Chico Landi is a racing driver from Brazil who last raced in Formula 1 for Maserati. Landi has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 6 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,704 ranks Landi 569th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1956-01-22 | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | P4 | +40 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | P25 | +40 | 4,704 |
| 1953 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −91 | 4,663 |
| 1952 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +72 | 4,755 |
| 1951 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −117 | 4,683 |
Chico Landi was a Brazilian racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1951 and 1956, making six World Championship starts for Maserati. He holds historical significance as the first Brazilian ever to enter a Formula 1 Grand Prix and the first from his nation to score championship points, achieving 1.5 points through a shared fourth-place finish at the 1956 Argentine Grand Prix with Gerino Gerini. His single-seater career was brief and his results modest; he classified on average in seventh place when he finished a race, never scoring a victory or podium finish under his own full entry.[1]
Landi's performances placed him among occasional starters rather than established grid regulars of the early 1950s. His peak finishes occasionally placed him ahead of mid-field professionals such as Ken Wharton, Alan Brown, and Louis Rosier, though these instances were isolated results rather than sustained competitiveness. His primary association was with Maserati, which fielded him in five of his six starts; the team itself was a secondary constructor during the period, capable of fielding drivers of genuine calibre such as Juan Fangio but operating at a considerable distance from the front of the grid. Landi retired from racing after 1956 and has remained a historical reference point in Brazilian motorsport as a pioneer of his nation's participation in Formula 1.[2]