Starting with Number 6:
Number 6: 1979-1982 Alfa Romeo 179
Story: Alfa Romeo 179 was designed by Carlo Chiti and Robert Choulet. The 179 was powered by the 3 litre V12 Alfa Romeo engine. The Alfa Romeo 179 took Bruno Giacomelli to a third place finish at the Caesars Palace Grand Prix in 1981. It took Alfa Romeo to ninth place in the Constructors' standings in 1981 with 10 points overall.
Number 5: 1984-85 Alfa Romeo 184T
Story: Alfa Romeo 184T was designed by Mario Tollentino and Luigi Marmiroli. The 184T was powered by the 1.5 litre V8 turbocharged Alfa Romeo engine. The Alfa Romeo 184T took Riccardo Patrese to a third place finish at the Italian Grand Prix in 1984. The Alfa Romeo 184T took Alfa Romeo to eighth place in the Constructors' standings in 1984 with 11 points overall.
Number 4: 1983 Alfa Romeo 183T
Story: Alfa Romeo 183T was designed by Gérard Ducarouge and Mario Tollentino. The 183T was powered by the 1.5 litre V8 turbocharged Alfa Romeo engine. The Alfa Romeo 183T took Andrea de Cesaris to two second place finishes in 1983. The Alfa Romeo 183T took Alfa Romeo to sixth place in the Constructors' standings in 1983 with 18 points overall.
Number 3: 1976-78 Brabham BT45
Story: The Brabham BT45 was designed by Gordon Murray, the Brabham BT45 was powered by the 3 litre Alfa Romeo Flat-12 engine that that produces 500 bhp. Brabham BT45 took six podiums which includes three second place finishes between 1976 and 1978, one second each for Carlos Pace, John Watson and Niki Lauda. It did took Brabham to fifth place in the Constructors' Standings in the 1977 F1 Season.
Number 2: 1978 Brabham BT46/BT46B
Story: Brabham BT46 was designed by Gordon Murray, the Brabham BT46 was powered by the 3 litre Alfa Romeo Flat-12 engine that that produces 500 bhp. It was Brabham BT46B is the most remembered dubbed the "fan car". The story goes that once Lotus had introduced the concept of ground effect to the Formula One with the Lotus 79 in 1978. Gordon Murray who designed the Brabham BT46 could not put ground effect technique onto the car due to Alfa Romeo flat-12 engine used by Brabham that season was too wide to permit the venturi tunnels needed for really significant ground effect. So, the Brabham BT46B was inspired by the Chaparral 2J sticking a fan at the rear of the Brabham BT46B to dubbed the car to many as the "fan car". It only managed to do one Grand Prix and winning its only Grand Prix, the 1978 Swedish Grand Prix with Niki Lauda. Afterwards the Brabham BT46B 'fan car' never raced again. It is popularly thought that it was banned, but it was actually voluntarily withdrawn by Brabham themselves.
Meant that the BT46 raced for the rest of the 1978 F1 season with Niki Lauda taking another win at the 1978 Italian Grand Prix. Overall, Brabham BT46/46B took two victories in 1978, all of them for Niki Lauda. It did took Brabham to third place in the Constructors championship in the 1978 season with 53 points, just behind Team Lotus and Ferrari in the standings.
Number 1: 1938-51 Alfa Romeo 158/159
Story: The Alfa Romeo 158/159 was designed by Gioacchino Colombo, the Alfa Romeo 158/159 was powered by the Alfa Romeo 1.5 litre straight-eight supercharged engine. The Alfa Romeo 158/159 started its life in 1938, and continued after the Second World War which includes 37 wins between 1938 till 1953. But in Formula 1, the Alfa Romeo 158/159 took ten Grand Prix wins in-between 1950 and 51, five for Juan Manuel Fangio, four for Giuseppe Farina, and one shared win between Juan Manuel Fangio and Luigi Fagioli. Which took, Giuseppe Farina to the 1950 F1 Drivers' Title the first ever Drivers' Champion in Formula 1, and Juan Manuel Fangio to his first F1 Drivers' Title in 1951.
To give the 1938-51 Alfa Romeo 158/159 the best Alfa Romeo F1 car ever!
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