Vittorio at left (with the steering wheel), at Giro di Sicilia in 1952 with Otello Marchotto.

Vittorio Marzotto (13 June 1922, Valdagno – 4 February 1999) was an Italian racing driver.

Born in Valdagno, near Vicenza, Vittorio was the son of Gaetano Marzotto, the founder of the Marzotto textile manufacturer company. He was the oldest of four brothers (Paolo, Giannino, Umberto and Vittorio), who were all racing drivers too.[1][2]

Marzotto made his debut in motor racing in the late 1940s after the end of World War II. He entered 16 sports car races between 1948 and 1955, mainly driving Ferrari's cars. His best results were two victories (the 1951 Giro di Sicilia and the 1952 Monaco Grand Prix and three second places.

Marzotto also entered a Formula 1-race in 1952, the French Grand Prix, as reserve driver for Scuderia Ferrari. However, all Ferrari works drivers started the race, so Marzotto was unable to start. He never competed in Formula 1 again and retired from professional racing at the end of the 1950s.


Complete results

YearDateRaceEntrantCarTeammate(s)Result
1948May 2Mille Miglia-Lancia ApriliaPaolo MarzottoDNF
1950April 2Targa Florio-Ferrari 166 MMSergio SighinolfiDNF
1950April 23Mille MigliaScuderia FerrariFerrari 195 SPaolo Fontana9th
1950April 30Coppa d'Oro di Sicilia-Ferrari 340 America--
1951April 1Giro di SiciliaScuderia MarzottoFerrari 212 ExportPaolo Fontana1st
1951April 29Mille MigliaScuderia MarzottoFerrari 340 AmericaOtello MarchettoDNF
1951June 3Coppa della ToscanaScuderia MarzottoFerrari 340 AmericaZanuso2nd
1951June 17Circuito do PortoScuderia MarzottoFerrari 212 Exportnone2nd
1951July 15Coppa d' Oro delle DolomitiScuderia MarzottoFerrari 340 AmericanoneDNF
1952March 9Giro di Sicilia-Ferrari 225 S-DNF
1952March 16Syracuse Grand PrixScuderia MarzottoFerrari 166 CPiero Carini
Sergio Sighinolfi		DNF
1952May 4Mille MigliaScuderia MarzottoFerrari 225 SOtello MarchettoDNF
1952June 21952 Monaco Grand PrixScuderia MarzottoFerrari 225 Snone1st
1952 June 29 Targa Florio - Ferrari 225 S - DNS
1952 July 6 1952 French Grand Prix Scuderia Ferrari - Alberto Ascari
Nino Farina
Piero Taruffi
Louis Rosier
Rudi Fischer
Peter Hirt
Franco Comotti
Piero Carini		 DNS
1952July 13Coppa d' Oro delle Dolomiti-Ferrari 225 S-5th
1953April 12Giro di SiciliaScuderia LanciaLancia Aurelianone-
1954May 2Mille MigliaScuderia FerrariFerrari 500 Mondialnone2nd
1955April 3Giro di SiciliaVittorio MarzottoMaserati 300Snone6th

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References

  1. ↑ Giannino Marzotto
  2. ↑ "Scuderia Marzotto". Conceptcarz.com. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  3. ↑ "Vittorio Marzotto (I)". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  4. ↑ "Vittorio MARZOTTO • STATS F1". Statsf1.com. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
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