Ernesto Maserati

Ernesto Maserati was an Italian automotive engineer and racing driver, born on 4 August 1898 and died in Bologna on 1 December 1975. He worked at Maserati of Modena from its foundation in Bologna on 14 December 1914 together with his brothers Alfieri, Ettore and Bindo. He led the workshop during the First World War while his brothers were in the military, began racing in 1924 and won the Italian drivers championship in 1927 in the Maserati Tipo 26. After Alfieri died in 1932 Ernesto became director, chief engineer and sole racing driver of the company. The firm was sold to Adolfo Orsi in 1937, though the brothers stayed on a ten year contract, and Ernesto took part in designing the Maserati A6 after the Second World War. In 1947 he left with Ettore and Bindo to found the O.S.C.A. car company.