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+ | |lastrace = {{Latest GP}}}}Alfa Romeo is an Italian Formula 1 team and constructor, which has competed intermittently since the inaugural championship season, along with pre-war Grand Prix racing, and a variety of other motorsports. |
| + | It's first stint in racing resulted in two World Championship victories with Nino Farina and Juan Manuel Fangio, before it pulled out at the end of the 1951 season. The team returned in the late seventies and early eighties, without as much success, before withdrawing once again. |
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| − | The majority of their success dates from the early days of racing from the 1910s to the 50s where, at times, they ruled the world. |
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| − | Always patriotic and nearly always red, their cars and drivers were some of the most formidable in the world. |
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| + | The team also supplied engines to a multitude of teams, such as Osella, McLaren, Brabham and March. |
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| − | Their history in Formula 1 include the 1950 and 1951 Formula One World Championships. |
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| + | Overall, Alfa Romeo have achieved 10 wins from 131 Grands Prix, taking further two wins as an engine supplier. |
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Alfa Romeo is an Italian Formula 1 team and constructor, which has competed intermittently since the inaugural championship season, along with pre-war Grand Prix racing, and a variety of other motorsports.
It's first stint in racing resulted in two World Championship victories with Nino Farina and Juan Manuel Fangio, before it pulled out at the end of the 1951 season. The team returned in the late seventies and early eighties, without as much success, before withdrawing once again.
In 2019, Sauber rebranded as Alfa Romeo, marking the teams return to Formula One as a constructor for the first time since 1985, with Kimi Räikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi as its current drivers.
The team also supplied engines to a multitude of teams, such as Osella, McLaren, Brabham and March.
Overall, Alfa Romeo have achieved 10 wins from 131 Grands Prix, taking further two wins as an engine supplier.
Background
Alfa Romeo made their first racing car in 1913 and soon became one the the big names of sport at the time achieving success in GP's at Mugello and the Targa Florio with amongst other, drivers like Enzo Ferrari, Ugo Sivocci and Guiseppe Campari.
An Early appearance of the four leaf clover
It was Sivocci's Alfa, painted with the three leaf clover on a white background that would give the marque its racing emblem and good luck sign.
Prior to Formula One World Championship
Ascari leads at Spa
In 1923, Alfa Romeo lured designer Vittorio Jano away from the successful GP Manufacturers FIAT and with his cars, won the 1925 Automobiles World Championship winning 2 of the four rounds; at Spa-Francochamps and Monza with the Alfa Romeo P2. The car proved so dominant at times that at Spa, driver Antonio Ascari had time to enjoy a sandwich during his pit-stop on his way to victory.
In 1932, Jano produced the P3 which won 6 Grand Prix in its debut year with driver Tazio Nuvolari and Rudolf Caracciola but in 1933 the factory team closed.
Racing continued for the Alfa Romeo cars, transfered to Enzo Ferrari and his Scuderia Ferrari team. Enzo in charge of development of the cars continued the successes winning many GP including the high profile Italain and Spanish GP's.
1934 some the emergence of the German Silver Arrows which would dominate GP racing but victories stil came in the period upto the war for Nuvolari and Louis Chiron.
Alfa also dominated sports car and endurance racind during this time, winning the Targa Florio 6 times in a row, the Le Mans 24 Hour from 1931 - 34 and every Mille Miglia from 1928 - 38 (barring 1931).
After the war and with the absence of the German marques, Alfa dominated Grand Prix racing with their 158 that they continued to develop, their main competition coming from Maserati.
Formula One World Championship
1950
Farina leads Fagioli at the British GP
During 1950 The Alfa Romeo 158 was utterly dominant, winning every round except the Indianapolis 500 which it did not enter and the championship came down to a battle between its lead three drivers, Juan Manuel Fangio, Nino Farina and Luigi Fagioli.
Farina won the opening GP at Silverstone with Fagioli second whilst Fangio retired. Onto Monaco and Fangio this time won after Farina had spun out on lap 1 triggering a multi-car pile-up on the flooded Tabac corner.
At Bremgareten Fangio retired again with Farina winning his second race followed home by Fagioli and in Belgium Fangio won from Fagioli, with Farina bringing home a crippled car 4th.
Farina suffered car trouble again in France, finishing out of the points after leading whilst Fangio won from Fagioli ensuring the title lead coming into the season decider.
Farina in his winning Alfa
At Monza, Fagioli was an outside bet for the championship, with a string of seconds, the drop score system not favouring him. Farina would have to win with Fangio finishing down the order to seal the championship and he set off at great pace with Ferrari's Alberto Ascari in pursuit. Fangio was driving inteligently, just doing enough to take the title when he suffered car trouble and retired. He later took over a team-mates car and retired that too.
Farina was world Champion and Alfa Romeo would take the top three places in the standings.
The only time Alfa Romeo would not lead was for a handful of laps at Spa and Monza where cars with better fuel economy; Raymond Sommer in a Talbot-Lago and Alberto Ascari in a Ferrari, would pass them at pit stops.
