Editing Cesare Perdisa

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{{Short description|Italian racing driver (1932–1998)}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Cesare Perdisa 
| image         = Portrait of Cesare Perdisa.jpg
| caption       = Perdisa at the [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1932|10|21|df=y}} 
| birth_place   = [[Bologna]], Emilia-Romagna, Italy
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1998|5|10|1932|10|21|df=y}} 
| death_place   = [[Bologna]], Emilia-Romagna, Italy
| parents       = {{ill|Luigi Perdisa|it}} (father)
| module        =
{{Infobox F1 driver|embed=yes
| nationality   = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Formula One drivers from Italy|Italian]] 
| Years         = {{F1|1955}}–{{F1|1957}} 
| Team(s)       =  [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]], [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] 
| Races         = 8 (7 starts) 
| Championships = 0 
| Wins          = 0 
| Podiums       = 2 
| Points        = 5 
| Poles         = 0 
| Fastest laps  = 0 
| First race    = [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix]] 
| Last race     = [[1957 Argentine Grand Prix]] 
}}}}

'''Cesare Perdisa''' (21 October 1932 – 10 May 1998) was an Italian [[racing driver]] and [[agricultural journalist]], who competed in [[Formula One]] at eight [[Formula One Grands Prix|Grands Prix]] from {{F1|1955}} and {{F1|1957}}.

Born and raised in [[Bologna]], Perdisa was the son of {{ill|Luigi Perdisa|it}}, an [[agronomist]] and faculty [[Dean (education)|dean]] from the [[University of Bologna]], and editor of local agricultural magazine ''{{ill|Terra e Vita|it}}''.{{efn|{{langx|en|Soil and Life}}|name=TeV}} Perdisa participated in eight [[Formula One Grands Prix]], debuting at the [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix]] with [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]], finishing third alongside [[Jean Behra]]. He achieved a further podium with Maserati at the [[1956 Belgian Grand Prix]] alongside [[Stirling Moss]]. He competed for [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] at the [[1957 Argentine Grand Prix]], driving a [[Lancia D50]].

Upon retiring from motor racing, Perdisa took over ''Terra e Vita'' alongside his brother Sergio, published by [[Angelo Rizzoli|Rizzoli]] until its sale.

==Racing career==
Cesare Perdisa was born on 21 October 1931 in [[Bologna]], Emilia-Romagna, Italy.<ref name="WATN">{{cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Cesare_Perdisa |title=The World Championship drivers - Where are they now? |accessdate=29 July 2007 |last=Jenkins |first=Richard |publisher=OldRacingCars.com |archive-date=22 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822005338/http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Cesare_Perdisa |url-status=live }}</ref> His father, {{ill|Luigi Perdisa|it}}, was an [[agronomist]] from [[Ravenna]] and the editor of one of Italy's most popular magazines on agriculture, ''{{ill|Terra e Vita|it}}'';{{efn|name=TeV}} he was also a professor and faculty [[Dean (education)|dean]] at the [[University of Bologna]], founder of the [[publishing house]] {{ill|Edagricole|it}}, and was appointed a [[Order of Merit for Labour|Knight of the Order of Merit for Labour]] in 1976. Perdisa's older brother, Sergio, was to follow his father footsteps and join a publishing house specialized in books on farming but Cesare was more interested in a racing career. His Formula One debut was at the [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix]] where he finished third on a [[Maserati]] behind [[Maurice Trintignant]] in a [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] and [[Eugenio Castellotti]] in a [[Lancia]]. Castellotti and Perdisa were significantly younger than the majority of the drivers around at the time, and forged a friendship that would last until Castellotti's death in 1957.<ref>''Motor Car Sports'', New York Times, 20 March 1957, Page 44.</ref>

During the course of his brief racing career,  possibly due to his young age, Perdisa was often asked to give his car to his more experienced teammates when they encountered troubles. This happened, for example, on the 11th lap of the [[1956 Belgian Grand Prix]], when [[Stirling Moss]] lost the right rear wheel of his [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]]. Moss brought his car to a stop and ran a quarter of a mile back to the pits where he took over Perdisa's Maserati, which he drove to the finish.<ref>''Collins Auto First In Belgian Contest'', New York Times, 4 June 1956, Page 34.</ref>

