Carlo Felice Trossi
Count Carlo Felice Trossi 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.
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.
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".Personal life
Trossi was born in Biella, Italy. Due to a brain tumor, he died in Milan at only 41 years of age.Racing record
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- – As a co-driver Trossi was ineligible for championship points
