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1953 Maserati Sport 2000

Chassis no. *2040*
Engine no. *2040*
Coachbuilder Carrozzeria Fantuzzi
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7th February 1953
Press review: Valenzano Luigi Gino, "Progresso E Velocità Pericolosa Delle Nuove Vetture Sport 1953", L'Auto Italiana , no. 5, 02-1953, pp. 41
March 1953
Record: The car under construction
March 1953
Record: The car under construction
From 3rd March 1953
to 4th March 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Palmieri Vince A Catanzaro Il Giro Automobilistico Delle Calabrie", Corriere della sera , 03-1953, pp. 4
April 1953
Record: The car almost finished
April 1953
Record: The car almost finished
April 1953
Record: First test drive of the car by Giletti at Autodromo di Modena
April 1953
Record: First test drive of the car by Giletti at Autodromo di Modena
7th April 1953
Manufacturing
From 7th April 1953
to 5th May 1954
Owner: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Famous owner: Italian racing driver
7th April 1953
1st and current engine no. *2040*
Manufacturer: MASERATI S.P.A.
7th April 1953
1st body
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Fantuzzi
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Red
7th April 1953
1st and current chassis no. *2040*
Manufacturer: GILCO
11th April 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Obiettivo Pirata In Fabbrica E In Pista", L'Auto Italiana , no. 13, 04-1953, pp. 23
12th April 1953
Event: Giro Automobilistico di Sicilia
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #418
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Co-Driver: Guerino Bertocchi (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
12th April 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Villoresi, Bracco E Masetti Al Via Del Giro Di Sicilia", La Stampa , no. 87, 04-1953, pp. 5
14th April 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Gigi Villoresi Primo Nel Giro Della Sicilia", La Stampa , no. 88, 04-1953, pp. 7
From 22nd April 1953
to 3rd May 1953
Event: Salone Internazionale dell'Automobile
Locality: Torino (IT)
Race number: #525
Note: It was exhibited from the 29th of April after Mille Miglia race.
From 1953
to 26th April 1953
Event: Mille Miglia 1953 - Un film Shell
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #525
From 25th April 1953
to 26th April 1953
Event: XX Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #525
Category / Group: Sport
Class: 2.000 cc
Team: OFFICINE ALFIERI MASERATI SPA (IT)
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Co-Driver: Guerino Bertocchi (IT)
Results / Prizes: 6th OA / 1st CL
Time: Start: 5.25'00"- Brescia-Roma: 6.1920"- Brescia-Roma-Brescia: 11.38’42"
Note: Speed average 129.041
From 25th April 1953
to 26th April 1953
Plate: PROVA BO21605
Country: IT
28th April 1953
Press review: Cinti Fulvio, "Corre Per Divertirsi E Si Diverte A Vincere", Gazzetta Sera , 04-1953, pp. 1
28th April 1953
Press review: Unknown, "A 142 All'ora Marzotto Vince La Mille Miglia - Petrucci Sfreccia Primo Nella '' Parigi - Bruxelles ''", Nuova Stampa sera , no. 100, 04-1953, pp. 7
28th April 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Classifica Generale E Per Categorie", Nuova Stampa sera , no. 100, 04-1953, pp. 7
From 28th April 1953
to 29th April 1953
Press review: Zannoni Dino, "Una Mille Miglia Corsa In Smoking", Nuova Stampa sera , no. 101, 04-1953, pp. 5
May 1953
Press review: Zanetti R. T., "Mille Miglia: Anche I Minori Hanno Compiuto Grandi Prodezze", Motor , 05-1953, pp. 1
May 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Commento Alla Xxxvii Targa Florio", Motor , 05-1953, pp. 1
May 1953
Press review: Gagliano Franco, "A Maglioli La Targa Florio", Unknown , 05-1953, pp. 1
14th May 1953
Event: Targa Florio
Circuit: Piccolo Circuito Madonie
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #98
Team: OFFICINE ALFIERI MASERATI SPA (IT)
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 2nd OA / 2nd CL
Time: 7.10'15''
Note: Average km. 80.326
23rd May 1953
Record: ADV About Pistone Borgo with Mille Miglia Ranking published in Auto Italiana Magazine
21st June 1953
Event: Circuito di Caserta - Coppa Pasquale Amato
Locality: Caserta (IT)
Category / Group: Sport
Class: 2.0
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 7th OA / 5th CL
21st June 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Bordoni Favorito A Caserta", L'Unità , 06-1953, pp. 5
22nd June 1953
Press review: Unknown, "A Teramo: è Primo Casella A Caserta: Vince Mantovani", L'Unità , 06-1953, pp. 3
23rd June 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Ferito Nel Gran Premio Portoghese Uno Dei Due Vincitori Di Le Mans", La Stampa , no. 147, 06-1953, pp. 7
29th June 1953
Event: VI Gran Premio dell'Autodromo di Monza
Locality: Monza (IT)
Race number: #38
Team: OFFICINE ALFIERI MASERATI SPA (IT)
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Note: It finished twelfth in the 35 laps Heat Race 1.
