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| Full name | Automobili Turismo e Sport S.p.A. |
|---|---|
| Base |  Italy |
| Founder(s) | Carlo Chiti Giotto Bizzarrini |
| Noted drivers |  Phil HillGiancarlo Baghetti |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1963 Belgian Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 5 |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Final entry | 1963 Italian Grand Prix |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
|---|---|
| First entry | 1963 Belgian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1967 British Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 7 |
| Chassis | ATS,Derrington-Francis,Cooper |
| Constructors' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
ATS (Automobili Turismo e Sport) is an Italian automotive constructor. It once had a racing team that operated between 1963 and 1965, formed after the famous "Palace Revolution" atFerrari.
The company was formed byCarlo Chiti andGiotto Bizzarrini, among others – intending for it to be a direct competitor to Ferrari both on the race track and on the street. Chiti and Bizzarrini built, with sponsorship from theScuderia Serenissima'sCount Giovanni Volpi, a road-goingsports car and aFormula One racing car. It was presented in April 1963 at the Geneva Motor Show.[1]
The sports car was theATS 2500 GT, a smallcoupé developed by Chiti and Bizzarrini with aFranco Scaglione-designed bodywork built byAllemano. The engine was a mid-mounted 2.5 LV8 engineered by Chiti, capable of achieving 245 hp (180 kW) and accelerating to 257 km/h (160 mph).[citation needed] Only 12 cars were reportedly built, and few exist today. Apart from being the second mid-engine sports cars[citation needed] (theRené-Bonnet / Matra Djet was presented five months earlier at the Salon de l'Autombile in Paris, France),[2] the 2500 GT never gained fame or popularity, but its 90 degreeDOHC V8 with aflatplane crankshaft was later developed intoAlfa Romeo Tipo 33 engine in 2 L, 2.5 L and 3 L formats byCarlo Chiti at Autodelta.
Construction of aFormula One car, the Tipo 100, began in mid-1962 on a farm near Bologna, with the car being unveiled in that city in December 1962.[3] The Tipo 100 had a pencil thin body, and was powered by a V8 1,494cc engine, which featured fuel injection and double-overhead camshafts. The transmission was a 6-speed Colotti gearbox. Suspension consisted of rocker arms with inboard coils for the front, and double wishbones with coils for the rear, while disc brakes were mounted inboard. Total weight was just over 1,000 pounds.[3] The cars were to be driven byPhil Hill andGiancarlo Baghetti, who had both left Ferrari after a disappointing1962 season. Motorcycle racerMike Hailwood test-drove in February 1963.[4]
Testing took place at Monza, but this was slow and tedious, as when something broke, the car had to be taken back to Bologna for repairs, and then taken back to Monza for further testing. One of the major problems was chassis flexing, which was fixed by the unusual method of reinforcing tubes being welded over the top of the engine.[3] The car was entered for several non-Championship races early in the season, but was withdrawn, due to not being ready. A similar situation occurred for theMonaco Grand Prix, before the cars made their first appearance, at theBelgian Grand Prix.[3]
Spectators, officials and fellow competitors were shocked by the Tipo 100's appearance. After looking so fantastic at the public unveiling back in Bologna, they now had rumpled body panels, pock marks and were poorly painted.[3] The cars were oily and greasy, the body panels were ill-fitting. Due to the reinforcing tubes being over the top of the engine, they had to be sawed apart for an engine change, and then welded back into place. A new higher engine cover had been hurriedly fabricated to hide the tubes.[3]
Both cars retired, as was the case with in theDutch Grand Prix. The team did not attend theFrench,British andGerman races. The Tipo 100 returned for theItalian Grand Prix, and both cars started and finished, although a long way down the field – Hill 11th and Baghetti 15th.[3] That was the only race where an ATS was classified as a finisher, with both cars retiring in theUnited States Grand Prix andMexican Grand Prix, which marked the end of A.T.S as a Formula 1 team.[3]
The ATS would later be used in theDerrington-Francis project spearheaded by theRob Walker Racing Team's former chief mechanic,Alf Francis. The car made one appearance at a Formula 1 race, the1964 Italian Grand Prix, drivenMário de Araújo Cabral, where it retired after 25 laps.[5] This car was subsequently restored in the late 1990s, and has appeared in historic racing meetings since then.[3]
Count Volpi subsequently backed theSerenissima marque which used much technology similar to ATS.Bruce McLaren used a Serenissima engine for a few Grands Prix in 1966.
After the demise of ATS, Bizzarrini moved toLamborghini before building his own cars asBizzarrini, while Chiti foundedAutodelta together with fellow ex-Ferrari engineer Lodovico Chizzola, which would work closely withAlfa Romeo for the following decades.
In 2017, ATS introduced theGT, which usesMcLaren's3.8-litretwin-turbochargedV8 engine, as seen on McLaren's new models. ATS has planned production of 12 cars.[citation needed]
ATS revealed their sister brand, ATS Corsa, but not much is known. Their only produced car is the Corsa RRTurbo.
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| 1963 | ATS 100 | ATSV8 | D | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | RSA | 0 | 18th | |
| Phil Hill | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||
| Giancarlo Baghetti | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | |||||||||||
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