1953-09-13 553 F2 (10) Umberto Maglioli ITA - Monza 8
The 1953 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 13 September 1953 at Monza.
It was the ninth and final race in the 1953 World Championship of Drivers, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used. This made it the last World Championship race to run under the Formula Two regulations. The 80-lap race was won by Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio. Umberto Maglioli with this Ferrari 553 F2 finished 8th.
The initial part of the race was a four-way battle between Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Onofre Marimón. With five drivers running together on the last lap, the race saw a spectacular finish with Ascari and Farina ahead of Fangio approaching the last corner. Ascari made a mistake and spun. To avoid him, Farina pulled to the grass but recovered later. Fangio pounced on this window of opportunity and took a famous win. Ascari claimed the World Championship for Drivers' for the second, and final, time.
Umberto Maglioli (1928 – 1999) was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in 10 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 September 1953. He achieved 2 podiums, and scored a total of 3 1⁄3 championship points.
He was mostly known for his sucessful career in Spot Car racing: He participated in the Targa Florio race nineteen times, winning it three times, and the Mille Miglia ten times
He won the Pescara 12hr race, driving a Ferrari 375 MM with Mike Hawthorn. Maglioli also won the last Carrera Panamericana in 1954, driving the Ferrari 375 Plus. The same year he also won the 1000 km Buenos Aires (with Giuseppe Farina) and the 1000Km Supercortemaggiore at Monza, again with Hawthorn.
In 1964 he won the Sebring 12hrs for Ferrari and in 1968 scored his third Targa victory Maglioli retired from racing in 1970.
