Miguel Sánchez
A few weeks ago it was confirmed: Alfa Romeo returns to Formula 1. And beware, it is not just any news. The clover mark won the first race in 1950 of this modality, with a full-fledged Nino Farina conscious of making history at Silverstone. During 1950 and 1951 it was as if Formula 1 was a ride for these red racing cars. The tremendous Alfetta in front and some others behind, fighting each other for the crumbs.
In fact, It was at the wheel of one of these Alfetta when in 1951 another motorsport legend was enshrined: Juan Manuel Fangio. The Argentine won the Drivers' Championship that year, one of his many victories. However, there is always a first. Like that incredible girl who taught you so many things that summer… Something like that was his Alfetta from '51 for Fangio. For this reason, whenever he passed near Milan, he tried not to miss that "secret date with the ghost of my old love".
IN THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE FIRST FORMULA ONE
At first glance, this Alfetta is one of the most beautiful things to behold in the automotive world. That fast line as well as rotund ... the hypnotic red color that identified the racing cars from Italy ... But when the engine starts the real symphony begins, that of a 8 cylinders in line capable of launching it at a top speed of around 300 km / h. A prodigy signed by the engineer Colombo.
The Alfetta is an uncompromising machine, one of the most legendary racing cars, absolutely radical in handling. And the thing is ... imagine what it must be like to take the curves without being almost attached to the car, clinging to it through a huge steering wheel that you better control perfectly because the drum brakes serve more to reduce speed than to brake per se… Quite a physical challenge.
THE OLD AND THE NEW
The 1951 Alfetta with which Fangio was crowned - and that we see in the video that we have proposed to you today The Escudería- It is still preserved in the ships that Alfa Romeo has in the Balocco test complex. The brand treasures a good part of the beginnings of this competition. And that ... creates responsibility.
A responsibility that serves as an inspiration to set new directions that, not new ones, put aside the identity and history of Alfa Romeo. And that ... we believe that it is a success. Because building the new without preserving the memory is like building a building without a foundation. Therefore, rescue stories like this "Secret date with the ghost of my old love" it is necessary when the 'Alfetta' of this new century are about to take their exit. Good fortune Alpha!
