Luigi Piotti is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in Formula 1 for Maserati. Piotti has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 7 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,266 ranks Piotti 879th 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.
| 1957-09-08 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | DNF | −124 |
| 1957-08-18 | Pescara Circuit | DNF | −133 |
| 1957-01-13 | Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | P10 | −51 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −308 | 4,266 |
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −86 | 4,574 |
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Arzani-Volpini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −140 | 4,660 |
Luigi Piotti was an Italian racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1955 and 1957, accumulating seven championship starts, all for Maserati. He did not score championship points during his brief career in the sport's top category.[1]
Piotti's record against the field shows scattered competitive moments. Across his seven starts, he averaged a finishing position of eighth when classified, and he occasionally finished ahead of drivers of substantially stronger standing; he outfinished Eugenio Castellotti, Toulo de Graffenried, and Gerino Gerini on single occasions. These results, however, were isolated instances rather than consistent patterns of competitiveness. Maserati, the team that fielded him for six of his seven starts, was a constructor in transition during this period, with a record of nine race wins across its entire history in the index and a driver roster that included Juan Manuel Fangio among its ranks.[2]
His final season in 1957 yielded three starts with no points, finishing as low as 23rd place in at least one round. Piotti's career remains a footnote in early Formula 1 history, representing the era when the grid regularly included drivers who could not sustain a competitive presence in motorsport's premier category.