Argentine motorsport

HERIBERTO PRONELLO

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Huayra Pronello Ford de 1969 en pit lane, prototipo argentino con coeficiente aerodinámico 0.23

Heriberto Pronello: The Argentine Who Built Ground Effect Before Lotus Did In July 2023, the Brooklands Paddock at the Goodwood Festival of Speed put a 1969 Argentine sports prototype on display alongside two Ferrari 250 GTOs, Jackie Stewart’s Tyrrell, Carlos Reutemann’s Brabham, and the six-wheeled Williams that never raced. The crowd voted it “new favourite … Read more

ORESTE BERTA

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Oreste Berta: The Cosworth Argentina Built and Then Abandoned In January 1975, a flatbed trailer pulled by a tired van crossed the country from Córdoba to Buenos Aires carrying a Formula 1 car. No transporter. No team uniforms. No sponsors on the bodywork. Just a small group of mechanics, a forty-six-year-old engineer named Oreste Berta, … Read more