Oreste Berta

Oreste Berta (born 29 September 1938 in Rafaela, Argentina[1]) is an Argentinian engineer who has built and entered racing cars in various championships since the 1960s.

He founded his own engineering company in Alta Gracia, and ran a successful racing team in the Turismo Carretera championship.

[citation needed] After their semi-successful partnership in 1969, Juan Manuel Fangio opted to build an all-Argentinian car to race in the 1970 1,000 km of Buenos Aires.

The team qualified in third place with drivers Carlos Marincovich and Luis Rubén di Palma but suffered engine troubles during the race.

[8] In 1974 Berta finally adapted the LR for the Brazilian Sports Car Championship together with designer Anísio Campos and racing driver Luiz Bueno, both working for Porsche before the manufacturer left.

[8] In December 1974 Oreste Berta built an F1 chassis, based on his Formula 5000 car that raced in the United States without success.

[6] Berta entered the first two races of the 1975 Formula One season, remembering an offer from Wilson Fittipaldi to loan his Cosworth DFV engine.

In 1988 Berta built a Renault-powered chassis together with Marc Hessel to race in the German Formula 3 Championship, but their driver Victor Rosso was unable to finish higher than in the midfield.