Umberto Maglioli is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in Formula 1 for Porsche. Maglioli has recorded 0 wins and 2 podiums from 10 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,872 ranks Maglioli 407th 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.
| 1957-08-04 | Nürburgring | DNF | −60 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Porsche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −60 | 4,944 |
| 1956 | ▸Formula 1 | Maserati | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −168 | 5,004 |
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | P21 | +192 | 5,172 |
| 1954 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | P18 | +99 | 4,980 |
| 1953 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +82 | 4,882 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇷 Juan Fangio | 6,092 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Maurice Trintignant | 4,839 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% |
| 🇦🇷 Roberto Mieres | 4,910 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇮🇹 Sergio Mantovani | 4,877 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇮🇹 Nino Farina | 5,565 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Mike Hawthorn | 5,537 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Stirling Moss | 5,388 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇦🇷 José Froilán González | 5,180 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Harry Schell | 4,981 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇩🇪 Hans Herrmann | 4,723 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
Umberto Maglioli was an Italian driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1953 and 1957, starting ten Grands Prix for Porsche and Ferrari. He scored two podium finishes across his five seasons at that level, placing him in a competitive mid-field cohort of his era with a Racer Rating of 4,872. His record against the front-running drivers of the period tells the story of a capable professional outmatched by the true elite. He never finished ahead of Juan Fangio, the dominant five-time champion of the era, in six shared races; he was similarly unable to beat Nino Farina, the 1950 champion, in three encounters. Against peers closer to his own level, such as Maurice Trintignant and Roberto Mieres, he held his own with mixed head-to-head records. He did score notable single results against stronger drivers including Mike Hawthorn, a future world champion, and Stirling Moss.[1]
Maglioli's Formula 1 career was curtailed; his final start came in 1957 with a twenty-third place finish. His true distinction lay in endurance and sportscar racing, where he became a three-time winner of the Targa Florio, one of Europe's most demanding road races. This split between single-seater and long-distance competition was characteristic of drivers of that generation, and Maglioli's success in the latter arena suggests his talents were better suited to that form of racing than to the Grand Prix circuit. His career placed him among the semi-professional racers of his time who competed regularly at a professional level but whose impact was felt more substantially in categories beyond Formula 1.[2]