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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Venezuelan racing driver (1921–1960)}}<br />
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{{Infobox F1 driver<br />
| name = Ettore Chimeri<br />
| nationality = {{flagicon|VEN|1930}} Venezuelan<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|6|4|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Lodi, Lombardy|Lodi]], Italy<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1960|2|27|1921|6|4|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Havana]], Cuba<br />
| Years = {{F1|1960}}<br />
| Team(s) = privateer [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]]<br />
| Races = 1<br />
| Championships = 0<br />
| Wins = 0<br />
| Podiums = 0<br />
| Points = 0<br />
| Poles = 0<br />
| Fastest laps = 0<br />
| First race = [[1960 Argentine Grand Prix]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Ettore Muro Chimeri''' (4 June 1921 – 27 February 1960) was a [[racing driver]] from [[Venezuela]]. He was born in [[Lodi, Lombardy|Lodi]], near [[Milan]], Italy, but his family later settled in Venezuela. He was the first Venezuelan ever to compete in a Formula One Grand Prix.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
He became a popular gentleman racing driver and competed with success in many local races in Venezuela. He raced in the Venezuelan Grand Prix held in Los Proceres, [[Caracas]]. His success and skill in car racing, gave him the enthusiasm for keep going forward, and he started an international professional promotion, racing sport cars and one-seater cars.<br />
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He participated in one [[Formula One]] World Championship Grand Prix, the [[1960 Argentine Grand Prix]] on 7 February 1960, in his [[Maserati 250F]] (a car he owned, previously raced by [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] and [[Paco Godia|Francisco Godia]], prepared in Venezuela and sold to an Italian buyer sometime after his death). Chimeri qualified 14th, but failed to finish the race having experienced electrical problems, and retired after 37 of 95 laps.<ref>https://f1blast.com/the-story-of-3-venezuelan-f1-drivers/</ref> He scored no championship points, but he wished to keep going in the Formula One calendar that year.<br />
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Two weeks later, while practicing for the Gran Premio Libertad [[sports car racing|sports car]] race at the Camp Freedom military airfield on the edge of [[Havana]], his [[Ferrari TR|Ferrari 250TR]] crashed through barriers and plunged {{Convert|150|ft}} into a ravine. Chimeri was flown to hospital, where he died later that day.<br />
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==Complete Formula One World Championship results==<br />
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"<br />
! Year<br />
! Entrant<br />
! Chassis<br />
! Engine<br />
! 1<br />
! 2<br />
! 3<br />
! 4<br />
! 5<br />
! 6<br />
! 7<br />
! 8<br />
! 9<br />
! 10<br />
! WDC<br />
! Points<br />
|-<br />
| {{F1|1959}}<br />
! Ettore Chimeri<br />
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Maserati 250F|250F]]<br />
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Straight-6]]<br />
| [[1959 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />
| [[1959 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br />
| [[1959 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />
| [[1959 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />
| [[1959 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />
| [[1959 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />
| [[1959 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br />
| [[1959 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />
| [[1959 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>DNA</small><br />
| <br />
! NC<br />
! 0<br />
|-<br />
| {{F1|1960}}<br />
! Ettore Chimeri<br />
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Maserati 250F|250F]]<br />
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Straight-6]]<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1960 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|Ret}}<br />
| [[1960 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />
| [[1960 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br />
| [[1960 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />
| [[1960 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />
| [[1960 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />
| [[1960 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />
| [[1960 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br />
| [[1960 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />
| [[1960 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />
! NC<br />
! 0<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="16"|{{center|{{small|Sources:<ref>{{cite web|title=Ettore Chimeri – Involvement|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/ettore-chimeri/engagement.aspx|publisher=StatsF1|access-date=6 May 2022}}</ref>}}}}<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121006085729/http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/chimeri/index.html F1 Rejects profile]<br />
*[http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-chiett.html Grand Prix encyclopedia profile]<br />
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{{Formula One drivers from Venezuela}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chimeri, Ettore}}<br />
[[Category:1921 births]]<br />
[[Category:1960 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Italian emigrants to Venezuela]]<br />
[[Category:Venezuelan racing drivers]]<br />
[[Category:Venezuelan Formula One drivers]]<br />
[[Category:Racing drivers who died while racing]]<br />
[[Category:Sport deaths in Cuba]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Lodi, Lombardy]]</div>imported>GhostInTheMachine