1. Ludovico Scarfiotti was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1963 to 1968.
24 Facts About Ludovico Scarfiotti
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In endurance racing, Scarfiotti won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring, both in 1963 with Ferrari.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti initially competed in sportscar racing, racing for Ferrari from 1960 onwards.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti made sporadic appearances for the team over the next five seasons, including his sole win at the Italian Grand Prix in 1966.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti added to his sportscar success with a runner-up finish at Le Mans in 1967, as well as at the 24 Hours of Daytona.
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In June 1968, Ludovico Scarfiotti died at a hillclimbing event in the German Alps when he crashed his Porsche 910.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti's grandfather was the first president and one of the nine founders of the Fiat automobile company.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti competed in the 1,000 Kilometres de Paris sports car race in October 1962.
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In 1965, John Surtees and Ludovico Scarfiotti shared a Ferrari 330 P2 Spyder which gave the marque a fourth consecutive victory at the 1000km Nurburgring race.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti would go on to finish 31st, retiring after 123 laps.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti joined Mike Parkes in a Ferrari P4 for the 1000 km Spa in May 1967.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti raced a Ferrari factory car in the September 1967 200-mile Canadian-American Challenge Cup race held on a 2.85-mile course near Bridgehampton, New York.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti's sponsor was the North American Racing Team of Luigi Chinetti.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti entered the 1968 Targa Florio, but wrecked his Porsche 907 on the first day of qualifying and was forced to race with Porsche's T-car which did not last the 720-kilometre-long road race.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti placed sixth in the second Ferrari in the 1963 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti was a lap behind victor Jim Clark in a Lotus.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti finished fifth in the non-championship 1965 Syracuse Grand Prix on the island of Sicily.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti drove a 1966 3-litre Ferrari 312 whereas Parkes drove a 1967 with the 1966 nose to accommodate his long frame.
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At Spa, Parkes had a career-ending accident, while Ludovico Scarfiotti was 4 laps behind and not classified.
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Brian Redman and Ludovico Scarfiotti came in third and fourth respectively at the 1968 Spanish Grand Prix in Jarama, both driving for Cooper.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti became the third Grand Prix driver to die in 1968, following Jim Clark and Mike Spence.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti wrecked his Porsche 910 during trials when the car veered abruptly off the Rossfeldstrasse track and catapulted ten yards down a tree-covered slope.
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The Porsche hung in the trees and Ludovico Scarfiotti was thrown from the cockpit.
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Ludovico Scarfiotti was married to Ida Benignetti and had two children from a previous relationship.