Alfa Romeo Tipo 33#Alfa Romeo 33TT12

{{Infobox automobile

| image = File:1967 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Periscopica photo4.JPG

| name = Alfa Romeo 33

| aka =

| manufacturer = Alfa Romeo

| production = 1966–1967
5 produced

| class = Group 6 Prototype

| layout = Rear mid-engine, rear wheel drive

| engine = {{cvt|1995|cc|L|1|abbr=on|order=flip}} 90° V8
270 bhp @ 9,600 rpm

| transmission = 6-speed manual

| weight = {{cvt|580|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| length = {{cvt|3690|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| width = {{cvt|1760|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| height = {{cvt|990|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| designer = Carlo Chiti

}}

Alfa Romeo started development of the Tipo 33 in the early 1960s, with the first car being built in 1965. It was sent to Autodelta to be completed and for additional changes to be made. It used a straight-4 engine from the TZ2,{{cite web |url=http://www.italiancar.net/pilot/ms054.htm |title=Autodelta - a history |access-date=2007-05-09 |work=italiancar.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718141414/http://www.italiancar.net/pilot/ms054.htm |archive-date=2013-07-18 |url-status=dead}} but Autodelta fitted it with a bespoke V8 engine soon after. The {{cvt|1995|cc|L cuin|1|abbr=on}} V8 engine has a bank angle of 90° and is rated at {{cvt|270|hp|PS kW|0|abbr=on}} at 9,600 rpm, with a large-diameter tube frame.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/spec/969/Alfa-Romeo-33--Periscopica--Spider.html|title=Alfa Romeo 33 'Periscopica' Spider|publisher=Ultimate Car Page}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fcaheritage.com/en-uk/heritage/stories/alfa-romeo-33-3-lemans |title=Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3 le Mans }} The Tipo 33 mid-engine prototype debuted on 12 March 1967 at the Belgian hillclimbing event at Fléron, with Teodoro Zeccoli taking the win for Alfa Romeo. The first version was nick named the “periscope” type because it had very characteristic air inlet on the roof resembling a periscope objective.{{cite web |url=http://www.myalfaromeo.com.au/default.asp?action=article&ID=17553 |title=Alfa Romeo Australia – 1960-1970 |access-date=2007-05-09 |work=myalfaromeo.com.au |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929145937/http://www.myalfaromeo.com.au/default.asp?action=article&ID=17553 |archive-date=2007-09-29 |url-status=dead }} The original T33 proved unreliable and uncompetitive in the 1967 World Sportscar Championship season, its best result a 5th at the Nürburgring 1000, co-driven by Zeccoli and Roberto Bussinello.{{cite web |last1=Bissett |first1=Mark |title=Alfa Romeo Tipo 33: Balocco 1967… |url=https://primotipo.com/2015/06/23/alfa-romeo-tipo-33-periscopica-mugello-19/ |website=primotipo.com |date=23 June 2015 |access-date=30 April 2016}}

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{{Infobox automobile

| image = Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-2.jpg

| name = Alfa Romeo T33/2
Alfa Romeo T33/2 Daytona 2.5L

| aka =

| manufacturer = Alfa Romeo

| production = 1967–1968

| class = Group 6 Prototype-Sports Cars
Group 4 Sports Cars

| layout = Rear mid-engine, rear wheel drive

| engine = {{cvt|1995|cc|L|1|order=flip}} 90° V8
270 bhp @ 9,600 rpm
{{cvt|2462|cc|L|1|order=flip}} 90° V8
315 bhp @ 8,800 rpm

| transmission = 6-speed manual

| suspension =

| weight = 2.0L – {{cvt|580|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/spec/2288/Alfa-Romeo-33-2-Daytona.html|title=Alfa Romeo 33/2 Daytona|date=9 April 2012|first=Wouter|last=Melissen|publisher=UltimateCarPage}}
2.5L – {{cvt|600|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| length = {{cvt|3960|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| width = {{cvt|1760|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| height = {{cvt|950|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

