🇪🇸 Alfonso de Portago

Alfonso de Portago was an established professional racing in Formula 1, the sport's premier single-seater championship. He drove for Ferrari across the 1956 and 1957 seasons, making five starts in a field that ranged from amateurs to graded professionals. His rating of 5,933 places him among established professionals of his era; his career on the indexed record spans two seasons and concluded in 1957.[1]

Portago scored a single podium finish across his Formula 1 career. He finished 14th in the 1957 championship standings, the final season recorded for him. His best result came against established company; he finished ahead of Wolfgang von Trips, who went on to make 28 Formula 1 starts, and matched Stirling Moss, a driver who would race 67 Formula 1 grands prix and establish himself among the era's leading professionals.[2]

Against the strongest opposition regularly on the grid, Portago typically finished behind Juan Fangio, the five-time world champion who dominated Formula 1 across the 1950s. He was closely matched with Moss over the races where they competed together. Beyond racing, Portago competed as a jockey, pilot and bobsledder, and was among the Formula 1 drivers who later competed in the Winter Olympics.