On May 12, Chinese driver Ma Qinghua won the 3rd round of the 2019 WTCR Slovakia Regular Race at the Slovakia Ring Circuit, which is also the first time in the history of Chinese drivers in wtcr! The near-perfect start, as well as the wonderful defense, made Ma Qinghua usher in a dream weekend, and also earned enough face for the Chinese in a group of foreign drivers.
However, during the competition and the winning scenes, commune jun saw a familiar "meme", which was Alfa Romeo:
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It turned out that Ma Qinghua was playing for the Italian mulsanne srl team this time, driving the chariot is the Alfa Romeo Giulietta tcr car:
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Alfa Romeo, since 2017 officially entered the Chinese market, before a year to encounter an old car 156, 166 is not easy, and now Alfa Romeo is still a niche on the road. However, because of its unique appearance, domestic car fans and friends basically recognize it; also because of its sports genes, it has also become the sentiment of many people with dream cars. Today, the commune jun will talk with you about this century-old glorious history of the car brand.
In addition to Ferrari, Italy also has Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo, from Italy, the land of sports cars. Due to its entry into the Chinese market in 2017, it lacks popularity among the domestic public, but enjoys a high reputation internationally. Combining passion and elegance, fans are captivated by its unique charm.
The historical origins of Alfa Romeo
From the moment of his founding, Alfa Romeo was infused with the seeds of passion. In 1910, mr. Alexandre Darracq founded the A.L.F.A.A., which launched its first model, the Alpha 24HP. This model allows alpha to start a track that has lasted for a hundred years.
In 1911, two 24hp models made their debut at the Targa Florio Circuit and won.
In 1915, World War I caused Alpha to have a financial crisis, but fortunately Alpha received assistance from the rich man Nicola Romeo, who believed that he had saved the company and that the brand should have added its name to the company name, so the brand was officially named Alpha Romeo.
(Nikolai Romeo)
In 1923, the R'd model was introduced with a record of first, second and fourth in the Torga Florio. In the half-century since, Alfa Romeo has won a total of 10 laurels here. And the four-leaf clover pattern on the head of the racing car in 1923, the story of the lucky four-leaf clover that happened later, i think the friends are familiar with it.
Ferrari's mother, Alfa Romeo
In 1920, a young lad joined the Team of Alfa Romeo, who was passionate and had an extraordinary love of motorsport, and he was Enzo Ferrari, the founder of the Ferrari brand.
(Enzo Ferrari)
After joining Alfa Romeo, Enzo Ferrari drove a 20-30 hp race to second place in the targa florio track race. After that, Enzo Ferrari and Giuseppe Campari joined forces to create a red whirlwind belonging to Alfa Romeo on the field.
In 1929, Enzo Ferrari, who had left Alfa Romeo, founded a new team and named it after himself. And this team is the Ferrari team that everyone will know about in the future.
Enzo Ferrari, who founded the Ferrari team, still has a fondness for the red car of the previous Alfa Romeo team, so he continues to use red in the new car, and Enzo Ferrari also describes this relationship with Alfa Romeo as "reminiscing about the warmth of the first love".
Enzo Ferrari (first from left)
Due to the 2-minute time difference, the legendary victory was achieved
In 1935, legendary driver Tazio Nuvolari drove the Alfa Romeo Tipo b-p3 to the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring with an absolute advantage of more than 2 minutes. The German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring was one of the legacies of the European Championship, the predecessor of F1, and Alfa Romeo's legendary victory at the Grand Prix has been talked about by racing fans. In the same year, Alfa Romeo won more than 20 Grand Prix victories in Europe, including Mercedes-Benz, Audi and even Bugatti.
The first overall champion in F1 history
In 1950, the world's first F1 competition was held. Alfa Romeo's 158 car won the first stop in F1 history, the 1950 Victory in England. Not only the winner, but three drivers driving the Alfa Romeo 158 race car took over Silverstone's podium. In seven races of the 1950 season, Nino Farina won six races in the 158, winning the first Formula One world championship for Alfa Romeo.
At the second F1 race in 1951, Manuel Van Giorge won the first of his 5 world championship trophies driving Alfa Romeo's 159 car.
This year, Alfa Romeo racing won half of the races in the calendar. In the 1960s and 1970s, Alfa Romeo was active as an engine supplier in F1 and in 1970, in collaboration with McLaren developed the powerful 8v3000 Formula One engine. Between 1979 and 1985, Alfa Romeo also briefly returned to the F1 race as a manufacturer.
Goodbye Clover in F1, the time has passed to 2015. Alfa Romeo's lucky four-leaf clover symbol appeared on the body of a Ferrari car, a signal of the return of the original F1 overlord. In 2018, Alfa Romeo became a partner of Sauber Racing, who has made great progress, having been a competitive team for the first few seasons, but at the end of the season it was firmly in the middle of the table.
In 2019, the Alfa Romeo Racing team returned to the F1 circuit. The team welcomed the cool Finnish "Iceman" driver Kimi Raikkonen and the sunny Italian driver Antonio Giovinaz. In Shanghai in April, the 1,000th match of the Formula One World Championship was ushered in.
After 69 years, they are driving the Alfa Romeo C38 car with the "Four Leaf Clover" logo on the field once again.
With the superb driving skills of Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen and Italian driver Antonio Giovinaz and a 90° angle v-6 engine combined with a 9-speed automatic transmission (8 forward and 1 reverse gear), the Alfa Romeo Racing Team has gained valuable points.
The North Loop "brushes the circle" to show the track dna
Located in the small town of Neuburg, about 70 km south of Cologne, Germany, a legendary circuit has made it a mecca for motorsport enthusiasts around the world. The Nürburgring Nord-Ring Circuit has a total length of 20.83 km, a road drop of up to 300 meters, and more than 177 curves, mostly high-speed bends. The track is a great test of the driver's technical and physical strength, as well as the vehicle's steering, braking, body rigidity, engine tuning, tire grip, etc. As a result, North Loop has always been the ultimate testing ground for global automakers to test their high-performance models, and has been hailed as the "Ring of Truth".
Before the Stelvio Four Leaf clover edition high-performance luxury sports SUV challenged the "Ring of Truth", it was considered the ultimate testing ground for supercars. The stelvio became the fastest production SUV in New North with a time of 7 minutes and 51 seconds, putting a series of supercars such as Porsche and Lamborghini behind.
At the same time, giulia ran the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a time of 7 minutes and 32 seconds, becoming the fastest mass-produced four-door sedan in New North. The four-leaf clover versions of the stelvio and giulia models broke new north records and led the trend of production cars brushing circles in the North Loop.
Write at the end:
From 1910 to the present, Alfa Romeo has achieved so much glory, and his spirit, passion and dedication have not changed, which is enough to make our blood boil. As Henry Ford, the American "car king" who created the Ford brand, once said: "Every time I see Alfa Romeo, I have to make me want to take off my hat to pay tribute!" ”
There aren't many car brands that blend passion and elegance just right, but Alfa Romeo is definitely one of the best, and we all expect it to create more legends in the near future.