30th June 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Vittoria Di Villoresi A Monza", La Stampa , no. 384, 06-1953, pp. 4
12th July 1953
Event: VII Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti
Locality: Cortina d'Ampezzo (IT)
Race number: #80
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
19th July 1953
Event: Susa - Moncenisio
Locality: Susa (IT)
Race number: #118
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
19th July 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Oggi Sulle Rampe Del Moncenisio I Bolidi Alla Caccia Del Primato", La Stampa , no. 171, 07-1953, pp. 4
26th July 1953
Event: L'Aosta - Gran San Bernardo
Locality: Aosta (IT)
Race number: #120
Category / Group: Sport Internazionale
Class: Oltre 1100 cc
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
26th July 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Stuck Batte Il Suo Primato Nelle Prove Della Aosta- G.san Bernardo", La Stampa , no. 177, 07-1953, pp. 4
From 1st August 1953
to 2nd August 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Centosette Piloti Al Giro Delle Calabrie", Corriere della sera , 08-1953, pp. 4
2nd August 1953
Event: Giro delle Calabrie
Locality: Reggio Calabria (IT)
Class: Fino a 2000 cc
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Co-Driver: Vittorio Zagona (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd CL
Time: 9.05'44''
2nd August 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Ascari Oggi Al Nuerburgring Punterà Alla Quarta Vittoria", L'Unità , 08-1953, pp. 5
8th August 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Rivincita A Senigallia Tra Villoresi E P.marzotto", La Stampa , no. 188, 08-1953, pp. 4
9th August 1953
Event: IX Circuito di Senigallia
Locality: Senigallia (IT)
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
9th August 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Gigi Villoresi A Senigallia Contro Il ''pilota Miliardario''", La Stampa , no. 188, 08-1953, pp. 5
30th August 1953
Event: Internationales ADAC - 1000 km Rennen Weltmeisterschaftslauf Nürburgring
Locality: Nurburgring (DE)
Race number: #20
Team: OFFICINE ALFIERI MASERATI SPA (IT)
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Co-Driver: Onofre Marimon (AR)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Note: The crew had to retire with one lap from the end due to an engine failure.
