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{{Former F1 driver|
  Name = Alejandro de Tomaso |
  Nationality = {{flagicon|Argentina}} {{flagicon|Italy}} Argentine-Italian |
  Years = {{F1|1957}}, {{F1|1959}} |
  Team(s) =  [[Scuderia Centro Sud]], [[O.S.C.A.]] |
  Races = 2 |
  Championships = 0 |
  Wins = 0 |
  Podiums = 0 |
  Points = 0 |
  Poles = 0 |
  Fastest laps = 0 |
  First race = [[1957 Argentine Grand Prix]] |
  First win =  |
  Last win =  |
  Last race = [[1959 United States Grand Prix]] |
}}
'''Alejandro de Tomaso''' (born in [[Buenos Aires]], [[July 10]], [[1928]] - died in [[Modena]], [[Italy]], [[May 21]], [[2003]]) was a [[racing driver]] and industrialist from [[Argentina]]. His name is sometimes seen in an Italianised form as ''Alessandro de Tomaso''. He participated in two [[Formula One]] World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on [[January 13]], [[1957]]. He scored no championship points.

== De Tomaso the carmaker ==

Despite his [[Formula 1]] career, de Tomaso was much more significant in the motoring world as a maker of cars. He founded the Italian sports car company [[De Tomaso|De Tomaso Automobili]] in 1959, and later built up a substantial business empire.

Born in [[Argentina]] of a prominent political family, de Tomaso fled to Italy – from where his paternal grandfather had emigrated – in his late twenties after being implicated in a plot to overthrow the [[Argentina|Argentinian]] president, [[Juan Perón]]. He started his career in the car industry as a racing driver for [[Maserati]] and [[O.S.C.A.]] and married Isabelle Haskell, an [[United States|American]] heiress who also raced cars.

In 1959 he founded the [[De Tomaso]] car company in [[Modena]], originally to build prototypes and racing cars, which included a [[Formula 1]] car for [[Frank Williams]]'s team in 1970. De Tomaso then turned to high-performance sports cars, most of which used [[aluminium]] backbone [[chassis]], which were to become the company's technical trademark. [[De Tomaso]] cars include the two-door, mid-engined [[De Tomaso Vallelunga|Vallelunga]], [[De Tomaso Mangusta|Mangusta]] and [[De Tomaso Pantera|Pantera]]; the [[De Tomaso Deauville|Deauville]], a four-door saloon resembling the [[Jaguar XJ6]]; and the [[De Tomaso Longchamp|Longchamp]], a two-door coupé version of the [[De Tomaso Deauville|Deauville]] which later formed the basis of the [[Maserati]] [[Maserati Kyalami|Kyalami]]. [[De Tomaso]]'s most recent product has been the [[De Tomaso Guarà|Guarà]], a two-door sports car with a [[carbon fibre]] bodyshell.  

During the 1960s and 1970s, de Tomaso acquired a number of Italian industrial holdings. As well as the [[Ghia]] and [[Vignale]] coachbuilding studios, he gained control of the [[Benelli]] and [[Moto Guzzi]] motorcycle firms, the [[Innocenti]] car company (founded as an offshoot of the [[British Motor Corporation]] to build [[Mini]]s in [[Italy]]), and, in 1975, the celebrated sports car maker [[Maserati]], which he rescued from bankruptcy with the assistance of the Italian government. Over time, however, he sold many of his holdings; [[Ghia]] infamously was sold to [[Ford]] (who would make much use of the name) in 1973; [[Innocenti]] and [[Maserati]] were sold to [[Fiat]] (which promptly closed the former) in 1993.   
De Tomaso suffered a stroke in 1993, and the day-to-day running of the [[De Tomaso]] company passed to his son Santiago.     

Alejandro de Tomaso died in Italy in 2003.

==Complete Formula One World Championship results==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! WDC
! Points 
|-
| [[1957 Formula One season|1957]]
! [[Scuderia Centro Sud]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Ferrari Tipo 500|500/625]]
! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] [[Straight-4]]
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1957 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br /><small>9</small>
| [[1957 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small></small>
| [[1957 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br><small></small>
| [[1957 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small></small>
| [[1957 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small>
| [[1957 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br><small></small>
| [[1957 Pescara Grand Prix|PES]]<br><small></small>
| [[1957 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small>
|
! NC
! 0
|-
| [[1959 Formula One season|1959]]
! [[O.S.C.A.|Automobili O.S.C.A.]]
! [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper]] [[Cooper T43|T43]]
! [[O.S.C.A.]] [[Straight-4]]
| [[1959 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 Indianapolis 500|500]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br /><small></small>
| [[1959 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small>
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1959 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
! NC
! 0
|}

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