{"id":16436,"date":"2023-05-24T16:27:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T12:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/?p=16436"},"modified":"2023-05-24T16:27:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T12:27:32","slug":"alfa-romeo-33-a-star-once-more-this-time-at-the-iconic-concorso-deleganza-villa-deste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/2023\/05\/24\/alfa-romeo-33-a-star-once-more-this-time-at-the-iconic-concorso-deleganza-villa-deste\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfa Romeo 33, A Star Once More, This Time At The Iconic \u201cConcorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An iconic location, forming part of the brand\u2019s history<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bond between Alfa Romeo and the \u201cConcorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este\u201d began with the profound connection between Milan \u2013 the birthplace of Alfa Romeo \u2013 and Lake Como, long the drawing room of the same city\u2019s aristocracy, and a showcase for Italian excellence around the world. That same bond has stood the test of time and remains strong to this day. Even when the focus of the automotive world shifted to mass production and the Concorso d\u2019Eleganza became the shining memory of an era never to be seen again, Villa d\u2019Este lent its allure to photo shoots, events, presentations and gatherings, where many of the brand\u2019s vintage and concept cars would receive prestigious awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cConcorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este\u201d<\/strong> is one of the most prestigious events in the industry (the first dates back to 1929). This year, in addition to its traditional and aristocratic headquarters in Cernobbio, the event also involved the enchanting Villa Erba, where the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans was celebrated. Hence the link with Alfa Romeo, which decided to exhibit two gems from its vintage collection, the 33\/2-liter \u201cDaytona\u201d (1968)<\/strong> and the 33 TT 12 (1975)<\/strong>, both of which featured on the French tarmac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Alfa Romeo 33\/2-liter \u201cDaytona\u201d<\/strong> is the emblem of the noble sporting spirit of the brand which, after retiring from competition in 1951 after winning its second of two F1 World Championships with the \u201cAlfetta\u201d 158-159, returned to the international scene with Autodelta (1963), the Milan company\u2019s official racing department, celebrating its 60th<\/sup> anniversary this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To follow its initial successes with touring cars, Autodelta decided to make the leap in quality in the \u201cprototypes\u201d category, starting with the \u201cTipo 33\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sport prototypes were designed exclusively for racing, equipped with extremely sophisticated engines and chassis, and were produced in the limited numbers required for type approval. They were equipped with a refined and powerful two-liter 8-cylinder V-shaped central engine, delivering 270 hp and reaching almost 300 km\/h.
The first version of the 33\/2 (where 33 was the project number and 2 the displacement expressed in liters) won its debut race in March 1967, uphill at Fl\u00e9ron<\/strong> near Li\u00e8ge, Belgium: Alfa Romeo then launched itself in the World Sportscar Championship<\/strong>, taking prestigious victories in grueling endurance races, first of all at the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona<\/strong>, where it conquered the top three places in its class with the crews of Vaccarella-Sch\u00fctz, Andretti-Bianchi, and Casoni-Biscardi-Zeccoli. This major victory led to the name of the renowned U.S. circuit becoming part of the moniker of the Alfa Romeo 33\/2. The 33 also achieved excellent results at the 24 Hours of Le Mans<\/strong> \u2013 with another hat-trick in the class. In other competitions, it also made its mark in the overall standings, including ahead of much more powerful cars: this also happened at Mugello, where Vaccarella-Bianchi-Galli came in atop the podium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Progetto 33\u2019s development was unceasing and finally in 1975 Alfa Romeo managed to make its dream come true by winning the World Championship for Brands. The star of this overwhelming superiority was the Alfa Romeo 33 TT (Tubular Chassis) 12<\/strong>, a car equipped with a three-liter 12-cylinder<\/strong> 180\u00b0 V engine capable of delivering 500 hp and reaching 330 km\/h. With great drivers, most of whom also featured in Formula 1, such as Arturo Merzario, Vittorio Brambilla, Jochen Mass, Jacques Laffite, Henri Pescarolo, Derek Bell, Jacky Ickx and Nino Vaccarella, the 33 TT 12 took victory in seven of eight races that counted towards the World Championship. The legendary 12-cylinder engine fitted to the car laid the foundations for Alfa Romeo\u2019s return to F1 in 1976, as engine supplier for the Brabham team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turin, May 24, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An iconic location, forming part of the brand\u2019s history The bond between Alfa Romeo and the \u201cConcorso d\u2019Eleganza Villa d\u2019Este\u201d began with the profound connection between Milan \u2013 the birthplace of Alfa Romeo \u2013 and Lake Como, long the drawing room of the same city\u2019s aristocracy, and a showcase for Italian excellence around the world. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16439,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16436\/revisions\/16439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}