31st August 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Ascari-farina Su Ferrari Dominano Al Nuerburgring", L'Unità , 08-1953, pp. 3
From 31st August 1953
to 1st September 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Ascari E Farina Vincono La ''1000km''", La Stampa , no. 206, 08-1953, pp. 4
6th September 1953
Event: I Gran Premio Supercortemaggiore
Locality: Merano (IT)
Race number: #58
Category / Group: Sport
Class: 2.0
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 8th OA
12th September 1953
Press review: Madaro Giancenzo, "1° Gran Premio Supercortemaggiore", L'Auto Italiana , no. 34, 09-1953, pp. 24
18th October 1953
Event: Coppa d'Oro Sicilia
Locality: Catania (IT)
Race number: #58
Team: OFFICINE ALFIERI MASERATI SPA (IT)
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 4th OA
Time: 41'20''
Note: 2nd with 42'38''3 after first group "batteria"
20th October 1953
Press review: Unknown, "Al Portoghese De Oliveira", La Stampa , no. 245, 10-1953, pp. 4
28th November 1953
Press review: Valenzano Luigi “gino”, "I Piloti Delle Nuove Leve (o Quasi) Nel Giudizio Di Un Loro Collega", L'Auto Italiana , no. 45, 11-1953, pp. 25
From 3rd January 1954
to 4th January 1954
Event: XIII Grande Prêmio da Cidade de Rio de Janeiro
Circuit: Gavéa Circuit
Driver: Emmanuel ''Toulo'' De Graffenried (CH)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
From 10th January 1954
to 11th January 1954
Event: IV Centenario Grande Prêmio Cidade de São Paulo
Locality: Interlagos (BR)
Driver: Emmanuel ''Toulo'' De Graffenried (CH)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
From 20th January 1954
to 21st January 1954
Press review: Unknown, "Dopo Il Trionfo Nella ''1000 Km'' Si Guarda Alla ''dodici Ore'' Di Sebring", Corriere della sera , 01-1954, pp. 4
24th January 1954
Event: 1000 Km Buenos Aires
Locality: Buenos Aires, Argentina (AR)
Race number: #56
Team: OFFICINE ALFIERI MASERATI SPA (IT)
Driver: Emmanuel ''Toulo'' De Graffenried (CH)
Co-Driver: Luigi Musso (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNS
From 5th May 1954
to 14th June 1955
Owner: Angelo Mamoli (IT)
From 5th May 1954
to 19th July 1955
Plate: MI-241946
Country: IT
23rd May 1954
Event: Belgian Grand Prix des Voitures de Série
Locality: Spa-Francorchamps (BE)
Race number: #15
Category / Group: Sport
Class: 2.0
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 2nd OA / 1st CL
25th May 1954
Press review: Unknown, "Benoit Musys Erfolgreiches Debüt", Automobil Revue , no. 24, 05-1954, pp. 14
20th June 1954
Event: Gran Premio Autodromo Imola Conchiglia d'Oro Shell
Locality: Imola (IT)
Race number: #30
Team: ECURIE LA MEUTE
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 7th OA
4th July 1954
Event: Gran Premio Pietro Cidonio
Locality: L'Aquila (IT)
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
8th August 1954
Event: Circuito di Senigallia
Locality: Senigallia (IT)
Race number: #48
Category / Group: Sport
Class: 2.0
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 5th OA
From 9th August 1954
to 10th August 1954
Press review: Unknown, "Maglioli Vince A Tempo Di Primato Il Circuito Automobilistico Di Senigallia", Corriere della sera , 08-1954, pp. 4
11th August 1954
Press review: Unknown, "Das Sportwagenrennen In Senigallia", Automobil Revue , no. 35, 08-1954, pp. 5
15th August 1954
Event: Prijs van Zandvoort
Locality: Zandvoort (NL)
Race number: #29
Category / Group: Sport
Class: 2.0
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 2nd OA / 2nd CL
From 21st August 1954
to 22nd August 1954
Event: Grand Prix Bern
Locality: Berna (CH)
Race number: #82
Team: ECURIE LA MEUTE
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 2nd OA
25th August 1954
Press review: Unknown, "Spannende Nationale Sportwagenrennen", Automobil Revue , no. 37, 08-1954, pp. 9
1st September 1954
Press review: Unknown, "Betrieb Im ''preis Vom Bremgarten''", Automobil Revue , no. 38, 09-1954, pp. 10
1st September 1954
Press review: Unknown, "Schneller Sudländer -zweiter Der ''grossen''", Automobil Revue , no. 38, 09-1954, pp. 10
26th September 1954
Event: Bergrennen Mitholz-Kandersteg
Locality: Kandergrund (CH)
Race number: #129
Category / Group: Rennsportwagen Groupe III
Class: 1100 - 1500 cc
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 2nd CL
10th October 1954
Event: Coupes du Salon
Locality: Montlhéry (FR)
Race number: #28
Category / Group: Sports
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 6th OA / 1st CL
15th October 1954
Press review: Unknown, "Behra (gordini 3 L ) Gewinnt Die Coupe Du Salon Benoît Musy Sieger Der Zweiliterklasse", Automobil Revue , no. 44, 10-1954, pp. 3
From 23rd October 1954
to 24th October 1954
Event: Grand Premio De España - Premio Peña Rhin
Circuit: Pedralbes
Locality: Barcellona (ES)
Race number: #14
Team: ECURIE LA MEUTE
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 10th OA
March 1955
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Fantuzzi
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Red
Note: The front grille had changed: no longer vertical bars, but horizontal with a large trident in the centre.
