Ugo Sivocci in his Alfa Romeo 20-30 ES at the 1922 Targa FlorioQuadrifoglio Verde (Green cloverleaf) has been used on Alfa Romeo racing cars since Ugo Sivocci's 1923 Targa Florio entry in Alfa Romeo RL. Originally the white background was a square but after the death of Sivocci was modified to a triangle.Ugo Sivocci at the wheel of 1923 Alfa Romeo P1
Ugo Sivocci (August 29, 1885 - September 8, 1923) was an Italian racing driver.[1]
Born in Salerno, Sivocci started his racing career as one of the pioneers of Italian bicycle racing,[2] obtaining a second place in the 600 km long classic Corsa Nazionale.[3] After World War I, he worked as an auto mechanic in Milan. Being a friend of Enzo Ferrari, he was hired by Alfa Romeo in 1920 to drive Alfa in three-man works team: (Alfa Corse) with Antonio Ascari and Enzo Ferrari. With the HP 20-30 ES Sport he finished 2nd in the Parma - Poggio Berceto race. In 1923 he began to drive the Alfa Romeo RL, and quickly won numerous races. In the same year, he won the Targa Florio with RL Targa Florio which was his major racing achievement. The race was a great success for Alfa Romeo as second (Ascari) and fourth places (Giulio Masetti)
were occupied by Alfa. Sivocci's car was painted with the green cloverleaf on a white background that was to become Alfa's good luck token.
In the same year Sivocci was killed while testing Merosi's new P1 at Monza. On the same day of the accident, a press release of the engineer Nicola Romeo announced the withdrawal of other Alfa Romeo cars competing.
His car was carrying number 17, which was never again assigned to Italian racing cars.[dubious – discuss]
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UgoSivocci (August 29, 1885 - September 8, 1923) was an Italian racing driver. Born in Salerno, Sivocci started his racing career as one of the pioneers...
entrusting them to Antonio Ascari, Enzo Ferrari, Giulio Masetti and UgoSivocci. Sivocci, Ferrari's discoverer and friend, was a pilot of great experience...
been used on Alfa Romeo cars since the death of UgoSivocci in 1923. As a friend of Enzo Ferrari, Sivocci was hired by Alfa Romeo in 1920 to drive in the...
its cars from then on. The four-leaf clover was painted by the driver UgoSivocci on his car at the 1923 Targa Florio for superstitious reasons, since...
Polesine and the Coppa Acerbo in Pescara. Deeply shocked by the death of UgoSivocci in 1923 and Antonio Ascari in 1925, Ferrari, by his admission, continued...
Alfa race team, which had drivers like UgoSivocci, Antonio Ascari, Giulio Masetti and Enzo Ferrari. Sivocci's car had a green cloverleaf symbol on a...
Spa-Francorchamps. Alfa Romeo got a 1-2 result at the Targa Florio with UgoSivocci winning after Antonio Ascari's car stuttered almost within sight of the...
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GP at Monza in 1923, for Antonio Ascari, Giuseppe Campari and UgoSivocci. When Sivocci was practicing for the GP in September 1923 he crashed and was...
Campari won at Mugello again. UgoSivocci won the 1923 Targa Florio and Antonio Ascari took second, both with an RL. Sivocci's car was painted with the green...
Alfa Romeo would win the Targa Florio for the first time in 1923 with UgoSivocci. In 1926 Merosi left Alfa Romeo and he was replaced with new chief engineer...
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