Carlo Maria Abate

Carlo Maria Abate

Born	(1932-07-10)10 July 1932 Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Died	29 April 2019(2019-04-29) (aged 86) Turin, Italy
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1962–1963
Teams	non-works Porsche and Lotus
Entries	3 (0 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0

Carlo Maria^[1] Abate (10 July 1932 – 29 April 2019)^[2] was an Italian auto racing driver. He was one of the best Ferrari 250 GTO specialists. Abate preferred to be addressed as "Carlo Mario Abate"^[1] instead of his christened name.

Abate raced mostly for the private Italian team Scuderia Serenissima of Count Giovanni Volpi, but also for Scuderia Centro Sud, Scuderia Ferrari and the Porsche factory team. He won one of the rounds of 1962 World Sportscar Championship: The Trophée d'Auvergne on 15 July 1962.^[3]

In 1962 he tried participating in Formula One races, entering the 1962 Naples Grand Prix in a Porsche, finishing fourth. After crashing his Lotus 18/21 at his next race at Reims-Gueux, he withdrew his entry to his first World Championship event, the 1962 French Grand Prix,^[4] and later also entered and withdrew from 1962 German Grand Prix.^[5] He returned to the track for the 1962 Mediterranean Grand Prix, where he came third. The following year, he drove a Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper to fifth place in the 1963 Imola Grand Prix, and came third at the 1963 Syracuse Grand Prix. After withdrawing his entry to the 1963 Italian Grand Prix, he retired from the sport at the end of the year, his greatest year, culminating with a win at the Targa Florio in a factory Porsche with Jo Bonnier.^[6] Abate later became the director of a private clinic.^[1]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1961	Scuderia Serenissima	Maurice Trintignant	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	GT 3.0	162	DNF	DNF
1962	Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia	Colin Davis	Ferrari 250 GT Drogo	E 3.0	30	DNF	DNF
1963	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	Fernand Tavano	Ferrari 250 GTO	GT 3.0	105	DNF	DNF

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