Biography
Alfonso Thiele was born in Istanbul in 1920 and was an Italian-American racing driver. He spent most of his career in sports car racing. He worked as a test driver for Abarth and was involved in many races and events. In 1955 he was part of a team that covered 3,743.642 km at Monza at an average speed of 155.985 km/h. A week later, the team set records for 500 km, 500 miles, 1,000 km, 48 hours and 72 hours. Journalists were present and drove as well.
Thiele started just one Formula One World Championship race, on 4 September 1960, driving a Cooper. He scored no championship points. He died in 1986.
Source: Wikipedia, “Alfonso Thiele”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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