Few cars have rewritten the rules quite like the Alfa Romeo P3. Designed by Vittorio Jano as a featherweight, supercharged single-seater, the P3 burst onto the Grand Prix scene in 1931 and quickly became the benchmark. With 265 horsepower and near-perfect balance, it dominated the early 1930s. In 1933, Alfa handed the reins to a rising star named Enzo Ferrari, whose Scuderia continued the P3’s winning ways. The car reached mythic status at the 1935 German Grand Prix, where Tazio Nuvolari humiliated the might of the German Silver Arrows in a legendary upset at the Nürburgring. This 1933 chassis played its own starring role: piloted by Achille Varzi and Guy Moll, it won grand prix gold in Nice, Tripoli, and Berlin, followed by podium finishes across Europe. Nearly a century on, the P3 remains a symbol of racing purity and the finest Italian engineering.

Now the well-preserved car from the Victoria Collection in Germany has convinced the jury and won the Trofeo BMW Group - widely known as "Best of Show" - at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2025. Congratulations!

Photos: Rémi Dargegen for Classic Driver © 2025