Piero Dusio

Piero Dusio
Born (1899-10-13)13 October 1899
Scurzolengo d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
Died 7 November 1975(1975-11-07) (aged 76)
Victoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Italy Italian
Active years 1952
Teams Cisitalia
Entries 1 (0 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 1952 Italian Grand Prix
Last entry 1952 Italian Grand Prix

Piero Dusio (13 October 1899 – 7 November 1975) was an Italian soccer player, businessman and racing driver.

Dusio was born at Scurzolengo, province of Asti. His active soccer career (three games for Juventus 1921–22)[1] ended in a knee injury, after which he started a textile business (oil cloth), which evolved into sporting goods as well as becoming supplier of military uniforms.

The Cisitalia D46 was named after Piero Dusio (the Dusio 46). The racecar driver is Ilario Bandini.

He raced in the Mille Miglia (1929–38), was sixth in 1936 Italian Grand Prix, winning a class victory (50th overall) in Mille Miglia in a Siata 500cc (1937), and formed the Scuderia Torino (1939).[2][3] He commissioned Dante Giacosa of Fiat to develop a racing car (1944), and formed the "Consorzio Industriale Sportiva Italia" (1944). The firm became Cisitalia and involved Carlo Abarth, Rudolf Hruska and Ferry Porsche. Dusio won in the Giovanni Savonuzzi-completed car's premiere race at 1946 Turin Grand Prix (the Coppa Brezzi).[4]

Dusio continued financing racing car projects, but the expenses in engineering the complex 202MM[5] almost ruined Cisitalia (1947), as well as involved the Juventus corporation (where Dusio was president 1941-1947). Consequently, Dusio moved to Argentina and established Autoar (Automotores Argentinos) S.A.I.C. (22 March 1949),[6] financially supported by Juan Peron.[7] His son, Carlo Dusio continued to run a refinanced Cisitalia company in Torino (1948–1964).[8]

Dusio tried but failed to qualify for one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix (Italy 1952) with a Cisitalia D46, but he failed to set a time in practice due to engine problems. He raced in the Buenos Aires Grand Prix in 1954, and also started Cisitalia Argentina Industrial y Comercial SA, planning cars such as the Cisitalia 750 (1960).

He died at Buenos Aires in 1975.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 WDC Points
1952 Piero Dusio Cisitalia D46 Cisitalia SUI 500 BEL FRA GBR GER NED ITA
DNQ		 NC 0

References

  1. ↑ Forza juventus match statistics Archived January 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ historicracing.com.
  3. ↑ sporting-to.com. Archived May 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ racing-database.com.
  5. ↑ Piero Dusio & the Cisitalia Archived November 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Autoar Historia
  7. ↑ forix.com
  8. ↑ Cisitalia.
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