| | Alfa Romeo / News & Event |
 | | By the end of the ‘50s, Alfa’s road car range was finding an ever-increasing number of friends and owners worldwide so that, as the ‘60s came along, Portello’s managers were beginning to feel that maybe the time was right to dip a toe into the water of motorsport once again. |
 | | Meanwhile, Alfa engineers Busso and Satta had been working on just such a plan and their take on it was a World Championship sportscar for long-distance events such as Le Mans, Monza and Nurburgring and it took the shape of the project presented to new motorsports supremo Carlo Chiti. |
 | | An enlarged engine, of 2.5 litres, instigated by the Australian Alfa importer for Tasman single-seater racing, was made available to the T33/2s and this was used on occasion, but the problem was that it moved the cars up a class to race against the full three-litre cars; and then they were uncompetitive. |
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