Giovanni Alberti (racing driver)

In 1968, Giovanni Alberti became Italian sports car champion in an Alfa Romeo 33/2

At the age of 70, Giovanni Alberti won the Rally delle Madonie in a Lancia Rally 037

Giovanni Alberti (born November 16, 1917 in Santa Margherita di Staffora ; † October 2, 2019 ) was an Italian racing driver .

Racing career

Sports car sport

Giovanni Alberti was born in modest circumstances in the small Lombard community of Santa Margherita di Staffora, about 45 kilometers southeast of Pavia . His driving career began in the 1950s and ended in 1993 in a race for the Italian rally championship . He competed in the Mille Miglia in 1956 and 1957 and in 1961 contested a Formula 1 race without world championship status . On a De Tomaso F1 reported by Scuderia Settecolli , he retired from the Naples Grand Prix (winner Giancarlo Baghetti in a Ferrari 156 ) due to engine failure.

In the 1960s he drove in the sports car world championship and in 1968 he became Italian sports car champion in an Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 . In 1969 he finished seventh in the 1000 km race in Monza and, with fifth place, he was the best Alfa Romeo driver in the Targa Florio . His best place in a world championship race was third in the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires in 1972 , together with Carlo Facetti and Andrea de Adamich in the Alfa Romeo T33 / 3-71. His last race on the circuit was the 1000 km Mugello race in 1982 , a round of that year's World Sports Car Championship . Alberti drove a Lancia Stratos together with Antonio Codognelli to ninth place in the overall ranking.

Rallying

The rally career began in the 1970s . He went many years in the Italian Rally Championship and won in 1987 at the age of 70 years on a Lancia Rally 037 , the Rally delle Madonie 1987 . Only at the age of 76 did he resign as a driver in 1993.

Giovanni Alberti celebrated his 100th birthday on November 16, 2017

The death of Alberto Alberti

Like his father, Alberto Alberti was a racing driver. He had a fatal accident during a test drive for a national rally on June 12, 1980. Alberti came off the road in a Porsche near Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole and crashed into a tree. While his co-driver was uninjured, Alberti was rescued from the wreck by his father driving behind him with severe head injuries. He died in his father's car on the way to the hospital in Faenza .

statistics

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
1956		Siata 1250 GT Zagato	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
					DNF
1957		Fiat 1100 Zagato	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
					135
1968	Piccionaia Racing Team	Porsche 910	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
							DNF
1969	Scuderia Madunina	Alfa Romeo T33	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
						7th	5
1970	Scuderia Madunina	Alfa Romeo T33	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
						DNF	7th
1971	Giovanni Alberti	Chevron B19	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
							DNF
1972	Giovanni Alberti Gianfranco Bonetto	Alfa Romeo T33 Chevron B21	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
			3						DNF
1973	Giovanni Alberti	Chevron B21	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
								16
1975	Citta dei Mille	Chevron B21	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
						10
1978	Giuseppe Piazzi	Fiat X1 / 9	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
														DNF
1982		Lancia Stratos	MON	SIL	ONLY	LEM	SPA	MUG	FUJ	BRH
								9

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• About Giovanni Alberti (Italian)
• Giovanni Alberti at the Driver Database
• Giovanni Alberti at Racing Sports Cars
• Giovanni Alberti at EWRC-Results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lutto nel rally oltrepadano: a 101 anni se ne è andato Giovanni Alberti. In: giornaledipavia.it. , accessed December 20, 2019.
2. ^ Grand Prix of Naples 1961
3. ^ Giovanni Alberti in the Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 at the Targa Florio 1969
4. ^ Mugello 1000 km race in 1982
5. ^ Rallye delle Madonie 1987
6. ↑ On the 100th birthday of Giovanni Alberti (Italian)
7. ↑ On the death of Alberto Alberti (Italian)