Formula One Career
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! Nationality
| Italian
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! Active years
| 1955 - 1957
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! Team(s)
| Lancia, Ferrari
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! Grands Prix
| 14
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! Championships
| 0
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! Wins
| 0
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! Podium finishes
| 3
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! Pole positions
| 1
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! Fastest laps
| 0
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! First Grand Prix
| 1955Argentine Grand Prix
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! First win
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! Last win
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! Last Grand Prix
| 1957Argentine Grand Prix
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Born to a family of means, he acquired a Ferrari at the age of twenty and began racing sports cars. Was famous for his suave manner and finely tailored clothes, gaining much publicity for his relationship with ballerina and actress, Delia Scala.
He was killed at only 27 years old while attempting a speed record at the Modena Autodrome. Four years later, antoher Italian driver, Giulio Cabianca, Castellotti's best friend, dies fatally crashed in the same Autodrome.
