Alessandro de Tomaso

Racing for Argentine, Alessandro de Tomaso competed at the highest level of motorsport. Made two formula 1 world championship starts in the late 1950s. he first appeared in 1957 driving a ferrari, then returned after a year away for a second start in 1959 at the wheel of a cooper-osca.

Neither appearance produced championship points, and his driving record closed at two starts with two different teams across a three-year span. He was one of several Argentine drivers to reach the World Championship during the 1950s, a strong decade for the country's racing exports.