Carlo Felice Trossi

Trossi at the 1934 Grand Prix automobile de Montreux

Count Carlo Felice Trossi (27 April 1908 – 9 May 1949) was an Italian racecar driver and auto constructor.

Racing career

During his career, he raced for three different teams: Mercedes-Benz, Alfa Romeo and, briefly, Maserati. He won the 1947 Italian Grand Prix and the 1948 Swiss Grand Prix.

The 1935 Trossi-Monaco, usually on display at the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile

Trossi backed one of the most unusual Grand Prix cars, the Trossi-Monaco of 1935. It featured a 16-cylinder, two-stroke cycle, two-row radial, air-cooled engine and an aircraft-like body designed by Augusto Monaco. The car was a spectacular failure and never raced in a Grand Prix event.[1]

Trossi had many exciting hobbies: racing boats and airplanes in addition to cars. He was also the president of the Scuderia Ferrari in 1932.

Enzo Ferrari said of him "He was a great racer but never wanted to make the effort to reach a dominant position and I remember him with emotion since he was one of the first to believe in my scuderia of which he was a part".[2]

Personal life

Trossi was born in Biella, Italy. Due to a brain tumor, he died in Milan at only 41 years of age.[3]

Racing record

Post-WWII Grandes Épreuves results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5
1947 Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 SUI
3		 BEL
3		 ITA
1		 FRA
1948 Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 158 MON SUI
1		 FRA ITA
Ret		 GBR

References

  1. ↑ Road & Track, April 1972.
  2. ↑ Piloti Che Gente, Enzo Ferrari, 1893
  3. ↑ Saward, Joe. "Jean-Pierre Wimille: The man who would have been champion..." at grandprix.com
Sporting achievements
Preceded by
Rudolf Caracciola		 European Hill Climb Champion
(for Racing Cars)
1933		 Succeeded by
Xavier Perrot
(1972)
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