F1-radoilla juhlaviikonloppu, 1000 kisa - Kimin nykyinen talli muistelee somessa menneitä

F1-radoilla rikotaan viikonloppuna 1000 kilpailun merkkipaalu.

Kimi Räikkösen nykyinen talli Alfa Romeo Racing, entinen Sauber, muistelee somessa menneitä hyvä aikoja juhlapäivän kynnyksellä.

Alfa Romeolla on vaikuttava historia F1-tasolla ja myös Sauber on nauttinut menestyksen hedelmistä.

Kimin lisäksi Alfa Romeon ratissa on ajanut mestareita kuten Giuseppe Farina ja Juan Manuel Fangio. Myös nimet kuten Andrea de Cesaris ja Riccardo Patrese ovat pitkään formuloita seuranneiden mielessä.

Sauberilla on uraansa aloitellut Kimin lisäksi mm. Sebastian Vettel. Sauberilla on ajanut myös Jyrki Järvilehto eli JJ Lehto.

Tästä kaikki lähti liikkeelle, 1950-luvun alkuvuosina:

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“9 out of 999” - Milestone #1?? · ???? 1950, Race 1: The first ever world championship @f1 race, the Grand Prix d’Europe in #Silverstone, took place on May 13th with 120,000 spectators lining the track. · Alfa Romeo’s 158 may have been 13 years old by that time, but the 1.5-litre supercharged machine was still the car to beat, and that helped the Italian manufacturer sign three of the era’s biggest names: Guiseppe ‘Nino’ Farina, Luigi Fagioli and Juan Manuel Fangio, affectionately known as the ‘Three Fs’. · After 70 laps it was Farina who triumphed and the Alfa Romeo drivers consequently dominated the season with him edging out Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio and winning the championship after seven races (Indy 500 included). ???? · #AlfaRomeoLegacy #Race1000 #ChineseGP

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“9 out of 999” - Milestone #2?? · ???? 1951, Race 15: Alfas Juan Manuel Fangio won four out of eight races and took the championship against a very strong Ferrari team. · Before, during WW2, the Alfettas were hidden in farms not far from Milan (Melzo and Abbiategrasso) to avoid bombings. Once, the German army tried to find them but they were placed under a woodpile so big that they decided to surrender. ? · The compressors of the Alfettas started having problems as the fuel was corroding them. Fuel suppliers weren’t able to solve the problem, but an Alfa Romeo technician discovered that adding a small quantity of water was enough to limit the corrosion process: since the beginning of the championship Alfa Romeo team used to add the “secret additive”. The 158 and 159 engines never failed due compressor problems and the solution was revealed only in 1975! ???????? · #AlfaRomeoLegacy #Race1000 #GetCloser

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“9 out of 999” - Milestone #3?? · ???? 1976, Race 265: Alfa Romeo is back again! ???? · The team returned as an engine supplier for Brabham. The BT45, designed by South African engineer Gordon Murray, had its first start at the 1976 Brazilian Grand Prix in the hands of Brazilian Carlos Pace and Argentinian Carlos Reutemann. · #AlfaRomeoLegacy #Race1000 #GetCloser

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“9 out of 999” - Milestone #4?? · ???? 1993, ?Race 533: Welcome to @f1, Sauber! ??????????? · On the 14th of March, the two Sauber C12 race cars, driven by Karl Wendlinger and JJ Lehto, were firmly on the grid of the South African Grand Prix for the first time in F1. The debut turned out to be an acclaimed success after the fifth place claimed by Lehto. ???????????????? · #ChineseGP #Race1000 #SauberMotorsport

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“9 out of 999” - Milestone #5?? · ???? 1995, Race 576: ????This year brought the team’s first podium finish with Heinz-Harald Frentzen in the Sauber C14 securing third place in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. ???????? · #ChineseGP #Race1000 #SauberMotorsport

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“9 out of 999” - Milestone #6?? · ???? 2001, Race 664: A @f1 legend is born ???????? · Peter Sauber signed Kimi Raikkonen for the 2001 season. Most athletes would be a bit nervous when it comes to their big debut, not Kimi. He decided to take a nap in the Sauber garage and was woken up only few mins before the race. Looks it worked well: Kimi finished 6th.???? · #SauberMotorsport #Race1000 #ChineseGP

Henkilön Alfa Romeo Racing (@sauberf1team) jakama julkaisu Huhti 12, 2019 kello 3.15 PDT