Alfa Romeo P1

Alfa Romeo Tipo P1 GP
Overview
Manufacturer Alfa Romeo
Production 1923–1924
Designer Giuseppe Merosi
Body and chassis
Class race car
Body style 2-seater
Layout FR layout
Powertrain
Engine 1990 cc I6 DOHC
95 bhp @ 5000 rpm (1923)
115 bhp @ 5000 rpm (1924)
Dimensions
Curb weight 850 kg (1,874 lb)
Chronology
Successor Alfa Romeo P2

Alfa Romeo Tipo P1 was the first Grand Prix car made by Alfa Romeo in 1923. The car had a 2.0 L straight-6 engine and it produced 95 bhp (71 kW) at 5000 rpms. Two cars were entered in the Italian GP at Monza in 1923, one for Antonio Ascari and one for Ugo Sivocci. When Sivocci was practicing for the GP in September 1923 he crashed and was killed. Alfa Romeo withdrew from the competition and development of the car was stopped. In 1924 a new version with Roots-compressor was made and became the P1 Compressore 1924.[1]

In 1923 Vittorio Jano was hired to Alfa Romeo to design new car and P2 was born.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Gran Premio Romeo 1923 (P1)". soltanto-alfaromeo.nl/. Retrieved 2009-05-16.

References

Borgeson, Griffith (1990). The Alfa Romeo Tradition. City: Haynes (Foulis) Publishing Group Ltd. Somerset, UK. ISBN 0-85429-875-4. 

Alfa Romeo car timeline, 1910s–1940s — next »
Type 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
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4-cyl. 12 HP/15 HP 15-20 HP WWI [α] WWII
24 HP RM
20-30 HP [α] 20-30 ES
40-60 HP
6-cyl. G1
RL
6C 1500/1750/1900 6C 2300 6C 2500
8-cyl. 8C 2300 8C 2900
Grand Prix car GP P1 P2 Tipo A Tipo B (P3) 8C 35 158 158
308
Bi
motore		 12C 312 512
316 162
[α] 105 A.L.F.A 15-20 HP and 20-30 HP started in 1915 were completed in 1920, after the war, as Alfa Romeo models.
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