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1947 Alfa Romeo 158

The Alfa Romeo 158 / 159, also known is the most successful racing cars as the Alfetta (little Alfa in Italian), ever produced. The Alfa Romeo 158 and its derivative, the 159, took 47 WINS from 54 Grand Prix entered. It is formula (1937) developed originally for that before World War II Voiturette and a 1.5 litre straight-8 supercharged engine. After the second world war was the car for the new formula 1 led 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 formula one World Championship.
The first version of this successful racing cars, the Alfa Romeo 158, was during 1937 and 1938. The primary responsibility for engineering was given to Gioacchino Colombo.
The name refers to the 1.5 litre engine and eight cylinder. The Voiturette class was for cars with 1.5 L engines, standing in the same proportion top "Grand Prix" formula (usually for 3 litre engines) as the GP2 series for the formula 1 does today. Alfa's 3 litre racing cars in 1938 and 1939 were the Tipo 308, 312 and 316.
The Alfa Romeo 158 debuted with the works Alfa Corse team at the COPPA Ciano junior in August 1938 in Livorno, Italy, where Emilio Villoresi of car's first victory. At this time the 1479 cc engine produced around 200 horsepower (150 kW) at 7000 u/min. using a single-stage roots blower. More successful was May 1940 at the COPPA Acerbo, COPPA Ciano and Tripoli Grand Prix. Soon, during World War II stopped development of the car for six years. After the war the engine was further developed from 254 push bhp (189 kW) in 1946.
1947 Was the Alfetta for the newly created formula 1. The new rules allowed compressor 1500 cc and 4500 CC naturally aspirated engines. The Alfa Romeo 158 was modified again this time produce more than 300 HP (220 kW) and was called the Alfa Romeo Tipo 158 / 47. The car debut of a tragic 1948 Swiss Grand Prix where Achille Varzi lost control of car and was killed. A further loss for the team came in practice for the 1949 Buenos Aires Grand Prix, where Jean-Pierre Wimille in an accident (driving with Simca-Gordini) was murdered.
The car won every race in which it started in 1950; It was incredible that a car which was built in 1938 had was so victorious. Talented drivers such as Giuseppe Farina and Juan Manuel Fangio, of which the latter later won the world include the Alfa Romeo team title race five times.
At the end of the 1950 season, a more updated version was known as the Alfa Romeo 159 produced.