Alfa Romeo's 8 best racing cars of all time

Alfa Romeo is one of those car brands that is almost universally loved, right? The maker of beautiful road cars has one of the great motor racing pedigrees.
Starting way back in 1913, Alfa Romeo's racing history started with the 40/60HP which was even eventually piloted by one Enzo Ferrari. Across this incredible history, it has had quite a few special machines and we've picked out the top eight for you viewing pleasure. Let us know if we've missed your favourite and what you consider to be the best Alfa Romeo racing car of all time.
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[@GoodwoodRR]

Go on, what is your favourite racing Alfa?

[@thehun99]

1992 155 GTA from the Italian Touring Car Championship, also won by Larini. 2 liter turbo, 4 wheel drive, I think it looked better than the 93 DTM version.

[@torque-drive2488]

Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3

[@toml.8210]

The kind without the wing, the decals and advertising on it.

[@psk5746]

158/9 F1 car

[@mauriziofilippini6774]

1750 GTAm

[@kondor99999]

Loved the GTV6 back in 1985. What a sound!

[@alastairwatson3201]

Did you notice that the engine shown for the 105 GTA segment was a Busso?

[@fritzbrause6332]

But it had „GTA“ written all over it so it must be correct 😂

[@3ducs]

One amongst several errors, I couldn't get past 3:26, how could I trust anything in this presentation?

[@thisisnumber0]

A single decko busso or a double decko busso?

[@Donoaccount]

In South Africa we enjoyed the GTV6 3.0 as a homologation Group 1 race car.

[@willgrime]

Enzo Ferrari winning the Targa Florio? In 1920? Guido Meregalli was the winner in 1920. Enzo never. The 8C engine a ‘cut and shut monster’? It was a ground-breaking design using a central flywheel to minimise whip in in the long crankshaft required by an eight cylinder motor. It powered a whole series of cars through the 1930s, winning grands prix and sports car races right up until the outbreak of the Second World War, including Le Mans in four consecutive years - 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934. Vintage 8Cs will still show most modern performance cars a clean pair of heels. The ‘boringly named P3 was the first proper single seat race car, and was still winning Grand Prix in 1935 against the might of the German state-funded silver arrows. It is rightly revered by vintage racers as one of the greatest cars of all time. I could go on, but really, a little research and fact-checking would have been worthwhile. Alfa Romeo deserves better.

[@davidpeters6536]

I bought a Alfetta GTV 2.0 in 1983, what a great car, but the tin worm and a sheared prop shaft killed it.

[@Da5idc]

Oops - the "twin cam 4 cylinder" under the bonnet of the GTA is a Busso

[@RealMoneyTarutarus]

Thank you for placing the 158/159 in 1st and the 155 in 2nd ❤❤❤ perfect!

[@johnslater2488]

Ropey editing, wrong engines shown multiple times. Not sure how you can so readily dismiss the P3

[@jcgabriel1569]

My top 3 list is a bit different... And with a heavy bias towards the pre-war racers... No.1 would be the Tipo B P3 No 2, 8C Monza No.3, 158/159 "Alfetta"

[@gordontweston]

While Busso designed the 4 cylinder too the 6 cylinder shown here is incorrect. From the 147 and 156 GTA

[@jameswilkins5938]

My personal favorite is the 8C 2900b Mille Miglia. Admittedly it didn't have the win record of others (WW II cut it's life short) but it's just so beautiful! Hearing the 1938 MIlle Miglia winner at the Simeone Museum, I can attest that it sounds as erotic as it looks.

[@richard63]

You can park a GTV and GTA in my garage , anytime.

[@delahayenator]

The 155V6Ti did not have a Busso.

[@Hellisoy]

Searched for this comment ;-) It was based on the PRV-engine

[@delahayenator]

@@Hellisoy 2nd development engine was indeed a 90 degree, i think Lancia briefly had used a prv engine, and Alfa corse wanted to develop a 90° as it would have advantages. Smart loophole as Alfa and Lancia were one company at the time. The engine itself had nothing to do with the PRV engine. First one did have same 60° angle as a Busso

[@Hellisoy]

@@delahayenator Yeah, thats correct. The Lancia Thema had the PRV. I got my knowledge for a german car magazine "automobilsport"

[@stevenfernando1842]

The 156 won more titles than the 155 I believe

[@hayabusaorlovina2761]

156 Super Turismo I believe. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Fantastic car!

[@Rentta]

Are you recording this from swinging chair at front of the desk as commentary gets louder and quieter all the time

[@stuffhappens5681]

Nice to see the GTV6 getting highlighted for its accomplishments. It been ignored and complained about for too long.

