Alfonso Thiele

Alfonso Thiele

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	1960 Italian Grand Prix
Last start:	1960 Italian Grand Prix
Constructors
1960  Scuderia Centro Sud
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Alfonso Thiele (born April 5, 1922 in Istanbul , † July 15, 1986 in Novara ) was an Italian racing car driver who also had US citizenship.

Career

Alfonso Thiele was a sports car driver who had some successes in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1957 he won the class up to 750 cm³ in a Fiat - Abarth at the Mille Miglia . In 1959 he won his class at the GT race in Monza with a Ferrari 250GT .

At the beginning of the 1960s he was a works driver for Abarth and Alfa Romeo . In 1964 he was together with Sergio Pedretti in an Alfa Romeo TZ , one place behind his teammate Roberto Bussinello , fourth in the Targa Florio .

Thiele only had one appearance in a monoposto . In 1960 he drove a Cooper T51 at the Italian Grand Prix . After a gearbox failure, he had to give up the race at halftime.

statistics

Statistics in Formula 1

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1960	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51	Maserati 2.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
1960
									DNF
1961
							DNA

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	WD	withdrawn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

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1958	Baron de Graffenried	Fiat-Abarth 750	Chuck Kessinger	Willie West	Rank 31 and class win
1959	Roosevelt Auto Co Inc.	Fiat-Abarth 750 Monza	Mario Poltonieri		Rank 32
1962	Abarth Corse	Fiat-Abarth 850S	Jean Guichet		Rank 10 and class win

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
1953		Fiat 1100	SEB	MIM	LEM	SPA	ONLY	RTT	CAP
				DNF
1955		Alfa Romeo 1900	BUA	SEB	MIM	LEM	RTT	TAR
					DNF
1956		Fiat-Abarth 750	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
					73
1957		Fiat-Abarth 750	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
					63
1958	Toulo de Graffenried	Fiat-Abarth 750	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
				31
1959	Roosevelt Auto Co Inc.	Fiat-Abarth 750	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
			32
1960	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus Scuderia Serenissima	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ Ferrari 250 GT	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
					DNF	DNF
1962	Abarth Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero Fiat-Abarth 850S Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
				4th	10	DNF	9										12
1964	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
					4th

literature

• Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who. 3rd edition. Travel Publishing, Reading 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8 .

Web links

• Alfonso Thiele at www.statsf1.com (English)