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Alfa Special

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Alfa Special
Founder(s)Peter de Klerk
Noted driversSouth Africa Peter de Klerk
Formula One World Championship career
First entry1963 South African Grand Prix
Races entered2
ConstructorsPeter de Klerk, Pat Phillips
EnginesAlfa Romeo
Constructors'
Championships
0
Drivers'
Championships
0
Race victories0
Podiums0
Points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
Final entry1965 South African Grand Prix

The Alfa Special was a South African Formula 1 racing car, created by Peter de Klerk. It participated in only two Formula One World Championship races: the 1963 and 1965 South African Grands Prix.

De Klerk had some experience as a Lotus technician and decided to prepare a car, simply called Alfa Special, to run the home Grand Prix as well as the various off-calendar national races in South Africa.

History[edit]

Peter de Klerk was the mechanic of the first South African Formula 1 champions: Syd van der Vyver and Ernie Pieterse. In the early 1960s, De Klerk also raced an occasional car borrowed from his friend Pat Phillips. Then, with the help of Phillips, he built a car, the Alfa Special, which he was going to compete in the South African Formula 1. It was an unusual idea because the most common cars in this series were Alfa Romeo, Borgward or Ford. Exceptions like the LDS were rare.

The Alfa Special was based on a Lotus 21. The car had a typical design and resembled a cigar[1]. De Klerk used a modified 1497 cc unit from the Alfa Romeo "Giulietta" model to power his car. The car was completed in early 1962 and received positive feedback.

The first race in which de Klerk started his model was the Autumn Trophy in April 1962, which he finished in fourth place. In 1963, financially supported by Otello "Jack" Nucci, he made his Formula One debut, qualifying in 16th place at the South African Grand Prix without finishing the race. In 1964, de Klerk finished second in South Africa's Formula 1, behind John Love. Overall, de Klerk scored eight victories in this series. In 1965, he took part in the South African Grand Prix for the second time, in which he was tenth. In 1966, de Klerk stopped starting his car and started using a Brabham.

Complete Formula One results[edit]

World Championship results[edit]

(key)

Year Team Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points WCC
1963 Otello Nucci Alfa Special Alfa Romeo D MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA 0 -
South Africa Peter de Klerk Ret
1965 Otello Nucci Alfa Special Alfa Romeo D RSA MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA ITA MEX 0 -
South Africa Peter de Klerk 10
Source:[2]

Non-Championship results[edit]

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1962 Otello Nucci Alfa Special Alfa Romeo CAP BRX LOM LAV GLV PAU AIN INT NAP MAL CLP RMS SOL KAN MED DAN OUL MEX RAN NAT
South Africa Peter de Klerk 7 7
1963 Otello Nucci Alfa Special Alfa Romeo LOM GLV PAU IMO SYR AIN INT ROM SOL KAN MED AUT OUL RAN
South Africa Peter de Klerk 3
1964 Otello Nucci Alfa Special Alfa Romeo DMT NWT SYR AIN INT SOL MED RAN
South Africa Peter de Klerk 15
1965 Otello Nucci Alfa Special Alfa Romeo CAP ROC SYR SMT INT MED RAN
South Africa Peter de Klerk 4

References[edit]

  1. Statistics Alfa Special
  2. Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. pp. 88, 291 and 350. ISBN 0851127029. Search this book on


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