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Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3 - The remarkable history

Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3 - The remarkable history

Ian Wagstaff: Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3 The remarkable history of 115.72.002

240 x 380 mm
128 pages
110 photos
english

The Alfa Romeo T33/TT/3 was produced by Alfas Autodelta racing department to compete in the 1972 World Championship for Makes. The Alfas struggled to take the fight to Ferrari, though scored regular podium positions. The highlight was a second place in the epic Targa Florio Sicilian road race, where Helmut Marko put in a stirring drive to come within seconds of victory. Marko was driving chassis 115.72.002, the most successful of the T33/TT/3 chassis, which would later have a second career on the race circuits and hillclimbs of Greece, prior to an eventual return to Europe, where it is still a frequent competitor in historic events.

The background to the T33/TT/3 story, and how the car evolved from its Alfa Romeo predecessors.
Full details of T33/TT/3s world championship season in 1972, with race-by-race accounts, including the detailed story of 115.72.002s finest hour the Targa Florio.
Profiles of 115.72.002s period drivers - Vic Elford, Helmut Marko, Nanni Galli and Andrea de Adamich.
A fascinating account of the protracted negotiations that resulted in Autodeltas Carlo Chiti selling 115.72.002 to Greek driver George Moschous in 1975. Moschous successful three-year campaign in his homeland, both on the local circuits and in the national hillclimb championship, which he won with the car in 1976 and 1977.
The cars subsequent ownership, including its sale in the late 1980s to Andrew Fletcher and Willie Tuckett, who took the car to Japan and then South Africa. Franco Meiners ownership in the 21st century, during which time the car was driven by then-Red Bull Racing Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo, reliving its finest hour on the Targa Florio course. Current owner Martin Halusa relates his experiences of ownership, and competing in the car with his sons, Lukas and Niklas.

The book is lavishly illustrated with a mix of period and contemporary images, many previously unpublished, including a gallery of colour photographs showing the car in all its fascinating detail.

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