 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati ma1977, uye pashure pokunyengetedzwa naChiti, Alfa Romeo yakapa Autodelta mvumo yokutanga kugadzira motokari yeFormula One nokuda kwavo. Yakapiwa zita rokuti Alfa Romeo 177, motokari yacho yakatanga kuratidzwa paGrand Prix yeBelgium muna 1979. Kubatana naBrabham kwakapera pamberi pekupera kwemwaka, nehembe yaBernie Ecclestone ichidzokera kuFord Cosworth DFV injini. Iyi yechipiri Alfa inoshanda Formula One purojekiti haina kumbobvira yabudirira zvechokwadi mukati mekuvapo kwayo kubva pakati pa1979 kusvika pakupera kwa1985. Munguva iyi Alfa Romeo yakawana nzvimbo mbiri dzepamusoro, Bruno Giacomelli akatungamira yakawanda ye1980 United States Grand Prix asati aenda pamudyandigere nematambudziko emagetsi, matatu 3rd nzvimbo, maviri 2nd nzvimbo uye imwe yekukurumidza kutenderera. Ivo vakatsungirirawo ngwavaira apo mutyairi wavo Patrick Depailler akaurawa achiedza nokuda kweGermany Grand Prix ya 1980 paHockenheimring. Muna 1988 vakanga vane mabasa aMario Andretti, asi vakaramba vachidzvinyirirwa nokusavimbika kwakaderera. Mushure mekugadziriswa kweAutodelta, mashandiro echikwata uye dhizaini yemota yakaendeswa kunze kuEuroracing muna, nemainjini ebasa achiri kupihwa neAutodelta. Mwaka wakanakisa wechikwata yaive apo timu yakachinjira kune turbocharged 890T V8 injini uye yakawana nzvimbo yechitanhatu muConstructors Championship, kunyanya nekuda kwenzvimbo mbiri dzechipiri dzaAndrea de Cesaris. 