Along with his brothers, Ernesto built up the Maserati concern before reliquinshing control. The OSCA attempt was their last motorsport link, all of them mostly retiring in 1968, when they sold out, after over 50 years as drivers, owners, engineers and builders. Ernesto himself, the youngest of the brothers ran the company as a teenager during World War 1 where the company developed spark plugs to be used in aircrafts during hostilities and cars in peacetime. Ernesto was the racer of the siblings, starting in 1924, winning the 1927 and 1930 Italian National Championship, and also took a notable win at the Rome Grand Prix in 1931.

Biography last updated 10 Jul 2018