It is one of the most glorious sports cars of Biscione to conquer the BMW Group-Best of Show Trophy at the Elegance Competition of Villa d’Este: this P3 racing for the Ferrari team during the 1934 season, piloted by Achille Varzi who led her to the victory in the Gran Presti di Nizza and Tripoli
It is theAlfa Romeo Type B of 1934also known as P3owned by the Euriga Collection, to conquer the BMW Group Trophy – Best of Show al Competition of elegance of Villa d’Este. The international jury chaired by Lorenzo Ramaciotti has rewarded what is considered one of the absolute queens of the sports history of Biscione, a winning single -seater with legendary drivers at the steering wheel like Achille Varzi And Tazio Nuvolari. Produced from 1932 to 1935, the car was a direct evolution of the Alfa Romeo 8C2300 Monza, with a lighter and more rigid frame and a powerful eight -cylinder engine, enhanced by two compressors.
Alfa Romeo from legend
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The winner of the BMW Group Trophy – Best of Show to the elegance competition of Villa d’Este. The Alfa Romeo P3, now owned by a German collection, the Auriga Collection, thus enters the annals of this edition of the competition on Lake Como together with the BMW 507 of 1957 first series, which conquered the prestigious Golden Cup Villa d’Este via the public referendum. Born as type B and then identified as P3, for the many successes that made it a sort of spiritual heir of P2, winner of the first world championship in 1925, this incredible single -seater designed by Vittorio jano He wrote some of the most unforgettable pages in the history of Motorsport. Revolutionary car for its era, derived from the 8C 2300 Monza, but lighter, more rigid and powerful thanks to an 8 -cylinder engine in an overcharged line by two compressors, capable of delivering up to 265 horsepower, it was one of the first real racing single -seater.
The Alfa Romeo P3 Best of Show
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The Alfa Romeo P3 which won the BMW Group – Best of Show 2025 Trophy at the elegance competition of Villa d’Este has an extraordinary palmares: racing for the Ferrari stable during the 1934 season with Achille Varzi at the wheel, which led her to the victory in the Gran Prami di Nizza and Tripoli, while Guy Moll won the Berlin -Avus Grand Prix. Also with this Alfa Romeo P3 Varzi he obtained second place at the France Grand Prix and at the Belgium Grand Prix, while Louis Chiron arrived according to Monaco and third in Germany and Tonino Brivio ensured third place to the immature cup for the stable.
unbeatable
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“It is undoubtedly one of the most important single -seater in the history of Alfa Romeo, the one that characterized the transition between the Alfa Romeo Corse team and the Ferrari stable, and it is the one that after an incredible season in 1932 and was withdrawn for demonstrated unbeaten” – explains Lorenzo Ardizio, curator of the Alfa Romeo museum, which boasts one of the first P3 in his collection that won the Italian Grand Prix in 1932 with Tazio with Tazio with Tazio with Tazio Nuvolari. Among the applause of the public, the Alfa Romeo P3 rose to the stage at the end of a long week in the name of passion and automotive culture, receiving the most coveted Best of Show from the hands of Helmut Käs, head of BMW Group Classic and president of the Eleagance competition Villa d’Este, and Wilhelm Schmid, CEO of A. Lange und Söhne.
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