🇮🇹 Consalvo Sanesi

Consalvo Sanesi was an established professional racing driver who competed in Formula 1 as a solo driver in single-seater machinery. He raced for Alfa Romeo across 1950 and 1951, the first two seasons of the Formula 1 World Championship, taking five starts across those campaigns.[1]

Sanesi scored three championship points across his career in the series. His record placed him twelfth in the 1951 championship standings. His five starts came against one of the strongest grids in early Formula 1 history, a field that included Juan Fangio, who would go on to win five world titles, and Nino Farina, the 1950 champion. Sanesi regularly finished behind both drivers. He did, however, record single victories over established professionals Alberto Ascari, a two-time champion, and Stirling Moss, each accomplished once across their respective meetings in the championship.[2]

Sanesi was known primarily for his work as an Alfa Romeo test driver, and his experience with the marque's Tipo 158 and 159 cars showed in occasional pace; his race results, however, rarely reflected the speed he demonstrated in practice. He continued racing in sports cars into the mid-1960s after his Formula 1 career ended.