Piero Taruffi is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in Formula 1 for Vanwall. Taruffi has recorded 1 win and 5 podiums from 18 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,122 ranks Taruffi 281th 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.
| 1956-09-02 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | DNF | −91 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Vanwall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −91 | 5,445 |
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Mercedes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | P5 | +83 | 5,536 |
| 1954 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | +63 | 5,453 |
| 1952 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | P3 | +461 | 5,390 |
| 1951 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | P6 | +136 | 4,929 |
| 1950 | ▸Formula 1 | Alfa Romeo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −7 | 4,793 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Nino Farina | 5,565 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇮🇹 Alberto Ascari | 5,339 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇨🇭 Rudi Fischer | 4,904 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean Behra | 4,855 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% |
| 🇦🇷 Juan Fangio | 6,092 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Louis Rosier | 4,858 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇬🇧 Mike Hawthorn | 5,537 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇦🇷 José Froilán González | 5,180 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇮🇹 Luigi Villoresi | 5,038 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Harry Schell | 4,981 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100% |
Piero Taruffi competed in Formula 1 between 1950 and 1956, entering 18 grands prix across six seasons. He scored one victory, the 1952 Swiss Grand Prix with Ferrari, and added four further podium finishes to establish himself as a capable mid-field performer in the early championship era. His average finishing position of P4.1 across classified races placed him within the upper tier of that grid; he regularly raced against established champions including Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari, and Nino Farina, though he found himself outpaced over the larger sample, finishing behind Fangio in all five of their shared races and behind the two-time champion Ascari in six of seven meetings.[1]
Taruffi's record shows stronger results against slightly less exalted peers. He beat the former champion Mike Hawthorn three times, Stirling Moss twice, and the single-lap specialist Farina on two occasions across their seven encounters. He also held consistent advantage over secondary runners such as Rudi Fischer and Jean Behra, winning the head-to-head against both. Ferrari provided fourteen of his eighteen starts, though his single grand prix victory and half his podiums came at a time when the Scuderia remained competitive for the championship, rather than establishing him as a regular front-runner. His last classified finish came in 1956, after which he retired from Formula 1 competition.[2]