Race Retro, the international historic motorsport show, in 2010 will be celebrating all things Alfa Romeo on its centenary year with a stunning display of vehicles and some of its leading drivers appearing including Italian racing legend Bruno Giacomelli.

Race Retro, the international historic motorsport show, is lining up a cracking array of motorsport legends for its 2010 show – from racing cars and drivers to track bikes and riders.

Held at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, from 12th to 14th March 2010, Race Retro will be celebrating all things Alfa Romeo on its centenary year with a stunning display of vehicles and some of its leading drivers appearing including Italian racing legend Bruno Giacomelli.

After sporadic races with the McLaren team in F1 in 1977 and 1978, Giacomelli was entrusted with the wheel of the glorious Flat-12 engined Alfa 177 when Alfa Romeo made its long-awaited F1 comeback at the Belgian Grand Prix in 1979. This would be the first of four seasons Giacomelli would spend at the wheel of its cars, driving the 179, in all its various guises, starting from the Italian Grand Prix of that year onwards, and then the 182 in the 1982 season, before moving onto Toleman in 1983 and finally reappearing in 1990 for a very forgettable season with the Life team and its unsuccessful W12-engine project.

Giacomelli eventually participated in 82 grands prix from 1977 through to 1990, collecting a total of 14 points, with the highlights being a podium place at the Caesars Place Grand Prix in 1981 at the wheel of the Alfa Romeo 179C and pole position at the U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen the previous year.

As part of the Alfa Romeo centenary celebrations, Race Retro organisers have also invited Alfa Romeo clubs and owners to exhibit their marque in a dedicated hall as well as having specialist Alfa restorers, race teams and engineers on hand to answer all your questions.

Outside visitors can enjoy all the high octane action on the Live Rally Stage over the weekend. One of the most popular features of the show, this year’s course has been redesigned and moved closer to the action inside the show to make sure visitors don’t miss any aspect of the event. To tie into the Live Rally Stage, there will also be a special tribute to the Audi Quattro, one of the most iconic cars of the 80s and the first rally car to take advantage of the change in rules which allowed the use of four-wheel drive in competition racing.

For those who prefer two wheeled racers, there will be a tribute to 60 years of Norton with racers on hand to talk about the bikes’ finest hour. Expect to be rubbing shoulders with Peter Williams, Phil Read MBE, John ‘Mooneyes’ Cooper, Trevor Nation and Keith Heckles, who will be talking with Race Retro motorcycle MC Steve Parrish. At the H&H Classic and Historic Motorsport Auction, the organisers promise an amazing range of rare and desirable cars, bikes and memorabilia on offer. Add to this hundreds of trade stands, the popular Ken Fox Wall of Death and a host of other names yet to be announced.