(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000

Родился: 24.07.1906 Брешиа Умер: 10.05.1963 Бергамо Сезонов в Ф1: 2 Лет в Ф1: 3 Гран При: 2 Старты: 2 Победы: - подряд: Подиумы: - подряд: Поул-позиции: - подряд: Первый ряд: - подряд: Быстрые круги: - подряд: Лучший финиш: 12 Лучший старт: 16 Дубли: Хет-трики: Лидирование старт/финиш: Большие шлемы: Круги: 78 - лидирования: Километры: 415.8 - лидирования: Очки: - за один сезон: - подряд:

Ф1: 1950-1952

Год	Команда	Шасси
1950	Scuderia Milano	Maserati Milano 4CLT/50
1952	Scuderia Marzotto	Ferrari 166

Franco's best days were pre-war, when he raced an Alfa Romeo and a Lago-Talbot with some success. He won the 1933 Naples GP in the former, and came close to winning the 1937 French GP at Reims in the latter. After leading he had to settle for second place behind Chiron.

After hostilities ceased he made a return to competition, moving to France to join the Ecurie France team to race their Lago-Talbots. These trusty machines were certainly not the fleetest, but they were reliable, and Comotti brought the car into fourth place in the 1948 French GP, some nine miles adrift of the winner. He also finished seventh in the Italian GP in Turin.

Back in Italy he linked up with the Ruggeri brothers to race their latest Maserati-based Milano car in 1950, but due to lack of funds these machines were never properly developed and Comotti left to join Scuderia Marzotto. In 1951, he finished second at Grenzlandring in a Ferrari 166 F2, and the following year he raced even more regularly for the team, with third in the Naples GP and sixth at Syracuse his best finishes. Franco also made a one-off Maserati appearance for the Escuderia Bandeirantes at AVUS before bringing his career, which had stretched back for more than two decades, to a close. Subsequently Comotti worked on the Continent with the oil and petroleum giant BP.

(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000