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The '''Alfa Romeo Tipo 33''' was a [[sports car racing]] prototype raced by the [[Alfa Romeo]] factory team between 1967 and 1977.
  
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A small number of road going cars were derived from it in 1967, called [[Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale]]
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The number was also used in the 1980s for the unrelated road car, [[Alfa Romeo 33 (road car)]].
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== Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 ==
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The 2000cc Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 mid-engined prototype debuted on [[12 March]] 1967 at the Belgian [[hillclimbing]] event at Fléron, with [[Teodoro Zeccoli]] winning. It was powered by a 90° V8 with 1995 cc and 270 hp, and built with a large diameter tube frame. The original T33 proved unreliable and uncompetitive in the [[World Sportscar Championship]], its best result a 5th place at the [[1000km Nürburgring]], with Zeccoli and [[Roberto Bussinello]].
  
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== Alfa Romeo 33/2 ==
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In 1968, Alfa Romeo's subsidiary, [[Autodelta]], created an evolution model called 33/2. A road version, dubbed [[Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale]], was also introduced. At the [[24 Hours of Daytona]], the [[Porsche 907]] with 2.2L engines were dominating the overall race, but Alfa took the 2-Litre class win, with [[Udo Schütz]] and [[Nino Vaccarella]], a win repeated at the [[Targa Florio]], where [[Nanni Galli]] and [[Ignazio Giunti]] also took second place overall, followed by teammates [[Lucien Bianchi]] and [[Mario Casoni]]. Galli and Giunti then won the class at the 1000km Nürburgring, where the 2.5 L version finished for the first time, 4th place in the 3.0 L class with Schütz and Bianchi. However, in most races, the Alfa drivers were outclassed by their Porsche rivals which used bigger engines. In 1968, the car was used mainly by privateers, winning its class in the [[1000km Monza]], Targa Florio and Nürburgring.
  
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== Alfa Romeo 33/3 ==
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In 1969 at the [[12 Hours of Sebring]], the Alfa Romeo 33/3 made its debut. The engine was enlarged to 2998cc with 400 hp, which put the 33/3 in the same class as the [[Porsche 908]] and the [[Ferrari 312]]P. The chassis was now built as a monocoque. After a dismal 1969, in 1970, the bigger 5.0 L [[Porsche 917]] and [[Ferrari 512]] dominated, yet [[Toine Hezemans]] and [[Masten Gregory]] took third overall at Sebring, and [[Andrea De Adamich]] and [[Henri Pescarolo]] won the [[1000km Zeltweg]] in their class, with a second place overall. Also in 1970, Alfa T 33/3 was one of the "actors" of [[Steve McQueen]]'s movie "Le Mans", released in 1971.
  
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In 1971, the Alfa Romeo racing effort was finally successful. [[Rolf Stommelen]] and Nanni Galli won their class at the [[1000km Buenos Aires]] (followed by De Adamich and Pescarolo), before taking another class win (and second overall) at Sebring. De Adamich and Pescarolo later won outright at the [[1000km Brands Hatch]], a significant against the "invincible" [[Porsche 917]]. They were then taking a class win at Monza (where Alfa Romeo took the three podium slots in the prototype class) and another one at Spa. At the Targa Florio, Vaccarella and Hezemans won outright, followed by teammates De Adamich and [[Gijs Van Lennep]]. Hezemans and Vaccarella won their class at Zeltweg, and De Adamich and [[Ronnie Peterson]] won overall at Watkins Glen.
  
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[[Alfa Romeo 33/3 Full Story]]
  