From 2nd April 1955
to 3rd April 1955
Press review: Unknown, "200 Macchine Al ''via''!", Corriere della sera , 04-1955, pp. 7
3rd April 1955
Event: XV Giro Automobilistico di Sicilia
Locality: Palermo (IT)
Race number: #410
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 7th OA
From 30th April 1955
to 1st May 1955
Event: XXII Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #638
Category / Group: Sport
Class: 2.000 cc
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 29th OA / 6th CL
Time: Start: 6.38’00"- Brescia-Roma: 6.35’20"- Brescia-Roma-Brescia: 13.14'07"
1st May 1955
Event: II Gran Premio Nuvolari della Mille Miglia
Locality: Cremona-Mantova-Brescia (IT)
Race number: #638
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
8th May 1955
Event: Grand Prix des Voitures de Serie
Locality: Spa-Francorchamps (BE)
Race number: #21
Category / Group: II - Disques jaunes
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 4th OA / 1st CL
29th May 1955
Event: Grand Prix des Frontières
Locality: Chimay (BE)
Race number: #10
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
12th June 1955
Event: XV Parma - Poggio di Berceto
Locality: Parma (IT)
Race number: #190
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 5th OA
From 14th June 1955
to 28th May 1957
Owner: S.A.R.C. - SOCIETà APPLICAZIONI RICERCHE CHIMICHE (IT)
Famous owner: A company owned by the racing driver Pietro Pagliarini
From 18th July 1955
to 22nd September 1989
Plate: PR-30331
Country: IT
2nd October 1955
Event: Treponti - Castelnuovo
Locality: Treponti (IT)
Race number: #133
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
March 1956
Body update
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Fantuzzi
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Red
Note: Front grille with horizontal bars, with a large trident in the centre. New tapered aerodynamic fairing behind the driver’s head.
22nd April 1956
Event: Coppa della Consuma
Locality: Firenze (IT)
Race number: #324
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
From 28th April 1956
to 29th April 1956
Event: XXIII Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #523
Category / Group: Sport
Class: Oltre 1.500 cc sino a 2.000 cc
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
Time: Start: 5.23'00"- Brescia-Roma: ritirato
29th April 1956
Event: III Gran Premio Nuvolari della Mille Miglia
Locality: Cremona-Mantova-Brescia (IT)
Race number: #523
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNF
30th June 1956
Event: Compiano - Vetto d'Enza
Locality: Reggio Emilia (IT)
Race number: #180
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
15th July 1956
Event: Bologna - San Luca
Locality: Bologna (IT)
Race number: #228
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 4th OA
28th October 1956
Event: Campionato sociale Emilia Romagna
Locality: Bologna (IT)
Class: da 1100 cc a 2000 cc
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 3rd CL
From 11th May 1957
to 12th May 1957
Event: XXIV Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti
Locality: Brescia (IT)
Race number: #449
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNA
12th May 1957
Event: IV Gran Premio Nuvolari della Mille Miglia
Locality: Cremona-Mantova-Brescia (IT)
Race number: #449
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
Results / Prizes: DNA
From 28th May 1957
to 25th September 1959
Owner: Giuseppe Bocchi (IT)
From 25th September 1959
to 22nd September 1961
Owner: Carla Nocchia (IT)
From 22nd September 1961
to 22nd September 1988
