Sunday 30th March 1969 Lucien Bianchi (34) died when his Alfa Romeo T33 spun into a telegraph pole during Le Mans testing. He won the 1957, 1958 and 1959 Tour de France as well as the Paris 1000 sports car race in the latter two years. Bianchi entered Formula One in 1959, although only with…

Saturday 6th January 1968 Chris Amon became the second New Zealander to win his country’s Grand Prix when he averaged nearly 103 mph for 58 laps of the Pukekohe short circuit and brought home his Formula 2-based V6 Ferrari well clear of Frank Gardner’s Brabham-Alfa Romeo V8. Amon set a new lap record of 106.07…

Thursday 18th February 1965 The racing division of Alfa Romeo, Autodelta’s first creation, the GTA (the A stood for ‘alleggerita’ (lightened)) was presented at the Amsterdam Motor Show. The outer body was the same as that of the Alfa Romeo GT, but the interior trim was made out of Peraluman 25, a light alloy of…

Sunday 1st July 1951 Round 4 four of the 1951 World Drivers’ Championship, the French Grand Prix was won by Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli driving an Alfa Romeo 159. It was the first of three occasions where two drivers would be credited with a Grand Prix win after sharing a car.

Sunday 2nd July 1950 Juan Manuel Fangio put on a stunning display, including a 116 mph practice lap, to win the French Grand Prix at Reims, driving a Alfa Romeo 158. A total of 22 cars entered the event, four of which did not start the race. Gianfranco Comotti did not attend the event, Eugène…

Sunday 18th June 1950 Juan Manuel Fangio in an Alfa Romeo 158 won the Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps. By the time of the Belgian Grand Prix, the pace of the season was beginning to tell, with only 14 cars arriving at the Spa circuit. These included the dominant Alfa Romeos of Nino Farina, Juan Manuel…