Piero Taruffi

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Piero Taruffi
Nationality	Italian
World Championship Career
Active years	1950 - 1956
Team(s)	Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Maserati, Vanwall
Races	18
Championships	0
Wins	1
Podium finishes	5
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1950 Italian Grand Prix
Last race	1956 Italian Grand Prix

Piero Taruffi (born in Rome, October 12, 1906 - died January 12, 1988), was a Formula One driver from Italy, and also the father of lady racer Prisca Taruffi. He participated in 18 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on September 3, 1950. He won 1 race, and scored a total of 41 championship points. He also participated in numerous non-championship Formula One races. He won the 1957 Mille Miglia, the last competitive edition of the famous Italian race.

He was also the author of the seminal book "The Technique of Motor Racing".

[edit] Complete World Championship Grand Prix results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WDC	Points
1950	SA Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo	GBR	MON	500	SUI	BEL	FRA	ITA Ret			-	0
1951	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 375 F1	Ferrari	SUI 2	500	BEL Ret	FRA	GBR	GER 5	ITA 5	ESP Ret		6th	10
1952	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Ferrari	SUI 1	500	BEL Ret	FRA 3	GBR 2	GER 4	NED	ITA 7		3rd	22
1954	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 625	Ferrari	ARG	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER 6	SUI	ITA	ESP	-	0
1955	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 555	Ferrari	ARG	MON 8	500	BEL	NED					6th	9
	Daimler Benz AG	Mercedes-Benz W196	Mercedes-Benz						GBR 4	ITA 2
1956	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati	ARG	MON	500	BEL	FRA Ret	GBR	GER			-	0
	Vandervell Products Ltd	Vanwall	Vanwall								ITA Ret