Alfa Romeo will return to formula One next year having revealed a ‘multi-year’ partnership with Sauber as title sponsors. The Swiss-based constructor will go into the 2018 formula One campaign as Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team.
The two celebrations agreed a technical as well as industrial partnership, with next year’s Sauber F1 vehicles bearing the Alfa Romeo logo. Ferrari will supply updated power units for the team having supplied Sauber with 2016 power units during this year’s campaign.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne, said: “This contract with the Sauber F1 team is a considerable step in the reshaping of the Alfa Romeo brand, which will return to formula 1 after an absence of much more than 30 years.”
It’s been a hectic year for Sauber, who at first struck a offer with Honda as their engine service provider for the 2018 season. however in July, Sauber reverted to Ferrari power after Monisha Kaltenborn was replaced by Frederic Vasseur as team principal.
Alfa Romeo has a steep history in formula One, having won the inaugural formula One world championship back in 1950 courtesy of Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina. The complying with year Juan Manuel Fangio took his very first of five world championships driving an Alfa Romeo 159 before Alfa withdrew from the sport.
It returned as a factory team in 1979 as well as ran up until 1985 with bit success, however delighted in a strong partnership with the Brabham team as engine suppliers. The notorious Brabham ‘fan car’ was powered by an Alfa Romeo flat-12 engine as well as took two victories during the 1978 season with then two-time F1 champion Niki Lauda.
Alfa Romeo’s last appearance in formula One was during the 1987 season, when Italian constructor Osella ran an out-dated as well as unreliable Alfa Romeo engine that completed one Grand Prix. The team utilized the engine in 1988 however rebranded it as its own, therefore ending Alfa Romeo’s involvement in formula One before the Italian marque returns in 2018.
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