After the success of their P2 racer, Alfa Romeo followed it up by developing the "P3" monoposto (single-seat), also known as the Tipo B. Designed by the brilliant Vittorio Jano, it was the first genuine single-seater Grand Prix car.
Pen & ink with a watercolour pencil wash on archival white stock, 12"x 9"
� Paul Chenard 2009
Original art is available for sale, as are limited edition prints.
* The inset clover "quadrifoglio" graphic appeared on the Alfa Romeo Racing Team cars.
It was powered by a straight 8- cylinder engine, built around two 4-cylinder cast-iron blocks, each fed by a Roots supercharger. Power was transmitted to the rear wheel via twin drive-shafts.
In the hands of Tazio Nuvolari, Rudolf Caracciola, Louis Chiron, Achille Varzi, Raymond Sommer, and Ren� Dreyfus, the P3 won countless races from 1932 through to 1935.
It�s best known victory came in the hands of Nuvolari at the 1935 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. With the P3�s engine bored-out to 3.2 litres, he beat out the far superior machines of the Mercedes and Auto-Union teams.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Instrument of Racing: The Alfa Romeo Tipo B �P3� Monoposto
Labels:
1932,
Alfa Romeo,
Chiron,
Nuvolari,
P3,
quadrifoglio,
Tipo B,
Varzi
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