Alfa Romeo is changing the four-leaf clover logo painted on Formula 1 cars for the weekend of the Canadian Grand Prix, after the distinctive motif was first used on a racing machine just 100 years ago.
Over the past decades, the clover motif has grown into the Italian brand in much the same way as the “official” snake logo, and in the case of the racing division, perhaps even more recognizable than that. The “story” of the emblem began exactly a hundred years ago, at the Targa Florio race in 1923, when Ugo Sivocci painted it on his Alfa Romeo – hoping that it would bring him luck in the race.
The superstition proved true, as Sivocci won the race, thus starting a tradition that has continued ever since: lucky four-leaf clovers are regularly displayed on Alfa Romeo high-performance sports cars and racing machines.
So, of course, they are also on F1 cars used in the 2023 season, in fact, they will get a special design in Canada due to the aforementioned anniversary. In the team’s official trailer, he noted that a lucky motif would appear in a triangle with a golden rim during the weekend in Montreal.
As they write, with this “small gesture, they pay tribute to the history and heritage of the brand, as well as the passion that the logo symbolizes anyway.” They note that no symbol could represent their spirituality better than the shamrock.
For the time being, the team’s goal would be to score points over the annual weekend as well – now, under normal circumstances, they feel that’s the most they can achieve. “The result in Barcelona was positive and an important confirmation of the efforts of the past weeks and that we are all keen to fight for the points regularly.” – said the captain of the team, Alessandro Aloni Bravi.
“We are more motivated to find the extra performance that makes the difference in the sport. We go to Montreal with confidence, as we achieved our best result there last year. The aim is to repeat this now. The pace in Spain was promising and it assured us that developments are heading in the right direction. We have to keep the momentum going: we know we have it now and if we run a flawless race we can do even better.” highlighted.
Alfa Romeo (Photo: XPB)
