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Charles Leclerc
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Charles Leclerc

Charles Leclerc is a Monégasque F1 driver who currently stars for the Scuderia Ferrari team. Leclerc, born on October 16, 1997 and now 25 years old, is seen at Maranello as the man to finally bring a world title back to the sport's most famous team. The wait is currently at 16 years. Leclerc stands at a height of 5ft 11ins tall (1.80m). Charles Leclerc in F1 Leclerc joined the F1 grid with Sauber in 2018 after taking consecutive championship titles in GP3 and F2. Prior to this, in 2016, Leclerc had spent time at Haas as its development driver, a role attained through his connection to the Ferrari Driver Academy. The Monégasque driver was granted FP1 outings at both the British and German race weekends that year. In 2017, Leclerc completed a m...
Team Alfa Romeo
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Team Alfa Romeo

Italian motor manufacturer Alfa Romeo has participated many times in Formula One. It currently participates as Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake while being operated by Sauber Motorsport AG. The brand has competed in motor racing as both a constructor and engine supplier sporadically between 1950 and 1987, and later as a commercial partner since 2015. The company's works drivers won the first two World Drivers' Championships in the pre-war Alfetta: Nino Farina in 1950 and Juan Manuel Fangio in 1951. Following these successes, Alfa Romeo withdrew from Formula One. During the 1960s, although the company had no official presence in the top tier of motorsport, several Formula One teams used independently developed Alfa Romeo engines to power their cars. In the early 1970s, Alfa provided Fo...
Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta
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Alfa Romeo 158/159 Alfetta

The Alfa Romeo 158/159, also known as the Alfetta (Little Alfa in Italian), is a Grand Prix racing car produced by Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo. It is one of the most successful racing cars ever; the 158 and its derivative, the 159, took 47 wins from 54 Grands Prix entered. It was originally developed for the pre-World War II voiturette formula (1937) and has a 1.5-litre straight-8 supercharged engine. Following World War II, the car was eligible for the new Formula One introduced in 1947. In the hands of drivers such as Nino Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli, it dominated the first two seasons of the World Championship of Drivers.   Overview The first version of this successful racing car, the 158, was made during 1937/1938. The main responsibility for engineering was...