Maserati’s Racing History

Most famous cars have found their way in the books of car racing and quite a number of them have their details encrypted with golden letters in the annals of car racing history and Maserati is no different. Those of you who remember or have heard about the first Mille Miglia or races that are of similar nature might recall the names of Alfeiri Maserati or Ernesto Maserati who are reputed all over the world as the drivers and builders of some of the best racing cars of that period. Before Nuvolari came, Mercedes dominated the entire racing scene, but Nuvolari did the impossible and created history by beating the rest at the race while driving his Maserati.

Of the seven Maserati brothers who formed the Maserati company, Carlo had also taken a part in the 1907 Coppa Florio. He was driving a Bianchi car in this race and came seventh despite stiff odds. The low voltage ignition breaker arms were the root cause of the problem and Carlo had to stop a number of times for replacing these low voltage ignition breaker arms.

Later on he replaced the low voltage system with high voltage systems and this helped to resolve the problems. At the Targo Florio Alfeiri raced a car that was manufactured by Maserati and this was the first production car by this company. This event took place in the year 1926. Of the other cars designed by the Maserati brothers, the type 26 was the most successful ones and this model had won many car races. Now, they mainly make luxury cars — but yes, Maserati has some great racing pedigree!