Re: Alfa Racing history (& Porsche's)

["Henry Kim" <henry.kim@domain.elided>]

That being said, Porsche is taking a major butt-kicking these days from BMW.
There are no more factory Porsche teams but the private teams are also-rans
in the Le Mans series.

It's too bad but Porsche may have seen the end of its glory days in
motorsports.  I'm afraid they just don't have the commitment to compete at
the level of Audi and BMW.  Even Jaguar will be kicking their butt soon with
Ford money behind them.

Does Alfa have any factory sponsored entries in any series?


>
> One might want to recall that the McLaren-Porsche F1 team had quite a
> string of successes in the mid-80's.  In '84, Lauda and Prost finished 1
> and 2 in the Driver's championship, with McLaren-Porsche also winning the
> Constructor's title.  In '85, Prost was Driver's champion while Lauda was
> 10th, and McLaren-Porsche was again top Constructor.  In '86, Prost
> repeated as Driver's champion with Rosberg 6th, but that year
> Williams-Honda won the Constructor's title.  In '84, McLaren-Porsche also
> had the most wins (12) and most podium finishes (16), repeating in '85
with
> most wins (6) and most podiums (12).
>
> I drive and Alfa, and you might say what you want about Porsche, but they
> did their talking on the track much more recently and to a higher degree
> than Alfa has done in quite some time.

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