Trofeo Luigi Fagioli

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Trofeo Luigi Fagioli – List of Winners

Date	Winner		Car	Time	Final
1966	Clemente Ravetto		Ferrari	2:36,70
1967	“Gano”		Porsche	2:26,70
1968	Edoardo Lualdi		Ferrari	2:12,00
1969	Zuccoli		Alfa Romeo	2:37,90
1970	Andrenacci		Alfa Romeo	2:25,90
1971	Domenico Scola		Chevron	2:06,83
1972	Laureati		Chevron	2:04,41
1973	Domenico Scola		March	2:06,40
1974	“Gianfranco”		Osella	2:02,53
1975	Nardini		Porsche	2:29,11
1976	Gabriele Ciuti		Osella	1:58,40
1977	Gianni Varese		Osella	2:02,00
1978	Gianni Varese		Osella	1:58,00
1979	Gianni Varese		Osella	2:12,80
1980	Gianni Varese		Osella	1:56,80
1981	Angelo Giliberti		Osella	1:55,80
1982	Ettore Bogani		Osella	1:55,90
1983	Mario Caliceti		Osella	1:55,60
1984	Patrizio Calella		Lola	1:54,36
1985	Mario Caliceti		Osella	1:53,07
1986	Adriano Boldrini		Renault 5	4:50,20
1987	Stanislao Bielanski		Osella	3:47,55
1988	“Ricky”		Osella	3:40,51
1989 *	Maurizio Pinchetti		Lotus	4:12,66
1990	Mario Caliceti		Osella	3:46,16
1991	Salvatore Curatolo		Osella BMW	3:46,65
1992	Antonino Ritacca		Osella	3:45,44
1993	Antonino Iaria		Osella BMW	3:41,79
1994	Antonino Iaria		Osella BMW	3:41,69
1995	Mauro Nesti		Lucchini BMW	3:42,86
1996	Fabio Danti		Osella BMW	3:33,16
1997	“Ricky”		Osella BMW	3:34,57
1998	Franz Tschager		Lucchini BMW	3:27,81
1999	Pasquale Irlando		Osella BMW	3:29,34
2000	Pasquale Irlando		Osella BMW	3:51,37
25-26/08/2001	Simone Faggioli		Osella PA20/S	4:01,26	Results
2002	Simone Faggioli		Osella PA20 BMW	3:44,55
2003	Fabrizio Fattorini		Osella BMW	3:39,31
2004	Franco Cinelli		Osella PA20/S BMW	3:34,14
20-21/08/2005	Fabrizio Peroni		Lucchini Renault	4:31,06	Results
19-20/08/2006	Simone Faggioli		Osella PA21/S	3:31,76	Results
2007	Rosario Iaquinta		Lola T99/50 Zytek	3:29,47
23-24/08/2008	Simone Faggioli		Osella PA27	3:17,60	Results
22-23/08/2009	Simone Faggioli		Osella FA30	3:13,48	Results
21-22/08/2010	Simone Faggioli		Osella FA30	3:15,30	Results
20-21/08/2011	Simone Faggioli		Osella FA30	3:14,36	Results
25-26/08/2012	Simone Faggioli		Osella FA30	3:16,33	Results
24-25/08/2013	Simone Faggioli		Osella FA30	3:31,20	Results
23-24/08/2014	Simone Faggioli		Norma M20 FC	3:08,36	Results
22-23/08/2015	Simone Faggioli		Norma M20 FC	3:07,28	Results
20-21/08/2016	Domenico Scola		Osella FA30	3:10,97	Results
19-20/08/2017	Domenico Scola		Osella FA30	3:12,08	Results
18-19/08/2018	Omar Magliona		Norma M20 FC	3:07,43	Results
13-14/10/2018	Christian Merli		Osella FA30	1:17,85	Results
24-25/08/2019	Christian Merli		Osella FA30	3:23,61	Results

* Historics only.

Luigi Fagioli was an Italian racing driver. He was born in 1898 in Osimo in the Marche, but grew up in Gubbio. In the 1920’s he started motorracing and quickly showed his talents. He became a worksdriver for Maserati in 1930. At the time motorracing was a source for national pride. Especially the National Socialists in Germany took Grand Prix racing very serious. They gave huge subsidies to their two major autosport teams, Mercedes and Auto Union. It may come as no surprise that the Silver Arrows became the cars to beat in the remaining pre-war years. That Luigi Fagioli was chosen to be a driver for first Mercedes in 1934 and later Auto Union, is a testament to his huge talent. Among his victories are the Monaco Grand Prix, the Spanish Grand Prix, the German Grand Prix at AVUS and two Italian Grands Prix at Monza. After the war he made a comeback to racing. Already in his fifties when the World Championship started in 1950, he nevertheless acquired 5 podiums in 6 races, becoming 3rd overall in the final standings. In 1951 he drove only one championship Grand Prix, in France. Nevertheless he won that race, even though he had to share the car with Juan-Manuel Fangio. He is still the oldest driver to ever win a race in the World Championship. Luigi Fagioli died in 1952 in the aftermath of a crash in the support race of the Monaco Grand Prix. In 1966 the Trofeo Luigi Fagioli Hillclimb was started in his honour.
The start of the Hillclimb is just northeast of the town Gubbio in Umbria. It was an important Roman city, evidenced by the second largest Roman theatre still in existence. But even before that Gubbio was an important settlement. Already in 1444 a series of bronze tablets was discovered. These Iguvine Tablets were written in the Umbrian language and describe pre-Roman and early Roman religious practises. That makes them an unique archeological find.
Another important discovery was first made in the soils around Gubbio. Between the geological layers of the Cretaceous period and the Paleogene period, a small layer consisting of Iridium was found. This metal is very rare on earth but is more common in space, like in meteors. As the layer was also found on other places on earth, it gave rise to the idea that a large meteorite hit the earth some 65.5 million years ago. This event would have been responsible for the extincition of the Dinosaurus.