Giovanni Alberti (racing driver)
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 |
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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
- ↑ Lutto nel rally oltrepadano: a 101 anni se ne è andato Giovanni Alberti. In: giornaledipavia.it. , accessed December 20, 2019.
- ^ Grand Prix of Naples 1961
- ^ Giovanni Alberti in the Alfa Romeo T33 / 2 at the Targa Florio 1969
- ^ Mugello 1000 km race in 1982
- ^ Rallye delle Madonie 1987
- ↑ On the 100th birthday of Giovanni Alberti (Italian)
- ↑ On the death of Alberto Alberti (Italian)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Alberti, Giovanni |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1917 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Margherita di Staffora |
DATE OF DEATH | 2nd October 2019 |