Ugo Sivocci in his Alfa Romeo 20-30 ES at the 1922 Targa Florio

Ugo Sivocci (August 29, 1885 - September 8, 1923) was an Italian race car driver. Born in

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, Sivocci started his racing career as one of the pioneers of Italian bicycle racing, obtaining a second place in the 600 km long classic Corsa Nazionale. After World War I, he worked as an auto mechanic in

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. Being a friend of

Enzo Ferrari Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Maria Ferrari (; 20 February 1898 – 14 August 1988) was an Italians, Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari ...

, he was hired by Alfa Romeo in 1920 to drive Alfa in three-man works team: (

Alfa Corse Alfa Corse is Alfa Romeo's factory racing team. Throughout the years, Alfa Corse has competed in various forms of motorsport, from Grand Prix motor racing to touring car racing. Alfa Corse was officially formed in the beginning of 1938, after th ...

) with

Antonio Ascari Antonio Ascari (15 September 1888 – 26 July 1925) was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing champion. He won four Grands Prix before his premature death at the 1925 French Grand Prix. He was the father of two-time World Champion Alberto Ascari. Ea ...

and Enzo Ferrari. With the HP 20-30 ES Sport he finished 2nd in the Parma - Poggio Berceto race. In 1923 he began to drive the

Alfa Romeo RL The Alfa Romeo RL was produced between 1922–1927. It was Alfa's first sport model after World War I. The car was designed in 1921 by Giuseppe Merosi. It had a straight-6 engine with overhead valves. Three different versions were made: Normale, ...

, and quickly won numerous races. In the same year, he won the

Targa Florio The Targa Florio was a public road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near the island's capital of Palermo. Founded in 1906, it was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 ...

with RL Targa Florio which was his major racing achievement. The race was a great success for Alfa Romeo as second (Ascari) and fourth places ( Giulio Masetti) were occupied by Alfa. Sivocci's car was painted with the green cloverleaf on a white background that was to become Alfa's good luck token. In the same year Sivocci was killed while testing Merosi's new P1 at

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. On the same day of the accident, a press release of the engineer

Nicola Romeo Nicola Romeo (; Sant'Antimo, 28 April 1876 – Magreglio, 15 August 1938) was an Italian engineer and entrepreneur mostly known for founding the car manufacturer Alfa Romeo. He served as a senator in the 18th Legislature of the Kingdom of Italy (X ...

announced the withdrawal of other Alfa Romeo cars competing. His car was carrying number 17, which was never again assigned to Italian racing cars.

Major results

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- Poggio Berceto race 1921, 2nd * Circuit of Mugello 1921, 4th *

1922, 9th *

1923, 1st

Major cycling results

*Corsa Nazionale 1902, 12th *Corsa Nazionale 1904, 2nd

References

External links

Ugo Sivocci biography (Italian)Tutta la storia di Ugo Sivocci (ITA-ENG)
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