In January 1957 at the Argentine Grand Prix Perdisa gave his Ferrari to [[Wolfgang von Trips]] first and then to [[Peter Collins (racing driver)|Peter Collins]] in an attempt to stop Juan-Manuel Fangio's dominance on his Maserati. Despite their best efforts, the trio couldn't keep up with Fangio and finished sixth. In March 1957 Perdisa was set to participate to the [[12 Hours of Sebring]] but he withdrew his entry after he learned of the death of his teammate [[Eugenio Castellotti]] at the [[Modena Autodrome]]. Castellotti succumbed to his injuries after crashing a [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] he was testing for the event. Although Perdisa initially declared his decision to be of a temporary nature, his inability to overcome the shock for the loss of Castellotti eventually brought him to permanently retire from racing.<ref name="death">''Italian Out Of Race'', New York Times, 17 March 1957, Page S4.</ref>

==Life after racing==
A few months after his retirement, Perdisa hit the news again in September 1957 when he rushed [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] and his wife, Andrea, to a hospital in Bologna. The couple had been thrown from their 2.5 litre [[Lancia Aurelia]] while trying to avoid a truck entering the highway. Travelling at close to 100&nbsp;mph, Fangio's car had smashed into a utility pole, although he and his wife only sustained minor injuries.<ref>''Fangio In Smash-Up'', New York Times, 22 September 1957, Page 215.</ref>

Following their father's retirement in the mid-1960s, Perdisa and his brother Sergio continued to edit ''{{ill|Terra e Vita|it}}''. The magazine, initially published by [[Angelo Rizzoli|Rizzoli]], was eventually purchased by Calderini Agricole, the largest agricultural company in Italy, and switch its focus on farming regulations and technological development.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/cronaca/2012/06/26/734964-muore-a-23-anni-gioia-perdisa.shtml | title=Muore a 23 anni Gioia Perdisa 'Era buona, generosa e sensibile' | date=26 June 2012 | access-date=21 December 2024 | archive-date=29 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429200757/https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/cronaca/2012/06/26/734964-muore-a-23-anni-gioia-perdisa.shtml | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Complete Formula One World Championship results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! WDC
! [[List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems|Points]]
|-
| [[1955 Formula One season|1955]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Officine Alfieri Maserati]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Maserati 250F|250F]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Straight-6]]
| [[1955 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br/><small>3 *</small>
| [[1955 Indianapolis 500|500]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1955 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br/>{{small|8}}
| [[1955 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]
| [[1955 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1955 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
|
! 18th
! 2
|-
| [[1956 Formula One season|1956]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Officine Alfieri Maserati]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Maserati 250F|250F]]
! [[Maserati in motorsport|Maserati]] [[Straight-6]]
| [[1956 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1956 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br/>{{small|7}}
| [[1956 Indianapolis 500|500]]
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1956 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br/><small>3 †</small>
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1956 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br/><small>5 †</small>
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1956 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br/>{{small|7}}
|style="background:#ffffff;"| [[1956 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br/>{{small|DNS}}
| [[1956 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
! 16th
! 3
|-
| [[1957 Formula One season|1957]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari]]
! [[Lancia in Formula One|Lancia]] [[Lancia D50|D50]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1957 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br /><small>6 ‡</small>
| [[1957 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]
| [[1957 Indianapolis 500|500]]
| [[1957 French Grand Prix|FRA]]
| [[1957 British Grand Prix|GBR]]
| [[1957 German Grand Prix|GER]]
| [[1957 Pescara Grand Prix|PES]]
| [[1957 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]
! NC
! 0
|}
:''<nowiki>*</nowiki> Indicates shared drive with [[Jean Behra]]''
:''<nowiki>†</nowiki> Indicates shared drive with [[Stirling Moss]]''
:''<nowiki>‡</nowiki> Indicates shared drive with [[Peter Collins (racing driver)|Peter Collins]] and [[Wolfgang von Trips]]''

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