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Big brother Carlo used his growing influence to obtain a job for another inventive engineer—younger brother Alfieri Maserati, who joined the firm in 1903. The eldest Maserati brother had continued racing, and bicycle manufacturer Bianchi hired him away from Fraschini in 1907 to work in its motorcycle division. Bianchi wisely also placed him on its automotive racing team, where he raced in the ninth Coppa Florio and the Kaiserpreis.

Ernesto Maserati (left) with the 1932 Maserati 4CM s/n 1120 owned by Giuseppe Furmanik, who had used this car to set various land speed records since 1932.

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