Fiat Group Automobiles 1979 Alfa Romeo 177 BRUNO GIACOMELLI

The Alfa Romeo 177 was a Formula One car used by the Alfa Romeo team during the 1979 Formule One season, debuting at the 1979 Belgian Grand Prix. The 177 marked Alfa Romeo's return to Formula One, 28 years after winning the World Drivers' Championship titles in 1950 and 1951.  Bruno Giacomelli had won the 1978 European Formula Two Championship in March and was hired to drive the new Alfa Romeo 177; he used this car at Belgian and French Grands Prix.

Bruno Giacomelli, (born 10 September 1952) is an Italian former racing driver who competed in Formule One between 1977 and 1990. Giacomelli won one of the two 1976 Britsh Formula 3 Championships and the 1978 Formula Two championship. From 1977 to 1983. Giacomelli participated in 82 Formula One Grands Prix for Mclaren, Alfa Romeo and Toleman, debuting at the 1977 Italian Grand Prix. He achieved one podium and scored a total of 14 championship points. He returned to Formula One in 1990 with Life, infamously failing to qualify in each of his 12 attempts driving the F190, prior to the team's withdrawal after the Spanish Grand Prix. 

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