Alfa Romeo Racing

1925: The P2, a supercharged 2-litre straight-8, won the Grand Prix World Championship.

 

1938: The 'Mille Miglia' suffix, from the famous race, was applied to several models with radically different engines and body styles.

1938 6C 2300 B Mille Miglia

 

1950 May 13: Giuseppe "Nino" Farina, driving an Alfa Romeo 158, "Alfetta", won the inaugural 'Formula One' (F1) Drivers' World Championship. (The straight-8, 1.5-litre, supercharged 158 was originally designed for the 1937 'voiturette' class.)

Seventy years later – 13 May 2020 – the BBC released historic newsreel footage of the event.

1951: Juan Manuel Fangio won the Formula One World Championship in an Alfa Romeo 159.

 

1960s: The Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA took the European Touring Car Championship in 1966, 1967 and 1968

 

2002: Alfa Romeo's 2002 touring car contender is based on the Alfa 156 GTA.

2002

2020: Alfa Romeo partnered Sauber F1 from 2018; in 2020 the team was renamed 'Alfa Romeo Racing'.