The seventies are a time of ups and downs for Alfa Romeo.Management difficulties are interspersed
with
sporting success.The period is conditioned by the company’s economic-finanancial situation,as
it cannot
fully meet market demands,and also has to face the energy crisis.Sporting result on the
other hand are
noteworthy,for example the World Construcors Championship won in 1975 with the
“33 TT 12”,a success that is
repeated in 1977. In 1972,Luraghi leaves Alfa Romeo,and is it not until
the arrival in 1978 of Ettore Masaccesi
that a new restructing programes is undertaken,only the
second such programes after the first,implemented by
Ugo Gobbato in the thirties.The aim being to
brimg the company into line with new economic and market situations.