  
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Joe Nastasi owns more Alfa T33s than anyone one individual in the world. This is just one of them, a 1969 Tipo 33/3, chassis 75080.004.
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 2.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>Nastasi's T33/3 was built in late 1969, and according to Ed McDonough, was entered at the Osterreichrng in Austria and driven by de Adamich/Vaccarella
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Born in [[Messina]], [[Italy]], in 1949, Nastasi left home at the age of 13 to work as a mechanic in a local shop. Deciding that the grass, if not the money, was definitely greener on the other side of the Atlantic, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1971. Nastasi found his way over Modena Sport Cars, on 11th Ave in Manhattan owned by [[Alberto Pedretti]] and Alfredo Ciati, they were the Importers for Lamborghini in the US. He was a natural, and worked there for two years. In October of 1972 he rented his own shop and went into business himself. and bought a testing laboratory from Alfredo Ciati in 1982. Nastasi did the EPA and DOT on grey market cars, [[Ferrari]], [[Lamborghini]], Mercedes, Porsche.
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 3.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>When Nastasi purchased it in 1985, the car had been updated to 1971 specs. Here it is in the livery of [[Nino Vaccarella]]'s Targa Florio winning T33/3, although it is unknown if this is the actual chassis used by Vaccarella
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 4.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>For most of its life, the T33/3 had to compete with the Group 5 (Porsche 917s and Ferrari 512s) cars for the Championship--but in 1971 the T33 won three Championship overall victories and placed second to Porsche in the World's Manufacturers Championship
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Nearly all the grey market Lambos were modified by Nastasi, and by 1985, he had established the an official [[Lamborghini]] distributorship (Lamborghini East). When Chrysler bought Lamborghini in 1988, they also bought out his contract but he continued to work as a consultant until 1990.
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 5.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>Henri Pescaralo, Rolf Stommelen, Nanni Galli, Nino Vaccarella, Andrea de Adamich, and many others raced the T33/3 and all were impressed by the car's handling and strength
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 6.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>The DOHC four valve (gear driven) 2998cc V8 was powerful and reliable, and by 1971 was producing over 430 bhp. The 6 speed "long" transmission was used on the early 33's. Later when upgraded part of the upgrade package was the "short" 5 gear transmission
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Being involved in the buying and selling of exotics, through contacts he met [[Guiseppe Lucchini]], the ex-President of Brescia Corsa, in 1977 and purchased his first Alfa T33, a TT/3, chassis 11572.006. He took car back to US and raced it. As usual the engine broke down and he went back to [[Autodelta]] to buy parts. That was the start of his relationship with [[Autodelta]].
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 7.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>The monocoque chassis was described as "monocoque parallelled in aluminum and titanium." Of course, there were also the huge gas tanks on both sides of the driver
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 8.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>The early T33 had rear oil cooler and front radiator cooling. On upgrading it was reverses the oil cooler was in front and the 2 radiator coolers were in the front
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Today, Nastasi is involved in real estate, and greatly enjoys his racing team, including five T33s, which consist of a 1967 Periscopo, a one off 1971 Stradale coupe, a 1977 [[World Sporstcar Championship]] T33/SC/12, a 1972 T33/TT/3, and the 1969 T33/3 featured here. The latest addition to Nastasi Racing is the ex-Jackie Ickx t33/tt/12, owned jointly by Nastasi and West Coast vintage racer [[Tom Hollfelder]].
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 9.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>The Tipo 33/3 was almost a perfect race car. In 1972, the huge Group 5 cars would disappear; Autodelta thought it had the Championship locked up. But the new Ferrari 312PB would prove them wrong
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 10.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>Engineers were just beginning to understand downforce as applied to the entire design. Once understood in terms of the sports car
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 11.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>For the new Sportscar Championship in 1972, the T33/3 would be replaced by a new car, the spaceframe T33/TT/3. Eventually, the Alfa T33 would win the sought after Championship in 1975 and again in 1977 with a flat twelve installed in both tubular and monocoque chassis
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Italian to the core, he is currently building a house at the top of a mountain in his native [[Sicily ]]with wonderful views of the [[Mediterranean]].
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[[Alfa Romeo 33/3 Full Story]]
  
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The Tipo 33/3
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== 1972 and 1973 ==
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In the early 1980s, Nastasi was in the right time and the right place, and knew the right people at [[Autodelta]]. Chiti was a good friend, but the Alfa race cars were not available for sale until Chiti left [[Autodelta]] in October of 1984. Nastasi started buying whatever was available.
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In these years, the 5L sports car were banned. The 3L cars of Alfa, the [[Ferrari 312]]PB and the Matra challanged for outright victories now. See [[Ferrari_312#1971-1973_312PB_sports_car]] for a report.
  
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Every car he bought from Autodelta was in pieces and had to be restored once back in the US. "I have no idea why the guys at Autodelta took everything apart all the time," said Nastasi. "They would finish with a car, tear it apart and put the pieces in this warehouse. That’s just the way it was". The T33/3 was one of the cars purchased. Originally a 1969 team car, ipso facto, sinced has it was purchased directly from Autodelta. It had been rebodied, perhaps several times, and updated to 1971 specs. Nastasi does not know in what events the chassis participated in, or who drove it. "In 35 years of experience with Autodelta and it's employees including Chiti, I never saw a piece of paper which convinced me that a particular chassis number took part in a particular event."
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== Alfa Romeo 33 TT ==
  
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Nevertheless, 75080.004 is typical of the team cars of the era, and Nastasi has seen to it that it has not been modified beyond what Autodelta might have done by mid 1971. And it has the advantage of being a monocoque. "The 1971 monocoques were perfect cars. They could be chucked about. When they switched to the tube frame, the car suddenly became very twitchy. The TT was evil, like a snake."
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== Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12 ==
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Versions of the late 1970s called 33 TT 12 have a 12 cylinder boxer engine as used in the [[Brabham]]-Alfa BT45 F1 car.
  
