25/1/1901 - 15/11/1982
Record updated 25-Jan-23
In the 1920s Martin Máximo Pablo de Alzaga Unzué was as much known in the USA and Europe as in his native Argentina. A member of the official Bugatti team in the 1923 Indianapolis 500, he also raced in that year’s Italian Grand Prix, at the wheel of a Miller 122. He failed to make the placings in either event, but in 1924, driving a 4.9 Sunbeam, won the Coupe de l’Autodrome at Miramas near Marseilles, leading from start to finish.
‘Macoco’ de Alzaga had begun his career as a teenager just after the Great War, winning a sprint at La Plata in 1920 and the follwing year driving a Hudson into second place in the Gran Premio Nacional, Argentina’s most prestigious race.
He took the Sunbeam back home with him after his European sortie but met with little success.
David McKinney and thanks to Maximiliano Catania of www.funof1.com.ar for the picture.