Maserati built 26 examples of the 250F used in 2.5 litre Formula One racing between January 1954 and November 1960. By the 1958 season, the 250F was totally outclassed by the new rear engined F1 cars, however, the car remained a favourite with the privateers through the 1960 F1 season, the last for the 2.5 litre formula. Stirling Moss, who won a few Grands Prix in them, later said that the 250F was the best front-engined F1 car he drove in his career.
In 1957 Juan Manuel Fangio drove a 250F to four championship victories, including his legendary final win at the German Grand Prix at the NĂĽrburgring, where he overcame a 48 second deficit in 22 laps, passing the race leader on the final lap to take the win. In doing so he broke the lap record at the NĂĽrburgring, TEN times.
The trident logo of the Maserati car company is based on Giambologna’s Fountain of Neptune in Bologna, the home city of the Maserati brothers. The factory relocated to Modena in 1940, but the trident remains.
