Eugenio Castellotti

Eugenio Castellotti (born 10 October 1930 in Lodi, died 12 May 1957 in Cavriana) was an Italian racing driver. Beginning his racing career at the age of 21, Castellotti quickly became one of the quickest sportscar drivers of the decade, winning the 10 hours of Messina, the Portuguese Grand Prix, the 12 hours of Sebring, the Mille Miglia and the 1000km of the Nürburgring. This success also led to Formula One opportunities, first with Loyer, then the aborted Porsche works project before signing for Gordini in 1956. With them, he proved to be quick, but suffered from unreliability associated with the team. Nonetheless, he scored a podium in the 1956 French Grand Prix.

Castellotti was killed in an accident in the 1957 Mille Miglia. Replacing his injured Ferrari teammate Alfonso de Portago in the race, he crashed in a straight portion roughly 70km away from Brescia, killing himself, codriver Edmund Nelson and nine spectators. Castellotti was only 26 years old. Following this accident, the Mille Miglia was cancelled amid fears surrounding spectator safety.

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	11	WDC	Pts.
1954	Loyer Racing	Loyer LR101	Ferrari 555 2.5 L4	MON	FRA	BEL	NED	GBR	SUI DNPQ	GER	USA	ITA DNPQ			NC	0
1955	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 855	Porsche 755 1.5 L4	MON DNPQ	FRA DNPQ	BEL DNQ	GBR DNPQ	SCO DNPQ	SOV DNQ	ITA Ret					NC	0
1956	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 56	Gordini G/258A L4	MON Ret	FRA 2	BEL Ret	GER Ret	GDR Ret	IRL 6	SCO Ret	GBR 7	ITA Ret	THA		13th	7
1957	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 56	Gordini G/258A L4	MAR 9	MON	FRA	BEL	NED	IRL	GBR	GER	ITA	ESP	USA	NC	0

* denotes season still in progress