 : 0Compare
Jo Bonnier19560:00:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Luigi Villoresi 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.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Monza523.3
Spa-Francorchamps424
Reims-Gueux414.7
Silverstone414.5
Bremgarten36
Nürburgring36
Monaco25
Pedralbes2–
Zandvoort213
Juan y Oscar Gálvez212