Alfa Romeo P2 | | Category | Grand Prix | | Constructor | Alfa Romeo | | Team/s | Alfa Corse | | Designer | Vittorio Jano | | Drivers | 1924 + Antonio Ascari, Giuseppe Campari, Louis Wagner, Ferdinando Minoia, Gastone Brilli-Peri | | Chassis | | | Suspension (front) | | | Suspension (rear) | | | Engine | Front mounted, Alfa Romeo,
Straight-8 (two straight 4 blocks),
Twin Roots Superchargers
2 Memini carburettors,
1,987 cc,
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Count Gastone Brilli Peri (born in Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy, 1893 - died March 1930) was a famous Italian racing driver, who won the 1925 Italian Grand Prixin an Alfa Romeo P2 to secure the inaugural Automobile World Championship title for Alfa Romeo. ...
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An Eaton M62 Roots-type supercharger is visible at the front of this Ecotec LSJ engine in a 2006 Saturn ION Red Line The Roots type supercharger or Roots blower is a positive displacement type device that operates by pulling air through a pair of meshing lobes not dissimilar to...
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| | Gearbox | Alfa Romeo 4 speed manual | | Wheelbase | | | Track | | | Dry Weight | 614 kilo / 1353.6 lbs | | Fuel | | | Tyres | | | Debut | 1924 Circuit di Cremona, Antonio Ascari, 1st | | Races competed | | | Constructors' Championships | 1925 Automobile World Championship | | Drivers' Championships | Not applicable before 1950 | | Race victories | 14
1924 Cremona Circuit Antonio Ascari
1924 Italian Grand Prix Antonio Ascari
1925 Europe GP at Spa Antonio Ascari
1925 Italian GP Gastone Brilli-Peri
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The Formula One World Constructors Championship (WCC) is awarded by the FIA to the most successful Formula One constructor over a season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results. ...
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Antonio Ascari, born September 15, 1888 _ died July 26, 1925, was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing champion. ...
The Italian Grand Prix is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar. ...
The European Grand Prix was a separate Formula One event that was first held during the mid-1980s and was held regularly from 1993 to 2006. ...
The Italian Grand Prix is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar. ...
Count Gastone Brilli Peri (born in Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy, 1893 - died March 1930) was a famous Italian racing driver, who won the 1925 Italian Grand Prixin an Alfa Romeo P2 to secure the inaugural Automobile World Championship title for Alfa Romeo. ...
1927 Coppa Acerbo Giuseppe Campari
1928 Coppa Acerbo Giuseppe Campari
1929 Alessandria GP Achille Varzi
1929 Rome Grand Prix Achille Varzi
1929 Montenegro GP Achille Varzi
1929 Monza Grand Prix Achille Varzi
1929 Cremona Circuit Gastone Brilli-Peri
1929 Tunis GP Gastone Brilli-Peri
1930 Alessandria GP Achille Varzi
1930 Targa Florio Achille Varzi
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| | Last season | 1930 |
The Alfa Romeo P2 won the inaugural Automobile World Championship in 1925, taking victory in two of the four championship rounds when Antonio Ascari drove it in the European Grand Prix at Spa and Gastone Brilli-Peri won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza after Ascari died while leading the intervening race at Montlhery. Antonio Ascari, born September 15, 1888 _ died July 26, 1925, was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing champion. ...
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Count Gastone Brilli Peri (born in Montevarchi, Arezzo, Italy, 1893 - died March 1930) was a famous Italian racing driver, who won the 1925 Italian Grand Prixin an Alfa Romeo P2 to secure the inaugural Automobile World Championship title for Alfa Romeo. ...
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Although 1925 brought drastic changes of regulations, from 1924-1930 the P2 was victorious in 14 Grands Prix and major events including the Targa Florio. It was one of the iconic Grand Prix cars of the 1920s, along with the Bugatti Type 35, and enabled Alfa Romeo, as world champions, to incorporate the laurel wreath into their logo. Bugatti Type 35B The Type 35 was the most successful of the Bugatti racing models. ...
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The P2 was introduced by Alfa Romeo for the Circuit of Cremona in northern Italy in 1924, where Antonio Ascari won at over 158 kph, and then went on to win the speed trial at 195 kph. The car was the first creation of Alfa’s new designer Vittorio Jano who had been recruited from Fiat by Enzo Ferrari when Nicola Romeo scrapped the P1 after its poor performance in the 1923 Monza Grand Prix against Fiat. The P2 was powered by Alfa’s first straight-8 cylinder supercharged engine with 2 carburettors placed after the compressor. Alfa Romeo is an Italian automobile manufacturing company, founded as Darracq Italiana by Cavaliere Ugo Stella, an aristocrat from Milan in partnership with the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq. ...
Antonio Ascari, born September 15, 1888 _ died July 26, 1925, was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing champion. ...
Vittorio Jano, born April 22, 1891 - died 1965, was a famed automobile designer from the 1920s through 1960s. ...
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Only 2 of the 6 original models survive, and they can be seen in the Alfa Romeo museum in Arese and the Turin Automobile Museum. The P2 had two body styles using either a cut off or long rear. Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Province of Milan (MI) Mayor Elevation 160 m Area 6. ...
References
- The Golden Age by Leif Snellman
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