[@user-gt8gj8ew1x]

4 cylinder T33. You've invented that

[@ryangold8517]

Alfa Romeo has been rumored to be making a car to compete in LMDH, so may not be long until Alfa Romeo goes racing.

[@AlisonCreech]

The 182 from 1982 - the last non-turbo ALFA in F1. Looked great, sounded better. A contender for 9th, perhaps, as it was in real life...

[@gondayi]

🤭

[@leostreat3573]

Bellisimmo !

[@AlbertManiscalco]

i wish they endurance raced the modern giulia and stelvio...they would have sold way more of them if they had

[@justjoshingf1]

Oh you guys are using the “results-based” definition of best, not the “whether or not Bruno Giacomelli drove it” definition…

[@fritzschroeder8302]

Love the 164 Kleeblatt 3.0 v6

[@DouglasJWalker]

I wish you would do a similar video on Shelby. Id like to get your view on the Series 1

[@stephenscholes4758]

Carroll Shelby was only a tuner, who borrowed someone else's car and someone else's engine. You cannot compare them to big time European racing.

[@Forlaschi]

Where is the Migthy 75 😢

[@davidburne9477]

You have completely ignored the Australian Alfetta GTV with a Formula 5000 that dominated the Australian Sports Sedan Championship for a number of years.. One of the most legendary and controversial race cars of its. Winner of 1980-81 Australian Sports Car Championship, driven by Australian champion, Tony Edmondson. It dominated, absolutely dominated.

[@stephenscholes4758]

Lol...backyard-made Australlian muscle cars that didn't use an Alfa engine? If you are going to talk Australian racing, talk KB's Gold Star wins in the Mildren Brabham using the Alfa DOHC V8,

[@bullibeez7675]

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[@crusherbmx]

I'd add a car from their second attempt at F1, one with a flat 12 and a Marlboro livery that made it look like a McLaren. Why? Just to acknowledge that they tried...

[@frost6916]

I arrived early

[@studiocalder818]

😘😘😘

[@user-gt8gj8ew1x]

P2 and p3 are separate cars. Each worthy of and entry separate from the other.

[@psk5746]

Disappointingly so many errors in this video

[@bastard748]

The 8C 2.9 is too beautiful to leave out. Repent!

[@daddycool889]

The v6 155 became successful after they ditched the busso and used some other PRV v6 that was a 90 degree design.

[@delahayenator]

Not entirely true. The 60°based V6 was succesful too. Gave Larini his championship in 93

[@GuySwarbrick]

@@delahayenator And the 155 wasn't actually a Busso in any meaningful sense - and the 90 degree V6 wasn't really a PRV. They shared some DNA, but so do humans and bananas... The engines had to be 'production derived' - hence the supposed links to the Busso and the PRV - both used by Alfa Lancia Industriale SpA. But that just meant that the cylinder centrelines, v-angle and construction material had to be the same as the original engine. There were 6 cylinder and 2.5 litre limits - with revs capped at 12,500 - but the rest was free. These were as much custom racing engines as the V10 in the 164 Procar - aka the Brabham BT57.

[@delahayenator]

@@GuySwarbrick i know, commented that somewhere else

[@JoshuaC923]

Never knew Alfa was an acronym

[@who_stole_my_username]

You introduced the Alfetta 158 with a picture of Ant Anstead's kitcar replica. Hilariously bad video overall riddled with errors.

[@mauriziofilippini6774]

Non scherziamo! Le vere Alfa non c'entrano niente con la ultima Sauber F1, finanziata da FIAT e con marchio Alfa. Fiat ha ucciso Alfa negli anni '80. La vera Alfa Romeo era un marchio migliore anche di Ferrari.