# Scuderia Centro Sud

Scuderia Centro Sud was a privateer racing team founded in Modena by Guglielmo "Mimmo" Dei and active in Formula One and sports car racing between 1956 and 1965.
Dei had been an amateur driver in the 1930s. In the early 1950s he opened a Maserati dealership in Rome. Keen on maintaining a relationship with motorsport, in 1956 he founded his own team. The name "Centro Sud" refers to the parts of Italy where his adoptive and native cities are (Modena and Rome).
Over the course of nine seasons, Scuderia Centro Sud entered a total of 49 World Championship rounds, with cars such as the Maserati 250F, various Maserati-powered Coopers and, in the 1960s, a BRM P57. After a very promising start (they scored their first points at their debut with Luigi Villoresi), Centro Sud went on to earn a further total of 24 points, mostly with Masten Gregory and Tony Maggs. But they never won a race: Gregory's third place at the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix was the team's best result.
Centro Sud was the only Italian racing team that took part in the Tasman races in Australia and New Zealand during the winter of 1961-1962.
One of their most notable feats was to be the first team in the history of Formula One to run a female driver, when Maria Teresa de Filippis (who had already raced as a privateer in the 1958 Belgian Grand Prix a few weeks earlier) competed in the 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix as a Centro Sud team driver. Future 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans) and 1967 24 Hours of Daytona winner Lorenzo Bandini made his Formula One debut with the team at the 1961 Belgian Grand Prix.

## Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)
| Year | Chassis | Engine(s) | Tyres | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 1956 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | | ARG | MON | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | | | |
| 1956 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Louis Chiron | | DNS | | | | | | | | | |
| 1956 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Luigi Villoresi | | | | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 1956 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Harry Schell | | | | | | | Ret | | | | |
| 1956 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Toulo de Graffenried | | | | | | | | 7 | | | |
| 1956 | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari Straight-4 | P | Giorgio Scarlatti | | | | | | | Ret | | | | |
| 1957 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | | ARG | MON | 500 | FRA | GBR | GER | PES | ITA | | | |
| 1957 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Harry Schell | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1957 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Joakim Bonnier | 7 | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | |
| 1957 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Masten Gregory | | 3 | | | | 8 | 4 | 4 | | | |
| 1957 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | André Simon | | DNQ | | | | | | | | | |
| 1957 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Hans Herrmann | | | | | | Ret | | | | | |
| 1957 | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari Straight-4 | P | Alejandro de Tomaso | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1958 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | | ARG | MON | NED | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | MOR |
| 1958 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Joakim Bonnier | DNA | | | | | | | Ret | | | |
| 1958 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Gerino Gerini | | DNQ | | | | | 9 | Ret | | Ret | 12 |
| 1958 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Maurice Trintignant | | | | | 7 | | | | | | |
| 1958 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Masten Gregory | | | | | Ret | | | | | | |
| 1958 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Wolfgang Seidel | | | | | Ret | | | | | | Ret |
| 1958 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Carroll Shelby | | | | | | Ret | 9 | | | Ret* | |
| 1958 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Troy Ruttman | | | | | | 10 | | DNS | | | |
| 1958 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Hans Herrmann | | | | | | | | Ret | | | |
| 1958 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Cliff Allison | | | | | | | | | Ret | | |
| 1958 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | P | Maria Teresa de Filippis | | | | | | | | | Ret | | |
| 1959 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | | MON | 500 | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | POR | ITA | USA | | |
| 1959 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Ian Burgess | | | | Ret | Ret | 6 | | 14 | | | |
| 1959 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Colin Davis | | | | Ret | | | | 11 | | | |
| 1959 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Hans Herrmann | | | | | Ret | | | | | | |
| 1959 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Mário de Araújo Cabral | | | | | | | 10 | | | | |
| 1959 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | D | Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo | | | | DNQ | | | | | | | |
| 1959 | Maserati 250F | Maserati Straight-6 | D | Fritz d'Orey | | | | 10 | Ret | | | | | | |
| 1960 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | | ARG | MON | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | POR | ITA | USA | |
| 1960 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Roberto Bonomi | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1960 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Carlos Menditeguy | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1960 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Masten Gregory | | DNQ | | DNS | | 9 | 14 | Ret | | | |
| 1960 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Ian Burgess | | DNQ | | | | 10 | Ret | | | Ret | |
| 1960 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Maurice Trintignant | | Ret | | Ret | | Ret | | | | 15 | |
| 1960 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Mário de Araújo Cabral | | | | | | | | Ret | | | |
| 1960 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Alfonso Thiele | | | | | | | | | Ret | | |
| 1960 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Wolfgang von Trips | | | | | | | | | | 9 | |
| 1961 | Cooper T53 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | | | |
| 1961 | Cooper T53 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Lorenzo Bandini | | | Ret | | 12 | Ret | 8 | | | | |
| 1961 | Cooper T51 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Massimo Natili | | | | | Ret | | DNS | | | | |
| 1963 | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | D | | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | RSA | |
| 1963 | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | D | Lorenzo Bandini | | | | 10 | 5 | Ret | | | | | |
| 1963 | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | D | Maurice Trintignant | | | | | | | 9 | | | | |
| 1963 | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | D | Moisés Solana | | | | | | | | | 11 | | |
| 1963 | Cooper T60 | Climax V8 | D | Mário de Araújo Cabral | | | | | | Ret | DNQ | | | | |
| 1963 | Cooper T53 | Maserati Straight-4 | D | Ernesto Brambilla | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | |
| 1964 | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | D | | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | USA | MEX | |
| 1964 | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | D | Tony Maggs | | DNS | DNS | | Ret | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| 1964 | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | D | Giancarlo Baghetti | DNA | 10 | 8 | | 12 | Ret | 7 | 8 | | | |
| 1965 | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | D | | RSA | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | |
| 1965 | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | D | Lucien Bianchi | | | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| 1965 | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | D | Masten Gregory | | | Ret | | 12 | | 8 | Ret | | | |
| 1965 | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | D | Roberto Bussinello | | | | | | | DNQ | 13 | | | |
| 1965 | BRM P57 | BRM V8 | D | Giorgio Bassi | | | | | | | | Ret | | | |
* After retiring his Scuderia Centro Sud-entered car, Shelby subsequently took over Masten Gregory's car, entered by Temple Buell, finishing fourth.