<< Prev Page 2 of 2 Despite the use of an exotic carbon-fibre composite monocoque, the first Alba was fitted with a relatively heavy glass-fibre reinforced plastic body. It was fielded under the Jolly Club banner for Finotto and Facetti in the Sports Car World Championship. Unfortunately, the car was not ready in time for the season opener and the team's home race at Monza. It debuted at the next race, at Silverstone, where Finotto and Facetti instantly won the Group C Junior class. They repeated that feat at the Nürburgring.
The next outing came at Le Mans, where the car retired from the race early. Meanwhile, a second chassis was readied with a lighter carbon-fibre composite body. Class wins were then scored at Brands Hatch and Kyalami, which was sufficient for Finotto and Facetti to be crowned the first Group C Junior Champions. From the Imola round, in October of 1983, the second was pressed into service and the original AR2 was sold to a private team.
Finotto continued to campaign Albas for several more seasons with a variety of engines. The cars were continuously developed and Stirano also managed to sell several cars to privateers on both sides of the Atlantic. The last Alba, powered by a Subaru-badged Motori-Moderni flat-12 engine, was produced ahead of the 1990 season. None of the later cars, however, were as successful as the original Giannini engined Alba AR2. << Prev Page 2 of 2
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Despite the use of an exotic carbon-fibre composite monocoque, the first Alba was fitted with a relatively heavy glass-fibre reinforced plastic body. It was fielded under the Jolly Club banner for Finotto and Facetti in the Sports Car World Championship. Unfortunately, the car was not ready in time for the season opener and the team's home race at Monza. It debuted at the next race, at Silverstone, where Finotto and Facetti instantly won the Group C Junior class. They repeated that feat at the Nürburgring.