{{short description|Italian racing driver (1885–1923)}} [[File:Ugo Sivocci in his Alfa Romeo 20-30 ES at the 1922 Targa Florio.jpg|thumbnail|Ugo Sivocci in his [[ALFA 20/30 HP|Alfa Romeo 20-30 ES]] at the 1922 Targa Florio]] [[File:Alfa Romeo RL TF.jpg|thumb|[[Alfa Romeo Quadrifoglio|Quadrifoglio]] Verde (Green cloverleaf) has been used on Alfa Romeo racing cars since Ugo Sivocci's 1923 [[Targa Florio]] entry in [[Alfa Romeo RL]]. Originally the white background was a square but after the death of Sivocci was modified to a triangle.]] [[File:Alfa-Romeo-P1-GP-byMerosi.jpg|thumb|Ugo Sivocci at the wheel of 1923 [[Alfa Romeo P1]]]]
'''Ugo Sivocci''' (August 29, 1885 - September 8, 1923) was an Italian [[racing driver]].<ref name="targaflorio.info">{{Cite web|url=http://www.targaflorio.info/ugosivocci.htm|title=Ugo Sivocci|access-date=2012-06-23|work=targaflorio.info|language=it}}</ref>
Born in [[Salerno]], Sivocci started his racing career as one of the pioneers of Italian bicycle racing,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/rider/207/ugo-sivocci|title=Ugo Sivocci's page at CyclingRanking|access-date=2019-01-06|work=cyclingranking.com}}</ref> obtaining a second place in the 600 km long classic Corsa Nazionale.<ref name="Corsa Nazionale 1904">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/races/1904/76/corza-nazionale-la-seicento?highlight=207|title=Corsa Nazionale - La Seicento 1904|access-date=2019-01-06|work=cyclingranking.com}}</ref> After World War I, he worked as an auto mechanic in [[Milan]]. Being a friend of [[Enzo Ferrari]], he was hired by Alfa Romeo in 1920 to drive Alfa in three-man works team: ([[Alfa Corse]]) with [[Antonio Ascari]] and Enzo Ferrari. With the [[Alfa Romeo 20/30 HP ES Sport|HP 20-30 ES Sport]] he finished 2nd in the Parma - Poggio Berceto race. In 1923 he began to drive the [[Alfa Romeo RL]], and quickly won numerous races. In the same year, he won the [[Targa Florio]] with RL Targa Florio which was his major racing achievement. The race was a great success for Alfa Romeo as second (Ascari) and fourth places ([[Giulio Masetti]]) were occupied by Alfa. Sivocci's car was painted with the green cloverleaf on a white background that was to become Alfa's good luck token.
In the same year Sivocci was killed while testing [[Giuseppe Merosi|Merosi]]'s new [[Alfa Romeo P1|P1]] at [[Monza]]. On the same day of the accident, a press release of the engineer [[Nicola Romeo]] announced the withdrawal of other Alfa Romeo cars competing.
His car was carrying number 17, which was never again assigned to Italian racing cars.{{Dubious|reason=many italian race cars with this race number in history|date=November 2020}}
==Major results== *[[Parma]] - Poggio Berceto race 1921, 2nd<ref name="targaflorio.info"/> *[[Circuit of Mugello]] 1921, 4th *[[Targa Florio]] 1922, 9th *[[Targa Florio]] 1923, 1st
==Major cycling results== *Corsa Nazionale 1902, 12th<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/races/1902/76/corza-nazionale-la-seicento?highlight=207|title=Corsa Nazionale - La Seicento 1902|access-date=2019-01-06|work=cyclingranking.com}}</ref> *Corsa Nazionale 1904, 2nd<ref name="Corsa Nazionale 1904"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.museoauto.it/website/images/stories/articoli/biografie/sivocci_ugo.pdf Ugo Sivocci biography (Italian)] *[http://www.webalice.it/g.sivocci/ Tutta la storia di Ugo Sivocci (ITA-ENG)]
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