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Stirling Moss and Dan Gurney win the 1960 1000km Nürburgring in the Maserati Birdcage Tipo 61.

Maserati has enjoyed a long history of high-profile success on the race track – and what we’ve learned over the years has directly shaped the design and performance characteristics of our cars. On December 1st 1914 , Alfieri, Ernesto and Ettore Maserati set up their own business in Bologna, modifying Isotta Fraschinis for road racing. In 1926 ,Alfieri Maserati drives the MaseratiTipo 26 to victory in its first ever race – a class win in the treacherous Targa Florio in the mountains of Sicily. Wilbur Shaw wins the Indianapolis 500 at the wheel of the ‘Boyle Special’ 8 CTF in 1939 .Average speed: 185.13 km/h (115 mph). Driving the same car, Shaw repeats his win of this famous endurance race in 1940 . The company starts making passenger cars in 1947 – and creates the inspirational Maserati A6 1500 GT Pininfarina grand tourer. The first GranTurismo. In 1953 , Juan Manuel Fangio wins the Italian GP in a Maserati A6GCM. It’s his first F1 victory with Maserati. Maserati enjoys success after success on the race track throughout the early part of the 20th century, with wins including two Indianapolis 500s, 29 victories in Formula 1, and the 1957 F1 World Championship at the Nürburgring, won by Fangio in a 250F.The result gives Fangio the F1World Championship title. Maserati launches the 3500 GT 2+2 sports coupé in 1957 , introducing important innovations such as twin-spark ignition,disc brakes and fuel injection.

1961 : second consecutive win for the Maserati Birdcage Tipo 61 at the 1000km Nürburgring. Drivers: Stirling Moss, Masten Gregory and Lloyd Casner. In 1963 , Maserati showcases the world’s first luxury four-door sports sedan, the Quattroporte. During the late 1960s and 1970s , the company launches a series of ultra-high performance supercars – Mistral, Ghibli, Khamsin, Bora. The charismatic Maserati 3200 GT, styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro’s Italdesign, launches in 1998 . The Frankfurt auto show of 2003 sees the unveiling of the fifth-generation Quattroporte – the first Maserati to be designed by the legendary Pininfarina in 50 years. Maserati enters three MC12 GT1 racers to the FIA GT in 2004 and goes on to win six Team, five Drivers’ and two Constructors’ Championships in the years up to 2010. The MC12 also scores three overall victories in the Spa 24 Hours. Double victory in 2010 . Andrea Bertolini, in an MC12, becomes the first Italian to win an FIAWorld Championship since Alberto Ascari in 1953. For Maserati, it’s the first FIA World Title since Fangio’s in 1957.

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