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Engines/United Kingdom

Alta

  • Engine manufacturer
  • 1950–1959
  • 5 teams

Counted per race, not per car: an engine that powered four cars in one race was in one race. A win means that a car with this engine won – it was not necessarily a works team.

Season by season

7 1950: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1951: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1952: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 3 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins 1957: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1958: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1959: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1950195219541956195819597 1950: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1951: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1952: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1954: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 3 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins 1957: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1958: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1959: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1950195319561959
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.
Show the figures as a table
Alta, season by season
SeasonStartsWinsPodiumsChampionship
19502–
19512–
19527–
19537–
19542–
19552–
195631–
19571–
19582–
19591–

Teams that used it

5 teams. A customer engine makes its supplier part of several teams' histories at once.

TeamPeriodRacesWins
HWM1951–195516
Connaught1955–19598
Alta1950–19525
Cooper1953–19545
Emeryson19561

The engines

Every specification that raced, with the teams that used it.

EngineYearsCapacityLayoutTeams
Alta 1.5 L4 S1950–19511.5 lL4, superchargedAlta
Alta F2 2.0 L41951–19522 lL4, naturally aspiratedHWM, Alta
Alta GP 2.5 L41953–19592.5 lL4, naturally aspiratedCooper, HWM, Connaught, Emeryson