Carlo Maria[1] Abate (10 July 1932 – 29 April 2019)[2] was an Italian auto racing driver.

He won one of the rounds of 1962 World Sportscar Championship: The Trophée d'Auvergne on 15 July 1962.

[3] In 1962 he tried participating in Formula One races, entering the 1962 Naples Grand Prix in a Porsche, finishing fourth.

After crashing his Lotus 18/21 at his next race at Reims-Gueux, he withdrew his entry to his first World Championship event, the 1962 French Grand Prix,[4] and later also entered and withdrew from 1962 German Grand Prix.

After withdrawing his entry to the 1963 Italian Grand Prix, he retired from the sport at the end of the year, his greatest year, culminating with a win at the Targa Florio in a factory Porsche with Jo Bonnier.