Massimo Natili

{{Short description|Italian racing driver (1935{{ndash}}2017)}} {{Infobox F1 driver |name = Massimo Natili |image = Massimo_Natili.jpg |nationality = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian |birth_date = {{birth date|1935|7|28|df=y}} |birth_place = Ronciglione, Kingdom of Italy<ref name="WATN">{{cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Massimo_Natili |title= The World Championship drivers - Where are they now? |accessdate=2007-07-29 |last=Jenkins |first=Richard |publisher=OldRacingCars.com}}</ref> |death_date = {{death date and age|2017|9|19|1935|7|28|df=y}} |death_place=Viterbo, Italy |years = {{F1|1961}} |teams = Scuderia Centro Sud |races = 2 (1 start) |championships = 0 |wins = 0 |podiums = 0 |points = 0 |poles = 0 |fastest_laps = 0 |first_race = 1961 British Grand Prix |first_win = |last_win = |last_race = 1961 Italian Grand Prix }} '''Massimo Natili''' (28 July 1935 – 19 September 2017)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tusciaweb.eu/2017/09/morto-pilota-massimo-natili/|title=È morto il pilota Massimo Natili - Tusciaweb.eu|date=2017-09-19|work=Tusciaweb.eu|access-date=2017-09-19|language=it-IT}}</ref> was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 July 1961. He scored no championship points. ==Career== Natili started in Formula One with Scuderia Centro Sud in 1961 with a retirement from the Syracuse Grand Prix, followed by a failure to qualify for the Naples Grand Prix. He retired on the first lap of the 1961 British Grand Prix with gearbox failure, and practiced for the Italian Grand Prix but did not start.<ref name="Small">{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|publisher=Guinness|date=1994|page=268|ISBN=0851127029}}</ref>

In 1962, Natili was involved in a fiery accident in a Formula Junior race at Monza, and was rescued by an anonymous spectator.<ref name="Small"/> He came 4th in the 1964 Rome Grand Prix after retiring from the previous year's event, and subsequently competed in Italian Formula 3. {{-}}

==Complete Formula One World Championship results== (key) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" ! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! WDC ! Points |- | 1961 ! Scuderia Centro Sud ! Cooper T51 ! Maserati Straight-4 | MON | NED | BEL | FRA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />{{small|Ret}} | GER |style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"|ITA<br />{{small|DNS}} | USA ! NC ! 0 |}

==24 Hours of Le Mans results== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class<br>Pos.|Class Position}} |- ! 1966 |align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Prototipo Bizzarrini |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Sam Posey |align="left"| Bizzarrini P538 Super America | P +5.0 | 39 | style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ | style="background:#000000; color:white"| DSQ |}

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