Alfa Romeo 184T

The Alfa Romeo 184T is a Formula One car which was used by the Alfa Romeo team during the 1984 and 1985 Formula One seasons. The car, which was Mario Tollentino's first F1 design,^[3] bore the colours of the team's major sponsor, Italian fashion designers Benetton.

The car, which had a 1.5 L V8 turbo engine, producing around 680 hp (507 kW) at 10700 rpm,^[2] achieved a total of 11 points, all in 1984. The car's best result was at the 1984 Italian Grand Prix, where Riccardo Patrese came 3rd, at team mate Eddie Cheever's expense as the American was running 3rd, but ran out of fuel.

When the 890T engine was introduced in 1983, it had comparable power to the BMW, Renault and Ferrari turbo engines which at times saw lead driver Andrea de Cesaris able to mix it with the quicker cars, while fuel was not a factor as in-race re-fuelling was allowed. By 1984 however, the 890T had been left behind on power by its rivals, while the new fuel regulations limiting cars to only 220 litres per race saw the Alfa's mostly uncompetitive in the races as the engine was notoriously hard on fuel consumption. Also, the lack of power saw both Patrese and Cheever having to push their 184T's harder just to try to keep in touch (more often than not this was a losing battle) and most of the 184T's retirements were due to the unreliability of the engine that the faster running produced, or the cars simply ran out of fuel.

The 184T was replaced for 1985 by the 185T, but the car proved to be uncompetitive so the 184T was brought out of retirement, updated to 1985 regulations and was dubbed the 184TB.

Riccardo Patrese driving the 184TB at the Nürburgring in 1985.

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Team/Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points	WCC
1984	Alfa Romeo 184T	Alfa Romeo 890T V8 tc	G		BRA	RSA	BEL	SMR	FRA	MON	CAN	DET	DAL	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	EUR	POR	11	8th
				Riccardo Patrese	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	10	Ret	3	6	8
				Eddie Cheever	4	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	DNQ	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	9	Ret	17
1985	Alfa Romeo 184TB	Alfa Romeo 890T V8 tc	G		BRA	POR	SMR	MON	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	BEL	EUR	RSA	AUS	0	12th
				Riccardo Patrese									Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret
				Eddie Cheever								Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret

References

↑ "Alfa Romeo 184T @ StatsF1". Statsf1.com. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
1 2 "Alfa Romeo". gaffersports.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
↑ "PEOPLE: MARIO TOLENTINO". grandprix.com. Retrieved 2007-04-26.

Alfa Romeo in Formula One

Personnel: Carlo Chiti; Robert Choulet; Gioacchino Colombo; Gérard Ducarouge; John Gentry; Luigi Marmiroli; Mario Tollentino

World Champions: Giuseppe Farina; Juan Manuel Fangio

Drivers' titles: 1950; 1951

Cars:

Alfa Romeo S.p.A. (1950–1951): 158, 159, 159A, 159B, 159M

Autodelta S.p.A. (1979): 177; 179

Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo (1980–1983): 179, 179B, 179C, 179D; 182, 182B; 183T, 183TB

Benetton Team Alfa Romeo (1984–1985): 184T, 184TB; 185T, 185TB

Alfa Romeo engine: Brabham BT45/BT45B/BT45C; Brabham BT46/BT46B; Brabham BT48; McLaren M7D; McLaren M14D; Cooper T53; De Tomaso F1; LDS Mk1/Mk2; March 711; Osella FA1E; Osella FA1F; Osella FA1G; Osella FA1H; Osella FA1I

Cars that competed in the 1984 Formula One season

McLaren MP4/2 Ferrari 126C4 Lotus 95T Brabham BT53 Renault RE50 Williams FW09/FW09B Toleman TG183B Toleman TG184 Alfa Romeo 184T Arrows A6 Arrows A7 Ligier JS23/JS23B Osella FA1E Osella FA1F Spirit 101 ATS D7 RAM 01 RAM 02 Tyrrell 012

Cars that competed in the 1985 Formula One season

McLaren MP4/2B Ferrari 156/85 Williams FW10/FW10B Lotus 97T Brabham BT54 Ligier JS25 Renault RE60/RE60B Arrows A8 Tyrrell 012 Tyrrell 014 Minardi M185 Alfa Romeo 184T Alfa Romeo 185T RAM 03 Osella FA1F Osella FA1G Toleman TG185 Spirit 101D Zakspeed 841 Lola THL1

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