Giorgio Scarlatti

For other people named Scarlatti, see Scarlatti (disambiguation).

Giorgio Scarlatti

Scarlatti and his Maserati 250F at the 1957 Pescara Grand Prix
Born	(1921-10-02)2 October 1921 Rome, Italy
Died	26 July 1990(1990-07-26) (aged 68) Rome, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1956 – 1961
Teams	Maserati and Cooper (Inc. non-works) Non-works Ferrari and De Tomaso
Entries	15 (12 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	1
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1956 Monaco Grand Prix
Last entry	1961 French Grand Prix

Giorgio Scarlatti (2 October 1921 – 26 July 1990) was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in 15 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 May 1956.

Formula One career

Scarlatti was born in Rome. He got interested in racing right after the end of World War Two. His first outings were with a Maserati A6. In 1955 he entered the Naples Grand Prix at the wheel of a Ferrari 500 F2 and finishing fourth.

Scarlatti's performance caught the eye of Maserati who decided to hire him for the 1957 Formula One season. Scarlatti's best results were at the Pescara Grand Prix, where he narrowly missed out on the points-scoring positions when his Maserati 250F was overtaken in the latter stages by Stuart Lewis-Evans and the Italian Grand Prix, where he finished fifth, sharing the car with Harry Schell.

Sports car racing

In 1957 Scarlatti competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, sharing a Maserati with Joakim Bonnier. Bonnier and Scarlatti were forced to retire after 7 hours due to a clutch problem.

In 1958 he finished second at the Targa Florio together with Jean Behra on a Porsche 718. In 1961 Scarlatti and Lorenzo Bandini won the 4 Hours of Pescara on a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Points
1956	Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari 500	Ferrari Straight-4	ARG	MON DNQ	500	BEL	FRA	GBR						NC	0
	Scuderia Centro Sud									GER Ret	ITA
1957	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG	MON Ret*	500	FRA	GBR	GER 10	PES 6	ITA 5*				20th	1
1958	Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG	MON Ret	NED Ret	500	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	MOR	NC	0
1959	Scuderia Ugolini	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	MON DNQ	500	NED	FRA 8	GBR	GER	POR					NC	0
	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51	Climax Straight-4								ITA 12	USA
1960	Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati 250F	Maserati Straight-6	ARG Ret											NC	0
	Scuderia Castellotti	Cooper T51	Ferrari Straight-4		MON DNQ	500	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	POR
	Scuderia Centro Sud		Maserati Straight-4									ITA Ret	USA
1961	Scuderia Serenissima	De Tomaso F1	O.S.C.A. Straight-4	MON	NED	BEL	FRA Ret	GBR							NC	0
			Alfa Romeo Straight-4						GER DNA	ITA	USA

* Indicates shared drive with Harry Schell