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Of interest too, are Nastasi's learned comments regarding an aluminum framed car built in 1972. "1971 was the last year they used the monocoques. In 1972 they redesigned the chassis calling it TT for Typo Tubulari (or some reports say Typo Tedesco) because the tubular aluminum chassis was used by Porsche. Somebody thought that if they copied the tubular chassis it would be better performing. During testing they realized the car was to twitchy and unstable. They realized it was not so simple to copy the German design. They immediately replaced the chassis in steel tubing and ran in the 72 season."
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== Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale ==
  
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Nastasi thinks the monocoque is a better driving and handling car than the TT. He should know, as he has campaigned the monocoque T33/3 all over the world, from [[LeMans]] in 2005, where he partnered with Arturo Merzario, at [[Watkins Glen]] in September, Laguna Seca, and the [[Targa Florio]]. Other races include [[Monza]], [[Lime Rock]], [[Palm Beach]].
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In 1967 Autodelta made a street version of the 33 race car, the [[Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale]]. ''Stradale'' is Italian for "street".
  
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To read more about the Alfa T33 see [http://www.velocetoday.com/lifestyle/lifestyle_73.php '''Chiti's Divine Comedy''']
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== See also ==
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* [[Alfa Romeo 33 (road car)]]
  
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==External link==
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*[http://www.seriouswheels.com/abc/Alfa-Romeo-T33-f-1024x768.htm Alfa Romeo T33], striking example for the use of [[Rosso Corsa]]
  
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 2.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>Nastasi's T33/3 was built in late 1969, and according to Ed McDonough, was entered at the Osterreichrng in Austria and driven by de Adamich/Vaccarella
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 3.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>When Nastasi purchased it in 1985, the car had been updated to 1971 specs. Here it is in the livery of Vacarella's Targa Florio winning T33/3, although it is unknown if this is the actual chassis used by Vaccarella
 
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 4.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>For most of its life, the T33/3 had to compete with the Group 5 (Porsche 917s and Ferrari 512s) cars for the Championship--but in 1971 the T33 won three Championship overall victories and placed second to Porsche in the World's Manufacturers Championship
 
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 5.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>Henri Pescaralo, Rolf Stommelen, Nanni Galli, Nino Vaccarella, Andrea de Adamich, and many others raced the T33/3 and all were impressed by the car's handling and strength
 
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 6.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>The DOHC four valve (gear driven) 2998cc V8 was powerful and reliable, and by 1971 was producing over 430 bhp. The 6 speed "long" transmission was used on the early 33's. Later when upgraded part of the upgrade package was the "short" 5 gear transmission
 
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 7.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>The monocoque chassis was described as "monocoque parallelled in aluminum and titanium." Of course, there were also the huge gas tanks on both sides of the driver
 
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 8.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>The early T33 had rear oil cooler and front radiator cooling. On upgrading it was reverses the oil cooler was in front and the 2 radiator coolers were in the front
 
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 9.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>The Tipo 33/3 was almost a perfect race car. In 1972, the huge Group 5 cars would disappear; Autodelta thought it had the Championship locked up. But the new Ferrari 312PB would prove them wrong
 
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 10.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>Engineers were just beginning to understand downforce as applied to the entire design. Once understood in terms of the sports car
 
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image:Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 11.jpg|<font face="Arial" font color=black>For the new Sportscar Championship in 1972, the T33/3 would be replaced by a new car, the spaceframe T33/TT/3. Eventually, the Alfa T33 would win the sought after Championship in 1975 and again in 1977 with a flat twelve installed in both tubular and monocoque chassis
 
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Revision as of 18:16, 22 February 2007

Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale

The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 was a sports car racing prototype raced by the Alfa Romeo factory team between 1967 and 1977.

A small number of road going cars were derived from it in 1967, called Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale The number was also used in the 1980s for the unrelated road car, Alfa Romeo 33 (road car).

Alfa Romeo Tipo 33

The 2000cc Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 mid-engined prototype debuted on 12 March 1967 at the Belgian hillclimbing event at Fléron, with Teodoro Zeccoli winning. It was powered by a 90° V8 with 1995 cc and 270 hp, and built with a large diameter tube frame. The original T33 proved unreliable and uncompetitive in the World Sportscar Championship, its best result a 5th place at the 1000km Nürburgring, with Zeccoli and Roberto Bussinello.

