Carlo Felice Trossi

Trossi at the 1934 Grand Prix automobile de Montreux

Count Carlo Felice Trossi (27 April 1908 – 9 May 1949) was an Italian racecar driver and auto constructor.

Racing career[]

During his career, he raced for three different teams: Mercedes-Benz, Alfa Romeo and, briefly, Maserati. He won the 1947 Italian Grand Prix and the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix.

The 1935 Trossi-Monaco, usually on display at the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile

Trossi backed one of the most unusual Grand Prix cars, the Trossi-Monaco of 1935. It featured a 16-cylinder, two-stroke cycle, two-row radial, air-cooled engine and an aircraft-like body designed by Augusto Monaco. The car was a spectacular failure and never raced in a Grand Prix event.^[1]

Trossi had many exciting hobbies: racing boats and airplanes in addition to cars. He was also the president of the Scuderia Ferrari in 1932.

Enzo Ferrari said of him "He was a great racer but never wanted to make the effort to reach a dominant position and I remember him with emotion since he was one of the first to believe in my scuderia of which he was a part".^[2]^{[better source needed]}

Personal life[]

Trossi was born in Biella, Italy. Due to a brain tumor, he died in Milan at only 41 years of age.^[3]

Racing record[]

Complete European Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	EDC	Pts
1935	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3	Alfa Romeo 3.2 L8 s	MON Ret¹	FRA	BEL	GER	SUI	ITA	ESP	—¹
1936	Scuderia Torino	Maserati V8RI	Maserati 4.8 V8s	MON Ret			ITA 7				7th	23
1936	Scuderia Torino	Maserati 4C 2500	Maserati 2.5 L4s		GER 8	SUI					7th	23
1937	Scuderia Ferrari	Alfa Romeo 12C-36	Alfa Romeo 4.1 V12 s	BEL Ret	GER	MON	SUI	ITA 8			17th	35
1938	Officine A. Maserati	Maserati 8CTF	Maserati 3.0 L8 s	FRA	GER	SUI	ITA DSQ				36th	32
Source:^[4]

Notes

^1 – As a co-driver Trossi was ineligible for championship points

Post WWII Grandes Épreuves results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4
1947	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8s	SUI 3	BEL 3	ITA 1	FRA
1948	Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo 158 1.5 L8s	MON	SUI 1	FRA	ITA Ret
Source:^[5]

References[]

^ Road & Track, April 1972.
^ Piloti Che Gente, Enzo Ferrari, 1893
^ Saward, Joe. "Jean-Pierre Wimille: The man who would have been champion..." Archived 2001-06-17 at the Wayback Machine at grandprix.com
^ "Drivers – Carlo Felice Trossi". kolumbus.fi. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
^ "Carlo Felice Trossi – Biography". MotorSportMagazine. Retrieved May 21, 2019.

Sporting achievements
Preceded by Rudolf Caracciola	European Hill Climb Champion (for Racing Cars) 1933	Succeeded by Xavier Perrot (1972)

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[1] Road & Track, April 1972.

[2] Piloti Che Gente, Enzo Ferrari, 1893

[3] Saward, Joe. "Jean-Pierre Wimille: The man who would have been champion..." Archived 2001-06-17 at the Wayback Machine at grandprix.com

[4] "Drivers – Carlo Felice Trossi". kolumbus.fi. Retrieved May 21, 2019.

[5] "Carlo Felice Trossi – Biography". MotorSportMagazine. Retrieved May 21, 2019.

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