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

Salerno Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...

, 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 Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automob ...

, he was hired by Alfa Romeo in 1920 to drive Alfa in three-man works team: ( Alfa Corse) 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, 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 195 ...

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 Giulio Masetti (1895 – 25 April 1926) was an Italian nobleman and racing driver, known as "the lion of Madonie" from his dominating the Targa Florio in the early 1920s. Born in Vinci, Tuscany, Vinci, he was the older brother of the racing d ...

) 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 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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