Officine Specializzate Costruzione Automobili
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Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili (O.S.C.A.), founded 1947 in Bologna was a team and constructor participating in Formula 1, starting in 1951.
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Formula One
1950
O.S.C.A.'s only Formula One participation in its inaugural season in 1950 was a Maserati-O.S.C.A. entered by privateer Alfred Dattner for his home grand prix at Bremgarten. Dattner only qualified 35th out of 37, and his race was over after a collision on the first lap.
1951
The O.S.C.A. name wouldn't return to F1 before the 1951 Italian Grand Prix, when the works team made its first appearance in Formula One, and entered a car for Jean Behra. Both team and driver were very inexperienced, and the car lacked pace, so they were out of the event after pre-qualifying.
1952
After the poor performance at the Italian Grand Prix, the O.S.C.A. team received only 3 entries for the upcoming 1952 season. Behra was replaced by Felice Bonetto, and a single car was entered for the Belgian, German and Italian Grand Prix, the large grids meaning a better chance of getting into the race. Bonetto managed to qualify the car at Spa-Francorchamps, in 34th position and last on the grid. He retired early in the race due to an engine failure. Things went even better for the team at the Nürburgring, where Bonetto qualified the O.S.C.A. in 29th, and managed to finish the race in 16th position. The following home race was a disappointment again, as Bonetto, just like Behra the year before, failed to pre-qualify.
1953
A massive rule change for the 1953 season meant that all constructors had to build new cars and engines for this year. O.S.C.A. built the O.S.C.A. 53 chassis, which turned out to be a solid lower midfield car, and the 3000V8 engine, which was surprisingly close to the front running constructors. They managed to sell the 3000V8 to Group Ultimate and Maria Teresa de Filippis. The works team entered one car full-season, and one car at selected events. The full-season entry was driven by Piero Taruffi, who replaced Bonetto.
Complete Formula One Results
Works team
| Year | Team | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | EC |
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| 1951 | O.S.C.A. Automobili | MON | INDY | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | NED | ITA | 0 | 38th | |||
 Jean Behra
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DNPQ | |||||||||||||
| 1952 | O.S.C.A. Automobili | MON | ENG | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | NED | ITA | USA | AUS | 0 | 18th | |
 Felice Bonetto
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Ret | 16 | DNPQ |
