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{{F1 driver|
Name = Carlo Maria Abate |
Nationality = {{flagicon|Italy}} Italian |
Years = {{F1|1962}}-{{F1|1963}} |
Team(s) = non-works [[Porsche in motorsport|Porsche]] and [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] |
Races = 2 (0 starts) |
Championships = 0 |
Wins = 0 |
Podiums = 0 |
Points = 0 |
Poles = 0 |
Fastest laps = 0 |
First race = |
First win = |
Last win = |
Last race = |
}}
'''Carlo Maria Abate''' (born July 10, 1932, in Turin) is an Italian former auto racing driver. Of French origin, he was one of the best [[Ferrari 250 GTO]] specialists. Abate preferred to be addressed as "Carlo Mario Abate" [http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?s=ceb1efe789d35e4bbd42312918f3f9c1&threadid=60320&goto=nextnewest] instead of his christened name.

Abate raced mostly for the private Italian team [[Scuderia Serenissima]] of Count Giovanni Volpi, but also for [[Scuderia Centro Sud]], [[Scuderia Ferrari]] and the [[Porsche]] factory team. In 1959 he won the [[Mille Miglia]] with G. Balzarini.

In [[1962 Formula One season|1962]] he tried participating in [[Formula One]] races, entering the [[1962 Napoli Grand Prix]] in a [[Porsche in motorsport|Porsche]], finishing 4th. After crashing his [[Lotus 18|Lotus 18/21]] at his next race at Reims-Gueux, he withdrew his entry to his first World Championship event, the [[1962 French Grand Prix]]. He returned to the track for the [[1962 Mediterranean Grand Prix]], where he came 3rd. The following year, he drove a Scuderia Centro Sud [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] to 5th place in the [[1963 Imola Grand Prix]], and came 3rd at Syracuse. After withdrawing his entry to the [[1963 Italian Grand Prix]], he retired from the sport at the end of the year, his greatest year, culminating with a win at the [[Targa Florio]] in a factory Porsche with [[Joakim Bonnier]].<ref>[http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/driver/2/Carlo-Mario-Abate.html Ultimate Car Page]</ref>

Abate later became the director of a clinic.

==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
! 9
! 10
! WDC
! Points
|-
| [[1962 Formula One season|1962]]
! Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia
! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 18|18/21]]
! [[Coventry Climax|Climax]] [[Straight-4]]
| [[1962 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] 
| [[1962 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] 
| [[1962 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] 
| [[1962 French Grand Prix|FRA]] DNP
| [[1962 British Grand Prix|GBR]] 
| [[1962 German Grand Prix|GER]] 
| [[1962 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] 
| [[1962 United States Grand Prix|USA]] 
| [[1962 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] 
|
! NC
! 0
|-
| [[1963 Formula One season|1963]]
! [[Giovanni Volpi|Count Volpi]]
! [[Porsche in motorsport|Porsche]]
! [[Porsche in motorsport|Porsche]] [[Flat-4]]
| [[1963 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]] 
| [[1963 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] 
| [[1963 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]] 
| [[1963 French Grand Prix|FRA]] 
| [[1963 British Grand Prix|GBR]] 
| [[1963 German Grand Prix|GER]] 
| [[1963 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]] DNP
| [[1963 United States Grand Prix|USA]] 
| [[1963 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]] 
| [[1963 South African Grand Prix|RSA]] 
! NC
! 0
|}

[[Category:Italian Formula One drivers]]
[[Category:Italian racecar drivers]]
[[Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers]]

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