| designer = Carlo Chiti

}}

File:Alfa Romeo 33 2 Tipo LeMans.jpg

In 1968, Alfa's subsidiary Autodelta developed an evolution model called T33/2. 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; after that the car was named "Daytona".{{cite web |url=http://www.sportscarmarket.com/profiles/1995/November/Alfa%20Romeo/index.html |title=1968 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/S Daytona |access-date=2007-05-09 |work=sportscarmarket.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927051730/http://www.sportscarmarket.com/profiles/1995/November/Alfa%20Romeo/index.html |archive-date=2007-09-27 }} The win was 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 Nürburgring 1000 km, where the {{cvt|2462|cc|L|1|order=flip}} V8 version (named the T33/2 Daytona 2.5 Litre) finished for the first time, fourth place in the 3.0 L class with Schütz and Bianchi. However, in most races, the Alfa drivers were outclassed by their Porsche rivals who used bigger engines. In 1968, the car was used mainly by privateers, winning its class in the 1000km Monza, Targa Florio and Nürburgring races.{{cite web|url=https://www.louwmanmuseum.nl/en/car/alfa-romeo-tipo-33-2-daytona-coupe/|title=Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 Daytona Coupé|date=10 February 2021 |access-date=27 November 2023}} At the end of season Alfa Romeo had finished third in the 1968 International Championship for Makes.

A total of 28 cars were built during 1968, allowing the 33/2 to be homologated as a Group 4 Sports Car for 1969.ML Twite, The World's Racing Cars, Fourth Edition, 1970, page 110

The {{cvt|2462|cc|L|1|order=flip}} V8 was also successful in Australian and International open wheel racing. Australian team Alec Mildren Racing, run by Australia's then official Alfa Romeo importer Alec Mildren, ran the {{cvt|315|bhp|kW PS|0}} engine in both his Brabham BT23E and the team's own Mildren Mono. Driver Kevin Bartlett won both the 1968 (Brabham) and 1969 (Mono) Australian Drivers' Championships using the 2.5L Tipo 33 V8 (in 1969 the Alfa V8 actually alternated CAMS Gold Star meetings with an Australian designed and built 2.0L 4 cylinder Waggott engine. The Alfa was used on the power circuits while the smaller Waggott was used on tighter tracks). Bartlett and Formula One driver Frank Gardner also drove the Alfa V8s in the 1968 and 1969 Tasman Series.

Bartlett used the Mildren Mono-Alfa Romeo to win the 1969 Macau Grand Prix run for Formula Libre cars.

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{{Infobox automobile

| image = 1970 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33-3.jpg

| caption = 1970 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/3 at the Museo Alfa Romeo

| name = Alfa Romeo T33/3
Alfa Romeo 33TT3

| aka = Alfa Romeo

| manufacturer = Alfa Romeo

| production = 1967–1968 (T33/3)
1969–1972 (T33TT3)

| class = Group 6 Prototype-Sports Cars
Group 5 Sports Cars

| platform =

| layout = RMR layout

| engine = {{cvt|2998|cc|L|1|order=flip}} 90° V8
420 bhp @ 9,000 rpm (T33/3)
440 bhp @ 9,800 rpm (T33TT3)

| transmission = 5-speed manual
6-speed manual

| suspension =

| steering =

| brakes =

| weight = {{cvt|650|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| designer = Autodelta

}}

The Alfa Romeo T33/3 made its debut in 1969 at the 12 Hours of Sebring. The engine was enlarged to 2998 cc (183ci) with 400 hp (298 kW), which put the T33/3 in the same class as the Porsche 908 and the Ferrari 312P. The chassis was now a monocoque.

The new car did poorly at Sebring and Alfa did not take part in Le Mans after Lucien Bianchi's death in a practice session. The car took a couple of wins in smaller competitions but overall the 1969 season was not a successful one, and Alfa Romeo was placed seventh in the 1969 International Championship for Makes.

In 1970 the bigger 5.0L 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 their class in the 1000km Zeltweg, finishing second overall. Also in 1970, an Alfa T33/3 was one of the "actors" of Steve McQueen's movie Le Mans, released in 1971.File:Nanni Galli, Alfa Romeo 33.3, 1971-05-29.jpg at the Nürburgring 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 result against the "invincible" 917s. They then took 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 finished the season second place in the championship. In 1972 the 5 litre Group 5 Sports Cars were banned and the 3 litre cars of Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Matra, redesignated as Group 5 Sports Cars, competed together for outright victories.{{Cite web |last=Sobran |first=Alex |date=2017-12-22 |title=Winning Lineage: The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Competition Cars |url=https://petrolicious.com/articles/this-is-how-the-alfa-romeo-tipo-33s-dominated-the-beauty-pageant-and-the-racetrack |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Petrolicious |language=en}}

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A 4-litre version was entered to 1972 and 1974 CanAm series by Otto Zipper, and the driver was Scooter Patrick. Autodelta was also one of entrants with T33/4 in season 1974. The T33/3 version was also used in the CanAm series earlier.

