Team story
Origins
Silvio Moser had already raced purchased single-seaters when he commissioned Guglielmo Bellasi to build his own Formula 1 car. The F1 70 was created for 1970 around the Cosworth DFV and Hewland transmission. The Moser family archive documents a single example, identified by chassis number F1-70-1.
The Formula 1 journey
At Zandvoort, Moser failed to qualify on the car's debut. In France, he missed admission to the race by just 0.26 seconds, before making the first World Championship start in Austria. There, a radiator problem compromised the race.
He returned to the grid at Monza in 1971, but that appearance also ended in retirement, without points.
Historical timeline
Three chapters in the story of Bellasi
Three episodes to revisit the people, cars and races that shaped this journey.
First appearance · Austrian Grand Prix
Silvio Moser · Austrian Grand Prix 1970. The recorded outcome is DNF. This is the first recorded race start, or the first entry if the team never started a race.
Sporting landmark · Bellasi
No classified race result is documented for this part of Bellasi’s record. The entries and cars listed elsewhere on the page provide the available reference points; they should not be read as completed races.
Latest recorded appearance · Italian Grand Prix
Silvio Moser · Italian Grand Prix 1971. The recorded outcome is DNF. This is the last race start attributed to this constructor in the archive, not necessarily the end of the organisation behind it.
A distinctive way of racing
The orange-red car required Moser to be both driver and promoter of his own programme. The DFV and Hewland gearbox were components available to other privateers too; the Bellasi, however, was a purpose-built chassis. In Swiss hillclimbs in 1970, Moser won at Les Rangiers and Kerenzerberg, with results distinct from World Championship Grands Prix.
What remains
The F1 70 also raced at Buenos Aires in 1971, in an event that did not count towards the championship, where Moser was eleventh. After a period in the Donington Collection, it returned to the driver's family. Six World Championship entries still amount to only two starts: hillclimbs and non-championship races nevertheless show that the car's life extended beyond attempts to qualify.