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Alex von Falkenhausen Motorenbau
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'''Alex von Falkenhausen Motorenbau (AFM)''' was a
Formula One List of Formula One constructors constructor. The team was started by
Alex von Falkenhausen, who was in the
1930s an important engineer in the development of
BMW's model 328, along with Alfred Boning,
Ernst Loof and
Fritz Fiedler. The 328 was a dominant sports car in late 1930s Europe and winner of the 1940
Mille Miglia race in
Brescia,
Italy.
After
World War II, von Falkenhausen opened a garage in
Munich where he tuned pre-war 328s, comverting some of them into single-seaters, and in 1948 went on to build his own car marque with the 328's engine. As a result, the
Formula 2 AFM appeared in 1949, driven by
Hans Stuck, resulting in a third place at Grenzlandring. AFM won a heat in the Autodromo GP at Monza with Stuck behind the wheel, beating the
Ferraris of
Alberto Ascari and
Juan Manuel Fangio. Other cars were raced by Fritz Reiss, Karl Gommann,
Willi Heeks and
Manfred von Brauschitsch. By 1951 Stuck was within the development of a lightweight
V8 engine designed by Richard Kuchen. By the time 1953 rolled in, the cars were becoming less competitive and with the fall of F2 that year the marque and the team faded away.
{| border=2 cellspacing=0
! Year
! Team
! Driver
! # of GPs
|-
|
1952 Formula One season 1952
| AFM-
Kuchen
|
Hans Von Stuck
| 1
|-
|
1952 Formula One season 1952
| AFM-
BMW
|
Helmut Niedermayr
| 1
|-
|
1952 Formula One season 1952
| AFM-
BMW
|
Willi Heeks
| 1
|-
|
1953 Formula One season 1953
| AFM-
Bristol
|
Hans Von Stuck
| 2
|-
|
1953 Formula One season 1953
| AFM-
BMW
|
Guenther Bechem
| 1
|-
|
1953 Formula One season 1953
| AFM-
BMW
|
Theo Fitzau
| 1
|}
External links
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Alex von Falkenhausen's brave F2 effort
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Category:Formula One constructors
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