Alessandro de Tomaso is a racing driver from Argentina who last raced in Formula 1 for Cooper-OSCA. de Tomaso has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,402 ranks de Tomaso 1938th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1959-12-12 | Sebring International Raceway | DNF | −9 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-OSCA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | −9 | 3,402 |
| 1957 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −35 | 3,406 |
Alessandro de Tomaso was an Argentine driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1957 and 1959, appearing in two World Championship rounds for the Cooper-OSCA team without scoring points. His racing career was brief and yielded no finishes in the championship positions; his only classified result came in 1959, when he finished twentieth. His Racer Rating of 3,402 places him in the middle tier of professional racing talent, a level typical of drivers in established national and international single-seater categories.[1]
The record shows de Tomaso finished ahead of Luigi Piotti, a stronger-rated professional driver, on one occasion, though the small sample of starts limits what can be drawn from that head-to-head result. His average finishing position of ninth across classified entries reflects the competitive disadvantage he faced in a world championship field during the sport's early years. De Tomaso's racing stint was ultimately curtailed, but he went on to establish a lasting legacy in motorsport through the founding of De Tomaso Automobili in 1959, the Italian sports car manufacturer that would produce road and competition vehicles for decades to come.[2]