Owner: Alberto Albertini (IT)
1980
Bibliography: Orsini Luigi, Maserati Una Storia Nella Storia Dalle Origini Al 1945 , Emmeti Grafica,libreria Dell'automobile Di Nada Giacomo & C. Snc, n.p. 1980
1988
Bibliography: Lawrence Mike, The Mille Miglia: The World's Greatest Motor Competitions , Batsford B. T., n.p. 1988
From 1989
to 1993
Owner: Bruce G. Vanyo (US)
October 1990
Bibliography: Orsini Luigi, Mille Miglia Una Corsa Italiana , Abiemme, n.p. 1990
1992
Bibliography: Crump Richard, Maserati: Sports, Racing And Gt Cars From 1926 , Haynes, n.p. 1992
From 1993
to 1996
Owner: Bud Bronstein (US)
21st December 1995
Press review: Unknown, "Scrapyard Sensation", Unknown , 12-1995, pp. 4
From 1996
to currently
Owner: Private collection
1996
Current body
Coachbuilder: Carrozzeria Fantuzzi
Type: Sport and Barchetta
Colour: Red
Note: Restored in its primitive shape, before the evolutions: 1st grille with vertical bars, aerodynamic fairing eliminated.
17th August 1997
Event: Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
Locality: Carmel-by-the-Sea (US)
From 22nd September 2000
to 24th September 2000
Event: Louis Vuitton Classic at Rockefeller Center
Locality: New York (US)
Driver: Lawrence Auriana
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
2003
Bibliography: Anselmi Angelo, Mille Miglia Identikit , Le Edizioni Dell'opificio, n.p. 2003
2007
Bibliography: Pritchard Anthony, Mille Miglia: The World's Greatest Road Race , Unknown publisher, n.p. 2007
2009
Bibliography: Bertei Gianfranco, Parma - Poggio Di Berceto 1955/2005 , Scuderia Parma Auto Storiche, n.p. 2009
From 30th August 2013
to 2nd September 2013
Event: Lime Rock Historic Festival
Locality: Salisbury (US)
Driver: Lawrence Auriana
December 2018
Bibliography: Dolcini Carlo, Orizzonte Perduto Mille Miglia 1947-1956 , Ela, n.p. 2018
2019
Bibliography: Bollee Michel, Maserati: In The World Sport Car & Manufactures Championship From 1953 To 1966 , Unknown publisher, n.p. 2019
14th December 2022
Record: Car Photos
14th December 2022
Record: Chassis and Engine Numbers
June 2023
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Iii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2023
2025
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Coppa D'oro Delle Dolomiti's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2025
2025
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Targa Florio's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces S.r.l., Genova 2024
2026
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Salone Internazionale Dell'automobile Di Torino's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2026
2026
Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Giro Di Sicilia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2026
31st May 1953
Event: V Coppa Toscana
Locality: Firenze (IT)
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st CL
28th June 1953
Event: V Giro Automobilistico dell'Umbria - Coppa della Perugina
Locality: Perugia (IT)
Driver: Emilio Giletti (IT)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
6th June 1954
Event: Grand Prix des Frontières
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
28th July 1954
Event: Rallye Evian - Mont Blanc - Megeve
Locality: Megève (FR)
Driver: Benoit Musy (CH)
Results / Prizes: 1st OA
10th June 1956
Event: Castell'Arquato - Vernasca
Locality: Castell'Arquato (IT)
Race number: #210
Driver: Pietro Pagliarini (IT)
22nd July 1956
Event: L'Aosta - Gran San Bernardo
Locality: Aosta (IT)
Race number: #108
Driver: Ferdinando Pagliarini (IT)
Results / Prizes: 6th CL