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2,995cc DOHC Flat 12-Cylinder Engine Lucas Fuel Injection 500bhp at 11,000rpm 5-Speed Manual Transaxle 4-Wheel Independent Suspension 4-Wheel Ventilated Disc Brakes *Offered from the Judge DiLoreto Collection *Autodelta works car part of the 1975 World Champion Winning season *Raced by Derek Bell and Henri Pescarolo to wins at Spa, Zeltweg and the Glen *Purchased directly from Alfa Romeo Works Team Autodelta by Judge DiLoreto THE ALFA ROMEO TIPO 33 Alfa Romeo withdrew from top-class international racing at the end of the 1953 season, when its team of sports-racing coupés was led by Juan-Manuel Fangio. A period of relative inactivity followed, but in 1964 Alfa established Autodelta, an autonomous competitions department under the direction of Ing. Carlo Chiti. At first Autodelta ran modified production cars and special editions which were based on production components. Then, for 1967, Alfa Romeo and Autodelta jointly produced a bespoke sports-racer, the Tipo 33, keeping that designation even though it ran through a wide variety of engines and methods of chassis construction over the course of the succeeding decade. The Tipo 33 began with a 2.0-litre V8 in a tubular chassis, progressing via a 3.0-litre V8 in a monocoque, before ending its career with a 3.0-litre flat-twelve in another spaceframe. The T33/2's debut season was notably inauspicious: of the three endurance classics entered - Sebring 12 Hours, Targa Florio and Nürburgring 1,000km - only one resulted in a finish, Roberto Businello and Teodoro Zeccoli bringing their Tipo 33 home in 5th place in the latter event. Happily, 1968 would turn out to be an entirely different story. Its reliability problems sorted, the T33B-2 scored a resounding 1, 2, 3 finish in the 2-Liter Prototype class at Daytona, which was followed up by further class wins in the Targa Florio, Nürburgring 1,000km and at Le Mans. While the 2.0-litre T33/2 was competitive in its class, it was seldom able to challenge for outright victory, a shortcoming Alfa addressed with the 3.0-litre T33/3. The T33/3 proved similarly unreliable at first, though by the end of the 1970 season its promise was beginning to be fulfilled. 1971 would bring the T33/3 its first outright victories: in the BOAC 1,000km at Brands Hatch (Pescarolo/De Adamich) and the Targa Florio (Vaccarella/Hezemans), but on most tracks the superior power of the 5.0-litre Porsche 917 held sway and the World Championship went to the German manufacturer. The change to a 3.0-litre formula for sports prototypes for 1972 should have seen the T33/3 ideally placed to secure its first World Championship, but Ferrari came up with the 312PB and Alfa once again had to settle for 2nd place. Retiring, temporarily, to lick its wounds, Alfa Romeo returned in 1974 with the flat-twelve-engined Tipo 33 TT 12. The season began at Monza where Mario Andretti, partnered by Arturo Merzario, led an Alfa Romeo 1, 2, 3. Matra took the World Championship that year, but Alfa Romeo were close behind and the following season their effort was masterminded by Willi Kauhsen's team. The Tipo 33 TT 12 took wins at Dijon, Monza, Spa, Watkins Glen, the Osterreichring, the Nürburgring and the Targa Florio, winning the 1975 World Championship to crown a nine-year racing career. THE MOTORCAR OFFERED The Tipo 33 TT 12-cylinder was the most successful variant of the Tipo 33, winning seven of eight races the Autodelta team entered in 1975, and clinging the FIA World Championship for Alfa Romeo that year. The car presented here from Judge DiLoreto's incredible collection of sports and racing cars, chassis AR11512*010*, played an important role in the 1975 season, and is considered a Championship Winning car. Alfa Romeo/Autodelta factory records on file indicate that chassis 010 was manufactured in 1974. It saw its first outing at the 1974 1000 Km of Imola and would then race in all eight rounds of the 1975 World Championships season, driven primarily by legendary drivers Derek Bell and Henri