Alfa Romeo 33 – finally titled!

Expected during the 1972 season, the new flat 12-cylinder engine only took to the track at the end of the year in Balocco (Italy), in a TT3 chassis. To develop the new car, Autodelta, led by technical director Carlo Chiti, engineer Giovanni Marelli and sporting director Martino Severi, is reinforced with French technicians: the SERA-CD firm (Charles Deutsch automobile design and production company. Editor's note) for aerodynamics and Michel Têtu (ex-Ligier) for the chassis. “Chiti asked Deutsch that we could work in the Eiffel wind tunnel (in Paris. Editor’s note) with Lucien Romani and Robert Choulet, reminds Têtu. The Alfa 33 benefited from this experience. Many things were corrected during testing, but the original design came from SERA. » La patte Choulet apparaît clairement dans la nouvelle version, plus aboutie que sa devancière. Sous la carrosserie, se cache un 12 cylindres à 4 soupapes par cylind