PURE ALFA
FOR 27 YEARS IT SAT – UP ON blocks, under a cover – in his mother’s suburban garage: last in line of an evocative motor-sporting bloodstock... a works grand prix Alfa Romeo, designed, built and run.
The car was a (parting) gift to Bruno Giacomelli after a fourth season spent in Formula 1 with Ingegnere Carlo Chiti’s Autodelta SpA. That was 1982. Their agreement, however, had been struck in October 1980, a few days before the GP of the United States.
“I was in a strong position after Watkins Glen [Giacomelli had led convincingly from pole until halted by an electrical gremlin] and I signed a two-year contract,” says this ex-British Formula 3 and European Formula 2 champion. “And I insisted that they gave me a car at the end of each season. Chiti didn’t want to, to begin with, but he was a good guy and made sure that I got cars in perfect working order.”
Giacomelli took delivery
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