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Italian car-manufacturing company, known for
its racing cars. In 1985 the company was
bought by Fiat. The Alfa Romeo racing car
made its debut 1919. In the 1930s it was
dominant in the great long-distance races
such as the Targo Florio and Mille Miglia.
The Italian Giuseppe Farina drove the Alfa
Romeo 158 to win the 1950 British Grand Prix,
the first world championship race. He won the
world title that year. Alfa left Grand Prix
racing 1951 only to return for a brief spell
1978.