Piero Taruffi

Piero Taruffi (born 12 October 1906 in Albano Laziale, died 12 January 1988 in Rome) was an Italian racing driver who competed in Formula 1 from 1950 to 1954. Initially a motorcycle racer, Taruffi became an extremely accomplished sportscar racer who could never quite transfer his success to Formula One. Through his career, he competed for Maserati, Metcalf, Jaguar-Aston Martin Racing and O.S.C.A. (then Scuderia Anglo-Italia), scoring two podiums (both in 1953) and 12 points. Taruffi was severely injured in an accident during the 1954 Swiss Grand Prix and subsequently retired from motor racing at the age of 47. Following his release from hospital, he became the head of the O.S.C.A. Formula One project.

Complete Alternate Formula One 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	8	9	10	WDC	Pts.
1950	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati 4CLT/48	Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s	GBR 12	MON Ret	500 DNQ	SUI Ret	BEL 7	FRA 5	ITA Ret				17th	2
1951	Team Metcalf GP	Metcalf MET1	Metcalf	MON 11	500	BEL 12	FRA Ret	GBR 5	GER 9	NED Ret	ITA 13			24th	2
1952	Jaguar - Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin AM-03	Jaguar XK 3.4	MON Ret	ENG DNQ	BEL Ret	FRA 3	GBR Ret	GER Ret	NED 3	ITA 8	USA 6	AUS Ret	13th	8
1953	O.S.C.A. Automobili	O.S.C.A. 53	O.S.C.A. 3000V8 3.0 V8	MON DNQ	NED 10	BEL 7	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 12	SUI 8	ITA 16	USA		NC	0
1954	Scuderia Anglo-Italia	O.S.C.A. F154	Bentley 16VL-1 3.0 V16	MON	FRA 10	BEL			SUI Ret	GER	USA	ITA		NC	0
		Bentley Speed 4	O.S.C.A. 156 1.5 L6s				NED 10	GBR Ret