Sea Horses
Alfa Romeo’s engines run and won not only on the road; also on the water they proved to be unbeatable.
The first Alfa Romeo’s victory on the water dates back to 1929, year of the first Pavia-Venice raid.
Later, with outstanding achievements for three consecutive years: 1927-1928-1929,
Alfa showed its construction efficiency by contributing to the development of the sea engines.
In 1938, the 12-cylinder (4.500 cc) racing engine suitably modified was applied on a Passarin-type
speedboat and tried out in several hard tests in Italy and abroad, with really gratifying results,
being successful in the speedboat contest of Venice, in that of Munich,
in the international Geneva contest and at the Milan Idroscalo.
In 1970, Eugenio Molinari gained two world records with Alfa Romeo 1750 engines and,
in 1971, Franco Giliberti set two world speed records with Montreal and Giulia 1300 engines.
In 1972, Leopoldo Casanova established two among the most prestigious world speed records
on the kilometre distance, on the 24 sea miles. Two successes meaningful
under the technical point of view since obtained with a rigorously production 2000 GTV engine..
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