Drivers/Italy
Piero Taruffi
- 1950–1956
- TAR
- Born 12 October 1906 in Albano Laziale
- Died 12 January 1988
- Pierino Antonio Alberto Taruffi
- Starts1819 entries
- Wins16% of starts
- Podiums528% of starts
- Pole positions00× started from P1
- Fastest laps1
- Titles0best finish P3
Career numbers
- Avg grid position6.7
- Avg finish4.1
- Retirement rate33%
- Pole-to-win conversion–
- Positions gained+30
- Points scored41
- Longest winning streak1
- Longest podium streak2
- Longest points-scoring streak3
- TeamsAlfa Romeo (1950) · Ferrari (1951–1952, 1954–1955) · Mercedes (1955) · Maserati (1956) · Vanwall (1956)
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
Season by season
Every race
19 entries, 18 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entryItalian Grand Prix 1950DNF · Alfa Romeo
- First winSwiss Grand Prix 1952P1 · Ferrari
- Last startItalian Grand Prix 1956DNF · Vanwall
All 19 races, season by season
| Year | Race | Team | Grid | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Italian Grand Prix | Alfa Romeo | 7 | DNF | |
| 1951 | Swiss Grand Prix | Ferrari | 6 | P2 | 6 |
| Belgian Grand Prix | Ferrari | 5 | DNF | ||
| German Grand Prix | Ferrari | 6 | P5 | 2 | |
| Italian Grand Prix | Ferrari | 6 | P5 | 2 | |
| Spanish Grand Prix | Ferrari | 7 | DNF | ||
| 1952 | Swiss Grand Prixfastest lap | Ferrari | 2 | P1 | 9 |
| Belgian Grand Prix | Ferrari | 3 | DNF | ||
| French Grand Prix | Ferrari | 3 | P3 | 4 | |
| British Grand Prix | Ferrari | 3 | P2 | 6 | |
| German Grand Prix | Ferrari | 5 | P4 | 3 | |
| Italian Grand Prix | Ferrari | 6 | P7 | ||
| 1954 | German Grand Prix | Ferrari | 13 | P6 | |
| 1955 | Monaco Grand Prix | Ferrari | 15 | P8 | |
| Belgian Grand Prix | Ferrari | – | DNS | ||
| British Grand Prix | Mercedes | 5 | P4 | 3 | |
| Italian Grand Prix | Mercedes | 9 | P2 | 6 | |
| 1956 | French Grand Prix | Maserati | 16 | DNF | |
| Italian Grand Prix | Vanwall | 4 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberto Ascari | 1951–1952 | 1:6 | 1:9 | +2.71% | 23 : 69.5 | Compare |
| Nino Farina | 1950–1955 | 1:4 | 0:8 | +1.85% | 31 : 32 | Compare |
| Rudi Fischer | 1951–1952 | 5:1 | 7:0 | −3.03% | 30 : 10 | Compare |
| Luigi Villoresi | 1951–1956 | 0:3 | 0:7 | +1.04% | 10 : 14 | Compare |
| Louis Rosier | 1952–1956 | 2:0 | 5:1 | −6.22% | 13 : 0 | Compare |
| José Froilán González | 1951–1954 | 0:3 | 0:4 | +2.33% | 4 : 19 | Compare |
| Maurice Trintignant | 1954–1956 | 0:2 | 1:2 | +1.53% | 0 : 12 | Compare |
| Juan Manuel Fangio | 1950–1955 | 0:2 | 0:3 | +3.18% | 9 : 15 | Compare |
| Peter Hirt | 1952 | 2:0 | 2:0 | – | 19 : 0 | Compare |
| André Simon | 1952–1956 | 0:1 | 3:0 | −1.33% | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Stirling Moss | 1955–1956 | 0:1 | 0:3 | +3.00% | 9 : 11 | Compare |
| Peter Whitehead | 1951–1952 | 1:0 | 3:0 | −6.88% | 14 : 0 | Compare |
| Karl Kling | 1955 | 0:1 | 0:2 | – | 9 : 4 | Compare |
| Piero Carini | 1952 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 7 : 0 | Compare |
| Franco Comotti | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 4 : 0 | Compare |
| Roger Laurent | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Mike Hawthorn | 1954 | 0:1 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 3 | Compare |
| Robert Manzon | 1954 | 1:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Roy Salvadori | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 6 : 0 | Compare |
| Harry Schell | 1955–1956 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Charles de Tornaco | 1952 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Jean Behra | 1956 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 4 | Compare |
| Cesare Perdisa | 1956 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 1 | Compare |
| Paco Godia | 1956 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Rudolf Schoeller | 1952 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 3 : 0 | Compare |
| Consalvo Sanesi | 1950 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Luigi Fagioli | 1950 | 0:0 | 0:1 | – | 0 : 4 | Compare |
| Chico Landi | 1951 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 2 : 0 | Compare |
| Paul Frère | 1955 | 0:1 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Piero Taruffi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bremgarten | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Monza | 5 | 1 | 4.7 | |
| Nürburgring | 3 | 5 | ||
| Spa-Francorchamps | 2 | – |