Tec-Mec

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Tec-Mec
Full nameStudio Tecnica Meccanica
Founder(s) Valerio Colotti
Noted drivers Flag of Brazil.svg Fritz d'Orey
Formula One World Championship career
First entry 1959 United States Grand Prix
Races entered1
Engines Maserati straight-six
Constructors'
Championships
0
Drivers'
Championships
0
Race victories 0
Podiums0
Points0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
Final entry1959 United States Grand Prix

Tec-Mec (full name Studio Tecnica Meccanica) was a Formula One constructor from Italy. Founded by former Maserati designer Valerio Colotti in 1958, they participated in a single Grand Prix, scoring no World Championship points.

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Tec-Mec used an improved, lightened version of the Maserati 250F, named the F415. The car was upgraded by the 250F's designer, Colotti, and financed by Lloyd Casner of Camoradi International. The team made its single outing in the 1959 United States Grand Prix, but the car, driven by Fritz d'Orey lasted six laps before retiring, having qualified 17th on the grid ahead of only the midget racer of Rodger Ward. [1]

Colotti sold the design studio at the end of the year to found Colotti Trasmissioni, and the company continued to produce cars for the Formula Junior series.

Maserati TecMec 415 Maserati TecMec.jpg
Maserati TecMec 415

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngineTyresDriver123456789PointsWCC
1959 Camoradi Tec-Mec F415 Maserati L6 D MON 500 NED FRA GBR GER POR ITA USA 0-
Fritz d'Orey Ret
Source: [2]

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References

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  2. Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 272. ISBN   0851127029.