Throughout its history, the Italian auto manufacturer Maserati has participated in various forms of motorsport including Formula One, sportscar racing and touring car racing, both as a works team and
Maserati placed second in the 1956 World Sportscar Championship with the 300S
1928 Maserati Tipo 26B Monoposto
The 1954 Formula One season was the eighth season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the fifth World Championship of Drivers, which was contested over nine races between 17 January and 24 Oc
Maserati in motorsport
…providing a total of 9 Grand Prix wins for the factory team. In addition, Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1957 World Championship of Drivers and part of the 1954 World Championship of Drivers with a Maserati 250F. Maserati designed two Formula One cars: the Maserati 4CLT and the Maserati 250F, and the pre-World War II Maserati 4CL was also…
Juan Manuel Fangio (pictured in 1952) won his second Drivers' Championship and first of four consecutive with Maserati.
José Froilán González finished runner-up in the World Championship of Drivers with Ferrari.
González's teammate Mike Hawthorn finished third in the World Championship of Drivers.
Lancia designed the D50, but it was only ready for the last race of the season.