Enzo's Dynamic Duo

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Gioachino Colombo is well known as the father of the Alfa Romeo 158 Grand Prix car of the 1930s, but the rôle of Angelo Nasi in that car's design is less famous. Working under the watchful eye of Enzo Ferrari, the team put together the car – which went on to dominate the European Grand Prix arena – in record time.

When, in 1945, Ferrari had long since abandoned Alfa to set up on his own, he called on this 'dynamic duo' to design the car which became the very first to wear the Ferrari name: the 125S of 1947. With the arrival of the 125C GP car in 1949/50 a bizarre scenario was enacted, in which two cars – the Alfetta, by now more than a decade old, and the new 125C – designed by the same team of engineers but built by two rival manufacturer's were seen dicing with each other on the race tracks of Europe.

Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges has completed an in-depth study of Colombo's life and career, the first part of which, covering his time working with Nasi at Alfa and Ferrari, is published in the April issue of The Automobile, which is out now.

 

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