Alejandro de Tomaso
| Born | 10 July 1928 |
|---|---|
| Died | 21 May 2003 (aged 74) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 Argentine |
| Active years | 1957, 1959 |
| Teams | Scuderia Centro Sud, O.S.C.A. |
| Entries | 2 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1957 Argentine Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1959 United States Grand Prix |
Alejandro de Tomaso (July 10, 1928 in Buenos Aires – May 21, 2003 in Modena, Italy) was a racing driver and businessman 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. He later founded the Italian sports car company De Tomaso Automobili in 1959.
Born in Argentina in a politically prominent family, de Tomaso fled to Italy in 1955 – from where his paternal grandfather had emigrated – in his late twenties, after being implicated in a plot to overthrow the Argentinian president, Juan Perón. He settled in Modena, where he married Elizabeth Haskell, an American heiress (upon their marriage, she "Italianised" her first name to Isabella, just as Alejandro became Alessandro), and started a career in the car industry as a racing driver for Maserati, Scuderia Centro Sud and O.S.C.A.. He participated to four Formula One Grand Prix and scored no championship points.
In 1959 he founded the De Tomaso car company in Modena, originally to build prototypes and racing cars, including a Formula One car for Frank Williams' 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 Vallelunga, Mangusta and Pantera; the Deauville, a four-door saloon resembling the Jaguar XJ6; and the Longchamp, a two-door coupé version of the Deauville which later formed the basis of the Maserati Kyalami. De Tomaso's most recent product has been the Guarà, a two-door sports car with a carbon fibre bodyshell.
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