Alfa Romeo 184T


The Alfa Romeo 184T is a Formula One car which was used by the Alfa Romeo team during the and Formula One seasons. The car, which was Mario Tollentino's first F1 design, 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 at 10700 rpm, 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 teammate Eddie Cheever's expense as the American was running 3rd, but ran out of fuel.
When the 890T engine was introduced in, 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 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 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. The 184TB model would become the last Alfa Romeo car to be raced in Formula One until the manufacturer's return to the sport with the C38 in 2019.
driving the 184TB at the Nürburgring in 1985.

Complete Formula One results

YearTeam/ChassisEngineTyresDrivers12345678910111213141516PointsWCC
Alfa Romeo
184T		Alfa Romeo 890T
V8 tc		BRARSABELSMRFRAMONCANDETDALGBRGERAUTNEDITAEURPOR118th
Alfa Romeo
184T		Alfa Romeo 890T
V8 tc		Riccardo PatreseRet4RetRetRetRetRetRetRet12Ret10Ret368118th
Alfa Romeo
184T		Alfa Romeo 890T
V8 tc		Eddie Cheever4RetRet7RetDNQ11RetRetRetRetRet139Ret17118th
Alfa Romeo
184TB		Alfa Romeo 890T
V8 tc		BRAPORSMRMONCANDETFRAGBRGERAUTNEDITABELEURRSAAUS0NC
Alfa Romeo
184TB		Alfa Romeo 890T
V8 tc		Riccardo PatreseRetRetRetRetRet9RetRet0NC
Alfa Romeo
184TB		Alfa Romeo 890T
V8 tc		Eddie CheeverRetRetRetRetRetRet11RetRet0NC