Season-by-season record
As works
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | No. | Drivers | Rounds | WCC Points | WCC Pos. | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 158 159 |
158 L8 1.5 | P |  Juan Manuel Fangio
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1–2, 4–7 | N/A | N/A | Report | |
 Giuseppe Farina
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1–2, 4–7 | ||||||||
| Luigi Fagioli
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1, 7–8 | ||||||||
 Reg Parnell
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1, 3–5 | ||||||||
| Consalvo Sanesi
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7 | ||||||||
| Piero Taruffi
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7 | ||||||||
| 1951 | 159 | 158 L8 1.5 | P | Juan Manuel Fangio
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1, 3–8 | N/A | N/A | Report | |
| Giuseppe Farina
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1, 3–8 | ||||||||
| Consalvo Sanesi
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1, 3–5 | ||||||||
 Emmanuel de Graffenried
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1, 7–8 | ||||||||
| Luigi Fagioli
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4 | ||||||||
| Felice Bonetto
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5–8 | ||||||||
 Paul Pietsch
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6 | ||||||||
| 1952–1978: Did not compete | |||||||||
| 1979 | 177 179 |
115-12 F12 3.0 1260 V12 3.0 |
G | 35 | Bruno Giacomelli
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6, 8, 13, 15 | 0 | NC | Report |
| 36 | Vittorio Brambilla
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13–15 | |||||||
| 1980 | 179 | 1260 V12 3.0 | G | 22 |  Patrick Depailler
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1–8 | 4 | 11th | Report |
| Vittorio Brambilla
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11–12 | ||||||||
| Andrea de Cesaris
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13–14 | ||||||||
| 23 | Bruno Giacomelli
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All | |||||||
| 1981 | 179C 179D |
1260 V12 3.0 | M | 22 |  Mario Andretti
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All | 10 | 9th | Report |
| 23 | Bruno Giacomelli
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All | |||||||
| 1982 | 179D 182 182B |
1260 V12 3.0 | M | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris
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All | 7 | 10th | Report |
| 23 | Bruno Giacomelli
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All | |||||||
| 1983 | 183T | 890T V8t 1.5 | M | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris
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All | 18 | 6th | Report |
| 23 | Mauro Baldi
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All | |||||||
| 1984 | 184T | 890T V8t 1.5 | G | 22 | Riccardo Patrese
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All | 11 | 8th | Report |
| 23 | Eddie Cheever
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All | |||||||
| 1985 | 184TB 185T |
890T V8t 1.5 | G | 22 | Riccardo Patrese
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All | 0 | NC | Report |
| 23 | Eddie Cheever
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All | |||||||
| 1986–2018: Did not compete | |||||||||
| 2019 | C38 | Ferrari 064 1.6 L | P | 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
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1–2 | Template:Career Results/Team Points/2019 | Template:Career Results/Team Position/2019/reverse* | Report |
| 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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1–2 | |||||||
* Season in progress
As privateer
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | Drivers | Rounds |
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| 1950 |  Privateer
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8C-308 | 158 L8 1.5 | F | Johnny Mauro
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3 |
| 1963 |  Otelle Nucci
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Special | Giulietta L4 1.5 | D | Peter de Klerk
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10 |
| 1965 | Otelle Nucci
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Special | Giulietta L4 1.5 | D | Peter de Klerk
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1 |
As engine
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | No. | Drivers | Rounds | WCC Points | WCC Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Scuderia Serenissima
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De Tomaso F1 | Giulietta L4 1.5 | D | Nino Vaccarella
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7 | 0 | NC | |
| Isobele De Tomaso
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Roberto Bussinello
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7 | |||||||
| 1962 | Otelle Nucci
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LDS Mk1 | Giulietta L4 1.5 | D | Doug Serrurier
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9 | 0 | NC | |
 Privateer
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Cooper T53 | Mike Harris
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9 | 0 | NC | ||||
| 1963 | Otelle Nucci
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LDS Mk1 | Giulietta L4 1.5 | D | Doug Serrurier
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10 | 0 | NC | |
| Privateer
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Sam Tingle
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10 | |||||||
| 1964: Did not complete | |||||||||
| 1965 |  Privateer
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LDS Mk1 | Giulietta L4 1.5 | D | Sam Tingle
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1 | 0 | NC | |
| Privateer
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Jackie Pretorius
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1 | |||||||
| 1966–1969: Did not complete | |||||||||
| 1970 | Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
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McLaren M7D McLaren M14D |
T33 V8 3.0 | G | Andrea de Adamich
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2–3, 5–12 | 0 | NC | |
| Nanni Galli
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10 | ||||||||
| 1970 | STP March Racing Team
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March 711 | T33 V8 3.0 | F | Andrea de Adamich
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1–2, 5–7, 9, 11 | 0 | NC | |
| Nanni Galli
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3–4, 7–8 | ||||||||
 Ronnie Peterson
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5 | ||||||||
List of race wins
As works Constructor
As Scuderia Ferrari
| No. | Race | Driver |
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| 1 | 1933 Italian Grand Prix |  Luigi Fagioli
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| 2 | 1933 Spanish Grand Prix |  Louis Chiron
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| 3 | 1934 Monaco Grand Prix | Guy Moll
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| 4 | 1934 French Grand Prix | Louis Chiron
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| 5 | 1935 German Grand Prix | Tazio Nuvolari
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Statistics
Correct as of the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying Template:Statbox manual
Complete Formula One Results
- Main article: Alfa Romeo/Results