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Full Name | Carlo Maria Abate | |
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| Born | 10 July 1932, Turin |
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| Died | 29 April 2009, Turin – 86 years |
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| PRE-F1 CAREER | |||||||||
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| Season | Series | Team | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | F/L | Pts | Rank |
| 1960 | World Sportscar Championship | Scuderia SSS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 1962 | World Sportscar Championship | Scuderia SSS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | N/A |
| 1962 | World Sportscar Championship Non-Championship F1 |
Scuderia SSS Scuderia SSS |
? 3 |
? 0 |
1 0 |
? 1 |
? 0 |
? 0 |
? N/A |
| 1963 | Non-Championship F1 | Scuderia Centro Sud Comte G. Volpi |
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| FORMULA 1 CAREER | ||||||||||
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| Entries | Races | Non-Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums | F/L | Pts | DNFs | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| First Grand Prix | Last Grand Prix |
| 1962 French Grand Prix | 1963 Italian Grand Prix |
| Season | Team | Chassis | Engine | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | F/L | Pts | Rank |
| 1962 | Scuderia SSS | Lotus 18/21 | Climax Straight-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 1963 | Comte G. Volpi | Porsche 718 | Porsche Flat-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| POST-F1 CAREER | ||||||||||
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| Season | Series | Team | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums | F/L | Pts | Rank | |
| 1963 | Targa Florio | Porsche 718 GTR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1st | |
Biography
Abate was better known for his exploits behind the wheel of the iconic Ferrari 250 GTO driving for Scuderia Serenissima of Count Giovanni Volpi, Scuderia Centro Sud and occasionally even Scuderia Ferrari.
The Italian tried his hand at Formula 1 in 1962, initially entering the non-championship Naples Grand Prix in a Porsche where he finished fourth. He crashed his Lotus 18/21 at the next race at Reims-Geuex, prompting him to withdraw his entry from his first World Championship event, the 1962 French Grand Prix. He was also entered for that year’s German Grand Prix, but failed to participate.
In 1963, he piloted the Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper to fifth place at the non-championship Imola Grand Prix and claimed a podium at the Syracuse Grand Prix. Set to appear on home soil at that year’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza, he again withdrew his entry and retired from racing at the end of the year after winning the Targa Florio in a Porsche with Jo Bonnier.
After hanging up his helmet, Abate became the director of a private medical clinic.
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