Maserati Tipo 26#Tipo 26 MM

{{Infobox automobile

| image = Tipo 26.JPG

| name = Maserati Tipo 26

| manufacturer = Maserati

| production = 1926-1932{{cite web | url=http://www.maserati.com/maserati/en/en/index/About-us/heritage/sportcars/tipo-26.html |title=Maserati Tipo 26| publisher= Maserati | access-date=22 February 2014}}

| assembly = Bologna, Italy

| predecessor =

| successor = Maserati 4CM

| class = Race car

| platform =

| related = Maserati Tipo 26B

| layout = FR layout

| engine = 1.5 L s/c I8

| transmission = 3-speed manual (4-speed since 1927){{cite book |last=Tabucchi |first=Maurizio |date=2003 |title=Nel segno del Tridente |language=it |publisher=Giorgio Nada Editore |isbn=9788879112598}}

| wheelbase = {{convert|2650|mm|in|abbr=on}} ({{convert|2580|mm|in|abbr=on}} since 1928)

| designer = Alfieri Maserati

| weight = 720-780 kg

}}

The Maserati Tipo 26 was a model of Grand Prix racing car and was the first car built by Italian manufacturer Maserati, for a total of 11 examples, between 1926 and 1932.

The Tipo 26 originated from a Grand Prix car that Alfieri Maserati had designed for Diatto: when the collaboration between Maserati and Diatto ended, Alfieri took his design to the Bologna workshop that he had set up with his brothers in 1914.{{cite web |url=http://www.supercars.net/cars/1151.html| title=Maserati Tipo 26| publisher= Supercars.net Publishing | access-date=22 February 2014}}

File:1927-06-19 Bologna Maserati Tipo 26 Ernesto e Testi.jpg

The design of the Tipo 26 consisted of a steel ladder-type frame supporting a supercharged inline-eight engine displacing {{cvt|1492.9|cc|L|1|order=flip}}, with a bore and stroke of {{cvt|60x66|mm|in|2}}, with a three-speed manual transmission and aluminium two-seater bodywork made by Medardo Fantuzzi.

The engine featured a crankshaft-driven Roots supercharger, twin gear-driven overhead camshafts and dry sump lubrication; to comply with the 1926 Grand Prix regulations the displacement was fixed to 1.5-litres.

At its debut race in the 1926 Targa Florio, the Maserati Tipo 26, with Alfieri Maserati driving and a young Guerino Bertocchi as riding mechanic, finished first in the Grand Prix class and ninth overall.