{{Infobox automobile

| image = Alfa Romeo 33TT12.jpg

| caption = 33TT12 at the Museo Alfa Romeo

| name = Alfa Romeo T/33/TT/12

| aka =

| manufacturer = Alfa Romeo

| production = 1973–1976

| class = Group 5 Sports Cars

| platform =

| layout = RMR layout

| engine = {{cvt|2995.125|cc|L|1|order=flip}} cc F12
470 bhp @ 11,000 rpm
500 bhp @ 11,500 rpm

| transmission = 5-speed manual

| suspension =

| weight = 670 kg (1477 lb)

| designer = Autodelta

}}

File:Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12 - Redman 1974-05-19.jpg driving Alfa Romeo Tipo 33TT12 at the Nürburgring in 1974]]

The T/33/TT/12 (Telaio Tubolare, tubular chassis) appeared in 1973 with the Carlo Chiti-designed 12 cylinder 3.0L flat engine (500 bhp). The 1973 season was more or less development time and in 1974 the car, which had an F1-style airbox intake added won at Monza 1000 km and finished the season with second place in the championship. It wasn't until 1975 that, after years of trying, Alfa Romeo won the 1975 World Championship for Makes. The season was one of almost total domination with seven wins in eight races., Winning drivers were: Arturo Merzario, Vittorio Brambilla, Jacques Laffite, Henri Pescarolo, Derek Bell and Jochen Mass. For 1976 Autodelta was concentrating on other

things and the car was rarely used in competitions.

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{{Infobox automobile

| image = Alfa Romeo 33 SC 12 Sovralimentata 1977 red vr TCE.jpg

| caption = Alfa Romeo 33 SC 12 Turbo

| name = Alfa Romeo 33SC12
Alfa Romeo 33SC12 Turbo

| manufacturer = Alfa Romeo

| production = 1976–1977

| class = Group 6 Two-Seater Racing Cars

| platform =

| layout = RMR layout

| engine = {{cvt|2995|cc|L|1|order=flip}} F12
520 bhp @ 12,000 rpm
{{cvt|2134|cc|L|1|order=flip}} F12 twin-turbo
640 bhp @ 11,000 rpm

| transmission = 5-speed manual

| suspension =

| brakes =

| weight = {{convert|770|kg|lb||abbr=on}}

| designer = Autodelta

}}

The successor of the 33TT12 1976 was the 33SC12, SC referring to SCatolato, a boxed chassis. The 3.0 L flat-12 engine now produced {{convert|520|bhp|abbr=on}}. With this car Alfa Romeo won the 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars, the 33SC12s driven by Arturo Merzario, Jean-Pierre Jarier and Vittorio Brambilla having won every race in the series. At the Salzburgring the car reached an average speed of {{convert|203.82|km/h|mph|1|abbr=on}}; in that same race Arturo Merzario also tested a 2134 cc turbocharged SC12 producing 640 bhp{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/mundoalfa/1967_Alfa33.htm |title=Alfa Romeo 33 Sport Prototipo |access-date=2007-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027100557/http://geocities.com/mundoalfa/1967_Alfa33.htm |archive-date=2009-10-27 |language=es |url-status=dead }} finishing second with that car. The SC12 Turbo was Alfa's first twin turbocharged 12 cylinder engine and it was introduced around the same time as Renault's Formula One turbo engine. In the Alfa Romeo engine each bank was fed with its own turbocharger; that feature was adopted by many racecar makers in the following years.

The flat-12 engine was later used on Brabham-Alfa BT45, BT46 and Alfa Romeo 177 F1 cars.

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{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.seriouswheels.com/abc/Alfa-Romeo-T33-f-1024x768.htm Alfa Romeo T33], striking example for the use of Rosso Corsa
• [http://www.alfaromeo.com/ Alfa Website also with Racing with History ]
• [http://www.wsrp.cz/wsc1968.html World Sportscar Championship 1968 results]
• [http://www.wsrp.cz/wsc1977.html World Sportscar Championship 1977 results]
• [http://www.wsrp.cz/wsc1975.html World Sportscar Championship 1975 results]
• [http://www.imca-slotracing.com/2006-FG.htm 1972 Racing season Alfa vs. Ferrari ]
• [http://www.wsrp.cz/canam.html Can-Am Championship results]

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