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Two years later, on 8 October 1954, another man would die trying for the record. Italian textile magnates Mario Verga and Francesco Vitetta, responding to a prize offer of 5 million lire from the Italian Motorboat Federation to any Italian who broke the world record, built a sleek piston-engined hydroplane to claim the record. Named Laura III, after Verga's daughter, the boat was fast but unstable. Travelling across Lake Iseo, in Northern Italy, at close to 306 km/h (190 mph), Verga lost control of Laura III, and was thrown out into the water when the boat somersaulted. Like Cobb, he died of shock. (WP en)
Once completed, ‘Arno XI’ was shaken down at the Campione d’Italia races in January 1953, with Castoldi reaching an unofficial top speed of 124 mph, prior to attempting an officially sanctioned two-way run. Castoldi’s main competitor, Mario Verga, who received the full factory support of Alfa Romeo, went on to set a new 800 kg class speed record of 202.26 km/h (125.68 mph) with his Alfa Romeo 159-powered boat, ‘Laura’. Adding emphasis, Verga reset the record just two weeks later with a two-way top speed of 226.50 km/h (140.74).
Laura 3ª
Timossi-Verga Laura 3 Hydroplane
Arbeitslinks
http://hydroplanehistory.com/personalities/mario_verga_the_glorious_obsession_of_mario_verga.html
https://oldmachinepress.com/2019/02/05/timossi-verga-laura-3-hydroplane/
https://www.vintagehydroplanes.com/boats/laura_3/laura3.html
https://www.threepointhydroplanes.it/timossi-1954-1_c230_en.htm
http://www.lesliefield.com/personalities/mario_verga_tributes.htm
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/february-2013/136/aqua-romeo
