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Frédéric Vasseur (born 28 May 1968) is a French motorsport executive, businessman and engineer. Since 2023, Vasseur has served as team principal of Ferrari in Formula One; he previously served as team prinicipal of Renault, Sauber and Alfa Romeo.
Alfa Romeo's factory racing team was outsourced to Enzo Ferrari's Scuderia Ferrari between 1933 and 1938. ... Alfa Romeo Owner's Bible. Cambridge: Bentley Publishers.
This team was called Scuderia Ferrari (founded by Enzo in 1929) and acted as a racing division for Alfa Romeo. The team was very successful, thanks to excellent cars like the Alfa Romeo P3 and to the talented drivers, like Nuvolari. Ferrari retired from competitive driving having participated in 41 Grands Prix with a record of 11 wins.
From then, the Scuderia Ferrari became the acting racing team of Alfa Romeo when the factory released to the Scuderia the up to date Monoposto Tipo B racers. In 1935, Enzo Ferrari and Luigi Bazzi built the Alfa Romeo Bimotore, the first car to wear a Ferrari badge on the radiator cowl.
The team's first race was the 1930 Mille Miglia, using cars supplied by Alfa Romeo, [5] and the first use of the Prancing Horse logo was at the 1932 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. [1]: 43 The Alfa Romeo Bimotore photographed during a land speed record attempt, alongside its engineer Luigi Bazzi (right) and driver Tazio Nuvolari (left).
Alfa Romeo became the title sponsor for the Ferrari-powered Sauber team from 2018, and this commercial partnership was increased to a full renaming of the team beginning in 2019. Alfa Romeo did not have any technical involvement with the team, and the company ended its sponsorship of Sauber after 2023 and left Formula One to allow the team to ...
In January 2023, Alfa Romeo announced a multi-year title sponsorship agreement with online casino Stake, renaming the team as Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake. [123] [124] The team also signed a partnership agreement with live streaming platform Kick, [125] which is invested by Stake co-founder and owner Eddie Craven. [126]
At the start of the 2023 season, Bravi was appointed to the additional position of Team Representative of Alfa Romeo F1 Team following the departure of Team Principal Frédéric Vasseur to Ferrari. [4] This did not mean he was Team Principal, as owner Finn Rausing at the time chose Andreas Seidl as CEO for leading the transformation to Audi ...