Carlo Chiti

He joined a design and engineering team supervised by Orazio Satta Puliga, and worked in collaboration with senior members such as Rudolf Hruska and Giuseppe Busso.

[1] When Alfa Romeo's competition department was closed down in the mid-1950s, Chiti was invited to replace designer and engineer Andrea Fraschetti at Scuderia Ferrari.

Chiti, Bizzarrini and Romolo Tavoni were subsequently invited by Giovanni Volpi to join the breakaway ATS Formula One team, which had employed a number of disaffected ex-Ferrari personnel, including drivers Phil Hill and Giancarlo Baghetti.

Brabham designer Gordon Murray persuaded Chiti to produce a V12 engine to allow ground effect to be exploited by the team.

The team achieved two pole positions, with Bruno Giacomelli leading much of the 1980 United States Grand Prix before retiring with electrical trouble.

The team's best season was 1983, when Chiti designed a turbocharged 890T V8 engine, and Alfa Romeo achieved 6th place in the constructors' championship, largely thanks to two second-place finishes for Andrea de Cesaris.