He will be interesting to cross the most important passages of the history of this noble mark in Formula 1. Their results never were satisfactory for the High Commands, nevertheless, is necessary to notice that it is a mark that took to Juan Manuel Fangio to the world-wide championship of 1951.
In 1920 and 1930, Alfa Romeo was an imposing name of the sport of the automobile, and that was prolonged much after World War II.
In spite of this notoriety, the company did not gain a great prize until 1951.

Fangio gained its first championship with Alfa Romeo 159

Alfa Romeo entered the sand of the great prize in 1924. One of the greatest designers of the time was Vittorio Jano. After twelve years in FIAT, one of the best marks from the first days of this sport, Jano was attracted by Alfa Romeo in 1923 and its P2 both became the standard by following years. Antonio Ascari gained the first race with this car in Cremona, and the Italian superiority crushed in the Great Prize of Belgium of 1925. The equipment continued then its performance as this change were predicted but drastically when Ascari died in the Great Prize of France in Montlhéry.
Nevertheless Alpha took a place between the manufacturers and added a garland of laurel to its good well-known shield.

THE B TYPE

Fangio doubles demanded in the circuit of Silverstone, Great Britain

Another great creation of Jano, was the “Alpha B Type” that entered 1932. Between 1932 and 1934, it gained all the great prizes where it was placed. It was controlled by names like Rudolf Caracciola and Tazio Nuvolari which it was known like the great one, by far respect thinking that he was the pilot greater than always existed.
In 1933, Alfa Romeo was nationalized and it retired officially of the sport, but Enzo Ferrari continued putting the official cars on the basis of series cars. Nevertheless, while Alpha left, German marks to them who began to occur to know (as Mercedes and Auto Union) touched to Nuvolari. Nevertheless she could not achieve a as great success as those that obtained with the operation of their B Type.

The legendary Italian mark obtained first titles of F1 both

Alpha was again put to order its program of races in 1938, but the war took part. Finally the Gioacchinoomeo sketcher designed AlfaTipo 158, based on the B Type (almost she did not modify it), destined to a small class of cars in 1939.
The new model was hidden in a cheese factory whereas the Germans occupied Italy, but, in agreement with the new pragmatic regulation of the period of the postwar period, he automatically became the car of great prize and dominated the scene during the rest of years '40.

The Fangio Argentinean journeys Monaco with his Alpha nº 34

Alfa Romeo benefitted from a series of 26 victories without stopping. In 1951, approximately thirteen years after its design, the wonderful-compressed car, maintaining form 159, brought to Juan Fangio Manual to its first title of champion of the world of Formula 1, in a Great Prize of Spain, fighting without mercy to the Ferrari de Alberto Ascari, Froilan González and Piero Taruffi. In spite of the success, the company decided to leave the motors.
It was the last race of this car and the last one of Alfa Romeo by a long period…

BRABHAM ALFA ROMEO

In Sweden of 1978, Brabham/Alpha put in track the car ventilator

In the middle of years 70, its V12 motor began to catch the attention of the agents of Formula 1 that saw Ferrari dominate with a motor of similar configuration.
Alpha contracted the previous engineer of Ferrari, Car it Chiti, in charge of the design with the motors and it signed a contract with Bernie Ecclestone to provide the motor to the equipment of Brabham. Autodelta was the company of Chiti and the organization that realized the program of the motor Alpha.
Brabham Alpha began to demonstrate its good operations and Alfa Romeo quickly realized the possible advantages of its own program.
In 1979, Dark brown Giacomelli was contracted for the control of Type 177, a somewhat ugly car, in the Great Prize of Belgium de Zolder. The results were not too satisfactory but more opportunities would be had.

Niki Lauda gained two victories for Brabham/Alfa Romeo in 1978

Whereas Brabham returned to the motor Ford Cosworth, the new V12 de Alfa was put in new Type 179 and, with Giacomelli, now next to the French Patrick Depailler for year 80, the perspective appeared better.
Unfortunately, Depailler was killed during the tests in Hockenheim, and, although Giacomelli lead the Great Prize of the United States in Watkins Glen and led before the car expired, Alfa Romeo did not think that much was benefitting from this project.

Giacomelli and Of Cesaris was the last defenders of the mark

Andrea de Cesaris most of led the Great Prize of Belgium in 1982, but the mark did not gain other great prizes and decided to leave the circuits again. This time… would be definitive.
Thus Alpha leaves us and a mark retires that was champion of the world… a mark that never was what it was expected of her, beyond the triumphs.