News Details

Alfa Romeo could return to F1

Speaking to reporters at a Ferrari Christmas lunch today, Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne admitted that the Alfa Romeo name could return to F1. The legendary Italian marque enjoyed F1 success both as a manufacturer of cars and engines, Giuseppe Farina and Juan Manuel Fangio winning the 1950 and 1951 world championship title driving the red cars. Withdrawing as a manufacturer at the end of 1951, Alfa Romeo returned to the grid in 1979 and remained until 1985 though never coming anywhere near the success of those opening two seasons. As an engine manufacturer the Italian marque supplied a number of teams between 1961 and 1988, including McLaren, March, Brabham and Osella. Part of the...
Full Story »
9y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

'Alfa Romeo could return to F1'

Fiat Chrysler could bring the Alfa Romeo brand back to Formula One as a...
9y ago from SuperSport.com

Marchionne still pushing for Alfa Romeo return to...

Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne says he is still pushing hard to bring...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

A shower of sparks

This is what happened when Riccardo Patrese’s Alfa Romeo and Nelson...
9y ago from F1i.com

Ferrari: Make F1 like NASCAR and we may walk

Ferrari says it will not accept racing in a Formula 1 that features...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Honda MotoGP Luca Marini suffers major injury in...

Honda HRC Castrol MotoGP rider Luca Marini sustained major injuries...

‘Major acceleration' in talks between Toprak...

Reports state that there has been a "major acceleration" in...
12h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pedro Acosta: Silverstone MotoGP ‘a race of...

Pedro Acosta's patience is wearing thin with the KTM MotoGP project after...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Veteran engineer Michael Cannon returns to Dale Coyne...

Dale Coyne Racing has announced that it has re-hired expert engineer...

Three drivers lose Indy 500 finishing positions after...

The NTT IndyCar Series has penalized three drivers following the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal to 'make a move' for Premier League striker as...

Arsenal will look to strengthen their forward line in the summer transfer...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Latest transfer news and rumours: Jorginho leaves...

Sports Mole rounds up the latest transfer news and rumours, including...
8h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Manchester United update as club in 'pole position'...

Manchester United will need to make several additions if they are to climb...
3h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Report: Christopher Vivell watched 70m-rated Arsenal...

Manchester United are interested in signing Benjamin Sesko from German...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Wolff names team that could gain most from flexi-wing...

As Formula 1 heads to Barcelona for the Spanish... Read More »
14h ago from F1i.com

Ron Dennis will ‘never go back’ to F1, slams...

Ron Dennis, one of Formula 1’s most influential... Read More »
11h ago from F1i.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.