Alberto Colombo (racing driver)

Alberto Colombo (born February 23, 1946 in Varedo ) is a former Italian racing driver who was particularly active in formula racing .

Career

After overall victory in Italian Formula 3 in 1974, Colombo rose to Formula 2 the next season . His most successful season was 1977 , where he finished third in Mugello and finished eighth overall.

In the current season he left Formula 2 to take up a Formula 1 assignment with the German ATS team , where he replaced the French Jean-Pierre Jarier . At the Belgian Grand Prix in Zolder he did not qualify for the race as 28th of 30 drivers; the same happened at the Spanish Grand Prix in Jarama . Then he was replaced after only two races by the eventual world champion Keke Rosberg . Another opportunity arose for Colombo at the Italian Grand Prix when he drove the second Merzario . However, he was eliminated as 32nd and last in the pre-qualification, while teammate and boss Arturo Merzario qualified for the race with a 1.7 seconds faster lap. This was the only outing of two Merzario racing cars in one weekend in the history of the racing team.

After his short Formula 1 career, Colombo drove two more seasons in the midfield of Formula 2 and achieved two third places before he was the owner and manager of the Sanremo Racing team , for which he had previously driven, until the mid-1980s.

statistics

Race results

year	team	chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	WM	Points
1978	ATS Racing Team	ATS HS1	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ETC	MON	BEL DNQ	ESP DNQ	SWE	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED				-	0
	Team Merzario	Merzario A1															ITA DNPQ	United States	CAN

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

• detailed biography on f1rejects.com