Maserati 200S were twenty-eight racing cars made by Maserati

Maserati

Maserati is an Italian luxury car manufacturer established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters is now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993...

 of Italy

Italy

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, to take over for the aging Maserati A6

Maserati A6

Maserati A6 were various cars made by Maserati of Italy, named for the Alfieri brothers and for the straight-six engine....

 GCS racing variants.

The Tipo 52 development started in 1952, led by Giulio Alfieri

Giulio Alfieri

Giulio Alfieri was an Italian automobile engineer, affiliated with Maserati in Modena, Italy since 1953, where he was central to the development of racing and production cars in the 1950s and 1960s.Alfieri was born in Parma...

. The car had a 1994.3 cc inline-four cylinder light-alloy

Alloy

An alloy is a mixture or metallic solid solution composed of two or more elements. Complete solid solution alloys give single solid phase microstructure, while partial solutions give two or more phases that may or may not be homogeneous in distribution, depending on thermal history...

 engine, dual OHV

Overhead valve

An overhead valve engine, also informally called pushrod engine or I-head engine, is a type of piston engine that places the camshaft within the cylinder block , and uses pushrods or rods to actuate rocker arms above the cylinder...

 per cylinder and DOHC camshafts, double Weber

Weber carburetor

Weber is an Italian company producing carburetors, currently owned by Magneti Marelli Powertrain S.p.A., in turn part of the Fiat Group.The company was established as...

 50DCO3 (first few cars only) or 45DCO3 carburetors. It output 190 PS at 7500 rpm. Many chassis components were identical to the Maserati 150S

Maserati 150S

Maserati 150S were twenty-seven racing cars made by Maserati of Italy alongside the Maserati 200S, to take over for the aging Maserati A6 GCS racing variants....

, except the rigid rear axle inherited from the Maserati A6

Maserati A6

Maserati A6 were various cars made by Maserati of Italy, named for the Alfieri brothers and for the straight-six engine....

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Maserati made the first three chassises internally, but outsourced a tubular

Tubular

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 chassis to Gilco.
The first five aluminum bodies were, as for the Maserati 150S

Maserati 150S

Maserati 150S were twenty-seven racing cars made by Maserati of Italy alongside the Maserati 200S, to take over for the aging Maserati A6 GCS racing variants....

, by Celestino Fiandri, and the 23 final by Medardo Fantuzzi

Medardo Fantuzzi

Medardo Fantuzzi was an Italian automotive engineer, known for his Carrozzeria Fantuzzi body workshop.He and his brother, Gino Fantuzzi were famous for their affiliation with Maserati, where they got involved in building the Maserati A6 GCS , Maserati 350S and Maserati 200S...

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No wins were seen in its first year of 1955, first by Franco Bordoni

Franco Bordoni

Franco Bordoni-Bisleri was an Italian aviator and racing car driver. He is one of the top-scoring ace of Regia Aeronautica, with 19 air victories. His nickname was "Robur" that was painted on most of his aircraft and racing cars.-Early life:Bordoni was born in Milan...

 at the 1955 San Marino Grand Prix

San Marino Grand Prix

The San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One championship race which was run at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in the town of Imola, near the Apennine mountains in Italy, between 1981 and 2006...

, followed by Giovanni Bracco

Giovanni Bracco

Giovanni Bracco was an Italian racing car driver,remembered for losing control of his Delage 3000, killing five spectators at the 1947 Italian Grand Prix....

 and Bordoni at the 1955 Targa Florio

Targa Florio

The Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo. Founded in 1906, it was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1973...

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Driver Benoît Nicolas Musy died in a 200S at 'Autodrome de Montlhéry

Autodrome de Montlhéry

Autodrome de Montlhéry is an automobile racetrack, officially called L’autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry, located across the towns of Linas Bruyères-le-Châtel and Ollainville, outside Paris in the southside....

, France (1956).
In 1957 the name was changed to Maserati 200SI, Sport Internazionale, to signify its conformance to international sports car racing rules. In 1958 the engine was made bigger (2.5 litres) and the car was named as 250S.
The car did not bring significant victories.

External links

• maserati-alfieri.co.uk on the 200S