Alfa Romeo 33/2

In 1968, Alfa Romeo's subsidiary, Autodelta, created an evolution model called 33/2. A road version, dubbed Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, was also introduced. At the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Porsche 907 with 2.2L engines were dominating the overall race, but Alfa took the 2-Litre class win, with Udo Schütz and Nino Vaccarella, a win repeated at the Targa Florio, where Nanni Galli and Ignazio Giunti also took second place overall, followed by teammates Lucien Bianchi and Mario Casoni. Galli and Giunti then won the class at the 1000km Nürburgring, where the 2.5 L version finished for the first time, 4th place in the 3.0 L class with Schütz and Bianchi. However, in most races, the Alfa drivers were outclassed by their Porsche rivals which used bigger engines. In 1968, the car was used mainly by privateers, winning its class in the 1000km Monza, Targa Florio and Nürburgring.

Alfa Romeo 33/3

In 1969 at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the Alfa Romeo 33/3 made its debut. The engine was enlarged to 2998cc with 400 hp, which put the 33/3 in the same class as the Porsche 908 and the Ferrari 312P. The chassis was now built as a monocoque. After a dismal 1969, in 1970, the bigger 5.0 L Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512 dominated, yet Toine Hezemans and Masten Gregory took third overall at Sebring, and Andrea De Adamich and Henri Pescarolo won the 1000km Zeltweg in their class, with a second place overall. Also in 1970, Alfa T 33/3 was one of the "actors" of Steve McQueen's movie "Le Mans", released in 1971.

In 1971, the Alfa Romeo racing effort was finally successful. Rolf Stommelen and Nanni Galli won their class at the 1000km Buenos Aires (followed by De Adamich and Pescarolo), before taking another class win (and second overall) at Sebring. De Adamich and Pescarolo later won outright at the 1000km Brands Hatch, a significant against the "invincible" Porsche 917. They were then taking a class win at Monza (where Alfa Romeo took the three podium slots in the prototype class) and another one at Spa. At the Targa Florio, Vaccarella and Hezemans won outright, followed by teammates De Adamich and Gijs Van Lennep. Hezemans and Vaccarella won their class at Zeltweg, and De Adamich and Ronnie Peterson won overall at Watkins Glen.


Alfa Romeo 33/3 Full Story


  • Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 2.jpg

    Nastasi's T33/3 was built in late 1969, and according to Ed McDonough, was entered at the Osterreichrng in Austria and driven by de Adamich/Vaccarella

  • Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 3.jpg

    When Nastasi purchased it in 1985, the car had been updated to 1971 specs. Here it is in the livery of Nino Vaccarella's Targa Florio winning T33/3, although it is unknown if this is the actual chassis used by Vaccarella

  • Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 4.jpg

    For most of its life, the T33/3 had to compete with the Group 5 (Porsche 917s and Ferrari 512s) cars for the Championship--but in 1971 the T33 won three Championship overall victories and placed second to Porsche in the World's Manufacturers Championship

  • Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 5.jpg

    Henri Pescaralo, Rolf Stommelen, Nanni Galli, Nino Vaccarella, Andrea de Adamich, and many others raced the T33/3 and all were impressed by the car's handling and strength

  • Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 6.jpg

    The DOHC four valve (gear driven) 2998cc V8 was powerful and reliable, and by 1971 was producing over 430 bhp. The 6 speed "long" transmission was used on the early 33's. Later when upgraded part of the upgrade package was the "short" 5 gear transmission

  • Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 7.jpg

    The monocoque chassis was described as "monocoque parallelled in aluminum and titanium." Of course, there were also the huge gas tanks on both sides of the driver

  • Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 8.jpg

    The early T33 had rear oil cooler and front radiator cooling. On upgrading it was reverses the oil cooler was in front and the 2 radiator coolers were in the front

  • Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 9.jpg

    The Tipo 33/3 was almost a perfect race car. In 1972, the huge Group 5 cars would disappear; Autodelta thought it had the Championship locked up. But the new Ferrari 312PB would prove them wrong

  • Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 10.jpg

    Engineers were just beginning to understand downforce as applied to the entire design. Once understood in terms of the sports car

  • Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3 11.jpg

    For the new Sportscar Championship in 1972, the T33/3 would be replaced by a new car, the spaceframe T33/TT/3. Eventually, the Alfa T33 would win the sought after Championship in 1975 and again in 1977 with a flat twelve installed in both tubular and monocoque chassis

Alfa Romeo 33/3 Full Story

1972 and 1973

In these years, the 5L sports car were banned. The 3L cars of Alfa, the Ferrari 312PB and the Matra challanged for outright victories now. See Ferrari_312#1971-1973_312PB_sports_car for a report.

Alfa Romeo 33 TT

Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12

Versions of the late 1970s called 33 TT 12 have a 12 cylinder boxer engine as used in the Brabham-Alfa BT45 F1 car.

Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale

In 1967 Autodelta made a street version of the 33 race car, the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale. Stradale is Italian for "street".

See also

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